Gift From a only 8 -month -old donor, whose parents were offered with a heart and love for the fellow corneal endothelial section. The infant’s graft was transplanted 48, successfully at the Second University Ophthalmology Clinic (AUTH) at Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki.

As Voria writes, the baby boy was admitted to a pediatric hospital in Athens, in which died about two weeks ago. “The partial corneal transplantation was successfully carried out on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, thanks to the donation made after the parents’ parents wish.

The graft received an adult patient suffering from endothelial disease And in particular Fuchs endothelial dystrophy, a genetic disease of the eyes, which often affects both eyes, “said AUTH Ophthalmology Professor Nikolaos Ziakas, whose team performed the transplant. As he explained, when the donor is younger than two years only the corneal endothelium can be taken and transplanted into an adult.
Thanks to this act of generosity, the recipient, who has been suffering for a long time with her vision and had undergone a transplant and the other eye, is already optimistic that her daily life will improve, as her post -operative condition is characterized by the doctors.

Excited, Mr Ziakas, he described as a particular transplant, as he is one of the few that have been made worldwide with a graft from such a young donor. ‘TRead kinds of transplants are rare. Eight years ago, with my then associates, we had a transplant with the youngest donor recorded worldwide, only 84 days old. Since then, according to international literature, there has been another transplant with young donor donor, just 9 months. Therefore, the transplant we performed with the graft that came from the 8 -month -old infant seems to be the second successful with even younger donor worldwide“, Mr. Ziakas emphasized.

Honest thanks to the family are expressed by the hospital transplant team, prompting to increase the offering of grafts to carry out more transplants and reduce the waiting for a compatible graft. With the increase in donors, there will be hope that the number of transplants will grow. Only on the waiting list for corneal transplants at Papageorgiou Hospital are about 200 patients.

It is noted that the transplant center of the General Hospital. Papageorgiou is pioneering the transplants of purely endothelium, which relate to even the most modern technique, as it is the only one to perform such interventions in northern Greece, in the public sector.