Nyuzipepala ya New York Times inanena kuti mwana woyamba amene madokotala a ku America anamuikako zilonda za m’mimba zomwe zinakula mu labotale mu April 2013. Mtsikanayo akadakwanitsa zaka zitatu mu Ogasiti.
Hannah Warren anabadwira ku South Korea popanda trachea (amayi ake ndi aku Korea ndipo abambo ake ndi aku Canada). Iye ankayenera kuti adyetsedwe mwachinyengo, iye sankakhoza kuphunzira kuyankhula. Akatswiri pa Chipatala cha Ana ku Illinois adaganiza zopanga implantation ya tracheal. Zinachitidwa pa Epulo 9, pomwe mtsikanayo anali ndi zaka 2,5.
Anayikidwa ndi trachea yopangidwa ndi ulusi wochita kupanga, pomwe maselo a m'mafupa otengedwa kuchokera kwa mtsikanayo adayikidwa. Amalimidwa pa sing'anga yoyenera mu bioreactor, amasandulika kukhala ma cell a tracheal, kupanga chiwalo chatsopano. Izi zidachitidwa ndi Prof. Paolo Macchiarinim wochokera ku Karolinska Institute ku Stockholm (Sweden), yemwe wakhala akugwira ntchito yolima ma tracheas mu labotale kwa zaka zingapo.
Opaleshoniyo inachitidwa ndi dokotala wa opaleshoni ya ana, Dr. Mark J. Holterman, amene bambo ake a mtsikanayo, Young-Mi Warren, anakumana mwamwayi ali ku South Korea. Anali achisanu ndi chimodzi opangira tracheal transplant padziko lonse lapansi komanso woyamba ku USA.
Komabe, panali zovuta. Kumeroko sikunachire, ndipo patatha mwezi umodzi madokotala anachitanso opaleshoni ina. Dr. Holterman anati: “Pamenepo panali mavuto ena amene sanathe kuwathetsa ndipo Hannah Warren anamwalira.
Katswiriyo anatsindika kuti chomwe chinayambitsa zovutazo sichinali trachea yobzalidwa. Chifukwa cha chilema chobadwa nacho, msungwanayo anali ndi minofu yofooka, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuchira pambuyo pa kumuika. Iye anavomereza kuti sanali woyenera kuchitidwa opaleshoni yoteroyo.
Chipatala cha Ana ku Illinois sichingalekererenso zowawa zina. Dr. Holterman adati chipatalachi chikufuna kuti chikhale chokhazikika pakuyika minofu ndi ziwalo zomwe zimakula mu labotale.
Hannah Warren ndi mlandu wachiwiri wakupha pambuyo pomuika m'chibale. Mu November 2011, Christopher Lyles anamwalira kuchipatala ku Baltimore. Iye anali munthu wachiwiri padziko lapansi yemwe adawokedwa ndi trachea yomwe idamera kale mu labotale kuchokera m'maselo ake omwe. Njirayi idachitikira ku Karolinska Institute pafupi ndi Stockholm.
Bamboyo anali ndi khansa ya m'khosi. Chotupacho chinali kale chachikulu moti sichikanatha kuchichotsa. Chipatso chake chonse chinadulidwa ndipo china chatsopano, chopangidwa ndi prof. Paolo Macchiarini. Lyles anamwalira ali ndi zaka 30 zokha. Chifukwa cha imfa yake sichinatchulidwe. (PAP)
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