Overview

• Susanne Viehmeyer, initially deemed a palliative case, was discharged medication-free just seven days after a pioneering liver surgery at Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH).
• The surgery utilized a transplant-derived organ perfusion technique, applied for the first time inside a patient’s body, combined with ECMO to maintain circulatory and oxygenation support.
• The tumor, which had infiltrated all three major hepatic veins and was previously considered inoperable, was successfully resected after targeted therapy significantly reduced its size.
• The multidisciplinary approach involved gastroenterologists, oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, and transplant surgeons, showcasing MHH’s leadership in innovative cancer treatments.
• This breakthrough builds on decades of transplant medicine research at MHH, offering new hope for complex cancer cases once thought untreatable.