Simultaneous liver and kidney transplant conducted successfully at KIMS

Transplant surgeons at KIMS introduced profitable simultaneous liver and kidney transplant surgical procedures on a 50-year-old housewife from Siliguri.

Hyderabad: Transplant surgeons at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) on Thursday introduced profitable simultaneous liver and kidney transplant surgical procedures on a 50-year-old housewife from Siliguri, West Bengal, who was affected by polycystic liver and end-stage kidney illness.

As a result of her medical situation, the affected person, Usha Agarwal’s liver grew abnormally and weighed 12 kg, occupying your entire stomach. By Jeevandan organ donation initiative, she acquired a cadaver liver and kidney from a mind useless affected person.

Dr. Ravichand Siddachari, Chief, Liver Transplant and HPB Surgical procedure, stated “Polycystic liver and kidney illness is a hereditary situation through which attributable to mutations in gene, cysts (fluid-filled cavities) are shaped in kidneys and liver. Because the cysts develop, they begin experiencing the signs.”

It was a posh surgical procedure because the liver had occupied your entire stomach, and concerned detaching liver from its attachments and likewise to protect the essential buildings required for transplantation. “However we succeeded in transplanting a brand new liver,” Dr. Uma Maheshwara Rao, Urologist and Renal transplant surgeon, stated.

The marathon surgical procedure that lasted for almost 14 hours was taken-up by transplant surgeons Dr. Ravichand Siddachari, Dr. Sachin Daga, Dr. Ok.N. Paramesha, Dr. Uma Maheshwara Rao whereas post-operative care was given by Hepatologist, Dr.Sharat Putta, and senior nephrologist Dr.V.S. Reddy.