Institute Fundeni liver transplant program developed unprecedentedly over the last year, under the guidance of Professor Irinel Popescu, head of the Institute’s Center for Surgery and Transplant.
The one who achieved the first liver transplant in Romania points out that the number of transplant requests is still higher than the possibilities at hand , even if the number of donors has grown.
A number of 78 liver transplant operations have been performed at the Fundeni Clinic Institute . It is one of the highest numbers in Europe at the moment, says Professor Irinel Popescu. The Fundeni elite team has the best survival rate of operated patients: about 93%.
The Fundeni Surgery and Transplant Center doctors have widened the range of surgical procedures and they use almost everything that has been invented in liver transplant so far . Romania needs, however, approximately 400 such operations per year.
The entire medical world acknowledges the merits of Professor Irinel Popescu in terms of transplant operations. He was admitted into the French Medical Academy as a recognition of his professional performances.