MGM Healthcare uses new technology to carry out liver transplant
The Hindu
Technique used to improve the organ’s quality
A 44-year-old man recently underwent a one-of-its-kind liver transplant. Nearly three months later, he is back to his normal self, said his wife Sakthi Devi. M. Ram Prabhu, who had liver cirrhosis, was listed for transplant in the State’s transplant registry for a year. The pandemic made it difficult to procure a cadaver organ for him. On two occasions, an organ was available from Chandigarh and Kolkata but the logistics of procuring it posed a hurdle. In March, when a patient admitted to MGM Healthcare died and his blood group (AB) matched with that of the donor, doctors prepared Mr. Ram Prabhu for transplant. But the donor liver’s condition was unstable owing to administration of high doses of blood pressure support drugs. A biopsy revealed that the liver had a fat content of 40%, said Thiagarajan Srinivasan, director of the Institute of Liver Diseases and Transplantation, MGM Hospital.More Related News
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