Rostock University Medical Center: Rare intervention saves 15-year-old Jonah’s life

Jonah has a bleeding disorder. The Rostock doctors dared a rare intervention.

Rostock | There are two large veins in the human body that carry blood from the body back to the heart. The superior vena cava takes care of the upper part of the body and the inferior vena cava takes care of everything that lies under the diaphragm. But in the case of 15-year-old Jonah, the vena cava was completely closed. This led to the fact that he m …

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