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Liver transplant is delayed More USD 2 Billion

SURABAYA, KOMPAS.com - the liver transplant team of doctors to Ramdan Aidil Saputra (3.5) in dr Soetomo, Surabaya, Saturday (24/04/2010) recognizes, the operation runs more slowly than scheduled.

The doctor stated that they should be extra careful so that no errors in the operation which cost about USD 2 billion and the first time in Surabaya. A team member, Vicky Sumarki, said there were a lot of network veins and arteries in the heart of Ramdan and donors. The doctor took a long time to decide which parts will be cut.

"Must be exactly cut because the later parts of it will be used again," says Vicky. The operation was originally scheduled to finish at 15.00. However, until 18:20 o'clock, the team still finished grafting the donor tissue vascular network with a network of blood vessels in the body of Ramdan.

"From now on, it might take about two hours longer to complete the operation," he said. The team is currently connecting arteries. After that, the team will connect to the biliary tract and proceed with closing the abdomen.