Indore hospital conducts rare liver transplant operation

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September 12, 2021 19:24 IST
MP: Indore hospital conducts uncommon liver transplant operation

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Indore, Sep 12 (PTI) A 26-year-old IT skilled whose liver and coronary heart had been on the mistaken aspect, a situation referred to as ”situs invertus totalis”, was operated upon in a hospital in Indore in Madhya Pradesh in order that he might donate an organ to his father.

Docs at Choithram Hospital stated the surgical procedure carried out on Prakhar Kaushal on August 28 was uncommon as this situation is present in one out of 10,00zero folks.

“The liver is normally discovered on the suitable aspect, however as a result of a congenital situation, it was on the left aspect for Prakhar. A workforce of 4 medical doctors carried out the surgical procedure, which if not accomplished in time, might have prompted hazard to the lifetime of the recipient,” stated the hospital”s organ transplant surgeon Dr Sudesh Sharda.

Solely 5 such transplants had been carried out on this planet. Sharda claimed, including that Prakhar had been discharged whereas his father would additionally comply with go well with quickly.

The liver donation needed to be accomplished as Prakhar”s 59-year-old father was affected by liver cirrhosis, medical doctors stated. PTI HWP LAL BNM

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