Medical doctors from Apollo Hospitals carry out Gujarat’s first liver & kidney transplant from dwelling donors on a global affected person in a single sitting

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A crew of docs at Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad, has given a brand new lease of life to a 48-year-old worldwide affected person by performing a liver and kidney transplant on him in a single go. The marathon surgical procedure that went on for 17 hours was carried out on Might 3 and the affected person was discharged from the hospital on the 18th of Might.

Notably, it's the first case of its sort in Gujarat the place two organ transplants from dwell donors have been executed on a affected person on the identical day.

The crew of docs who have been concerned within the marathon surgical procedure contains Dr Chirag Desai, GI, HPB and Liver Transplant Surgeon; Dr Neerav Goyal, Liver Transplant Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, Dr Lakshman Khiria, and Dr Swati Upadhyay. Liver physicians have been Dr Shravan Bohra and Dr Apurva Shah. The kidney transplant crew included Dr. Manoj Gumber, a Nephrologist and Transplant Doctor, and Dr Vijaya Rajkumari, Kidney Transplant Surgeon. The anesthesia crew included Dr. Ankit Chauhan and the crew and ICU crew was led by Dr Jay Kothari.

 Notably, the affected person was affected by diabetes, hypertension, and Hepatitis C and was depending on dialysis for the previous three years. He approached Apollo Hospitals for remedy throughout a medical tourism occasion in Myanmar.

Upon analysis, docs discovered that other than a broken kidney, the affected person was additionally affected by liver cirrhosis and wanted a liver transplant as nicely.

A double organ transplant includes 3 times the danger versus any single organ transplant. Describing the problems of the case, Dr Desai, stated, “A critical challenge was to find live organ donors for kidney and liver for the surgery. This case was the first-ever in Gujarat wherein two organs were transplanted using live donors.” Timing and coordination between each the transplant groups was very essential, he added.

In the case of any transplant surgical procedure, monitoring using immunosuppression medication is extraordinarily important. Explaining the importance of this course of, Dr Gumber, stated, “Balancing the use of immunosuppression drugs during a transplant was the key to a successful surgery. If given in less than adequate amount, the organs get rejected, and any more than adequate will increase the chances of an infection in a patient. Given the risk, the multi-specialty pool of doctors at Apollo and the resources available here made this surgery possible.”

Aside from this, surgical expertise, good ICU, and post-operative monitoring have been components that attributed to the success of this delicate surgical procedure.

Commenting on the restoration of the affected person Dr Vijaya Rajkumari stated, “He is eating normally. The creatinine results are normal. Post-discharge regular follow-ups, compliance with medicine and monitoring are vital for a successful transplant and the longevity of the organs.”

Apollo Hospitals COO (Gujarat Area) Neeraj Lal stated, “With the decline in COVID-19 cases and as international travel opened up, many foreign patients are coming to Apollo Hospitals for their surgeries and treatments.”

                                                       

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