Hyderabad: A liver transplantation for a rare genetic syndrome, NISCH (Neonatal Icthyosis Scalp alopecia Cholangio Hepatisis) Syndrome, in a small child, for the first time in India and fourth in the world, was performed by doctors at Osmania General Hospital (OGH) and Niloufer Hospital. According to doctors, the eight-month-old child weighing 6 kg was referred […]
Hyderabad: A nine-day-old baby girl, who was advised by doctors to undergo emergency liver transplant surgery at the earliest in London, was issued a passport in just one hour after her parents approached the Regional Passport Office, Hyderabad for Tatkal Passport Services. The Regional Passport Office, Hyderabad took cognisance of the seriousness of the matter […]
Hyderabad: Surgeons at Kamineni Hospitals, LB Nagar, have performed a complex cadaver liver transplant surgery on a 49-year-old police constable Srinivas, hailing from Tirupati, who was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and needed emergency transplant to survive. Srinivas was initially admitted to the hospital with complaints of fatigue, loss of appetite and later developed […]
Hyderabad: The liver transplant surgeons at Renovo-National Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases (NIGL) Hospitals on Wednesday announced they have successfully conducted a complex living related liver transplant surgery on a 40-year-old patient Atul Kumar Dubey, hailing from Chattisgarh. The patient was suffering from advanced liver cirrhosis failure and needed to undergo liver transplantation to […]
Hyderabad: A team of surgeons at Prathima Hospitals, Kachiguda have conducted a liver transplant surgery on 11-months-old boy who was diagnosed with ‘Alagille Syndrome’, a rare genetic liver disorder, and was suffering from liver failure, a press release said. Alagille syndrome is a condition where bile builds up in the liver because there are no […]
Hospital surgeons in a statement on Monday said that the liver transplant was performed with a blood loss of less than 500 ml and the patient did not require a blood transfusion
“He is lying in the hospital surrounded by multiple machines but despite all that, he still greets us with a smile. I have watched him suffer due to his condition since birth but he has never stopped fighting. He gives me hope and I am proud to be his mother but if soon nothing is […]
The donor cadaver liver for the patient, who hails from Pollachi, near Coimbatore, was available when a 38-year-old woman suffering from chronic kidney ailment, was declared brain dead under Jeevandan organ donation initiative.
