Alessia di Matteo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Organ transplant recipient
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Place of Birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italy
About Alessia di Matteo
- Alessia di Matteo (July 4, 2003 – January 12, 2005) was an Italian from Genoa.
- Di Matteo became the first person in history to survive the transplantion of eight organs in a single operation, although she died a year later of complications.
- She was operated on at the age of six months on January 31, 2004, in Miami.
- She was born with megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis (MMIH) syndrome (also known as Berdon syndrome), a congenital smooth muscle disorder which affected her kidneys, intestines and stomach; she would have died earlier without treatment.
- She received a liver, a small and large intestine, a pancreas, a new stomach, a spleen and two kidneys.
- The operation was led by doctor Andreas Tzakis. Di Matteo remained in Florida until one month before her death, so that doctors could watch for complications.
- Complications did develop, and eventually caused her death in a Genoan hospital at the age of 18 months.
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