First bone marrow transplant surgery performed in Azerbaijan

The first bone marrow transplant surgery was successfully performed at the Central Clinical Hospital on Tuesday. Apart from Turkish specialists, national surgeons also took part in the surgery.

Prof. Suleyman Dincer, Director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Hospital in Ankara, who had the key part in the performance of the surgery, told AssA-Irada that more than 500 similar operations were conducted in Turkey per annum. Dincer underlined that among the Caucasus and Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan was the first country where such difficult surgeries were performed. Noting enough quantity of doctors specialized in this sphere in Azerbaijan, Dincer voiced his confidence that future bone marrow transplant surgeries will be performed by Azerbaijani specialists.

Dincer said the surgery, which lasts over a month, costs $20.000 in Azerbaijan, the same procedure costs $40.000 in Turkey and $200,000 in the United States. He noted that the health condition of the patient, who underwent the first ever bone marrow transplant surgery in the country and lives thanks to the cells taken from her sister, is satisfactory and she would be under the post-operation control by doctors.*