U.S. Artist Eileen Dreizin Undergoes Liver Transplant.

A noted American painter returned to the United States yesterday after undergoing a successful liver transplant at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital's Kaohsiung Medical Center in southern Taiwan.

It marked the first time that a Taiwanese medical team has performed a liver transplant for an American, according to Chen Chao-long, superintendent of the hospital's Kaohsiung branch who headed the medical team that performed the transplant.

Chen, an eminent liver transplant surgeon, told local news media that the 55-year-old American artist, identified as Eileen Dreizin, had terminal stage cirrhosis when she approached Chang Gung hospital for a liver transplant.

According to Chen, Dreizin's son suggested to his mother to undergo a liver transplant in Taiwan after he discovered through an extensive Internet search that Chen's surgical team has the world's highest survival rate, even higher than counterparts in many advanced countries, including the United States, Japan and major European Union countries.

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