China's first liver cell transplant surgery has successfully being performed in a hospital in Beijing, China Radio International reported on Monday.
The 48-year-old patient from northeast China's Liaoning Province is in a stable condition.
The patient has been sick with chronic hepatitis.
Medical experts say the successful operation indicates China has reached a world standard in the treatment of liver diseases.
The liver cell transplant is a method to treat people with terminal illnesses and hereditary liver diseases.
(CRI November 1, 2004)
