外科醫生成功完成全球首例 HIV 陽性患者間的肺部移植手術
Surgeons perform world's first successful lung transplant between HIV-positive patients
Updated at: June 22, 2026 at 10:30 AM
2026年3月21日,紐約NYU Langone移植中心創造了醫學史。
Medical history was made on March 21, 2026, at the NYU Langone Transplant Institute in New York.
外科醫生成功執行了全球首例將人類免疫缺乏病毒(HIV)陽性捐贈者的肺臟,移植給HIV陽性接受者的手術。
Surgeons successfully performed the world’s first lung transplant from an HIV-positive donor to an HIV-positive recipient.
接受者是56歲的柏特蘭·尼爾森(Bertrand Nelson),他在與類肉瘤病抗爭的同時,已與HIV共處超過25年。
The recipient, 56-year-old Bertrand Nelson, had lived with HIV for over 25 years while battling sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease.
Halazun)醫師為尼爾森進行了雙肺與肝臟的聯合移植手術。
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此手術是根據2013年《HOPE法案》授權進行的,該法案允許在特定的研究環境下,在HIV陽性個體之間進行器官移植。
Karim J.
這項突破是移植醫學的一個分水嶺時刻,因為它成功擴大了HIV陽性患者的捐贈者來源,這些患者先前並不符合資格。
Halazun performed a combined double-lung and liver transplant on Nelson.
手術後,尼爾森展現了顯著的康復,不再需要補充氧氣並恢復了身體活動能力。
This surgery was authorized under the 2013 HOPE Act, which permits organ transplants between HIV-positive individuals in specific research settings.
專家認為,這是邁向實現HIV陽性社群在醫療保健與器官移植方面享有更大公平性的一大步,證明了專業的醫療介入可以改變生命。
This breakthrough is a watershed moment for transplant medicine, as it successfully expands the donor pool for HIV-positive patients who were previously ineligible.
