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Chennai: Apollo Hospital doctors successfully saved two young lives by performing complicated living donor liver transplants on a Six-month-old baby and an Eleven-year-old girl who had extreme health complications during the pandemic. Mothers of both children gave a new lease of life to them once again by donating a part of their liver.
Six-month-old Baby Abhyansh Mondal had persistent jaundice since his birth in January 2020 which eventually got worse with time. The baby was affected by a rare genetic disorder due to which she was born without a bile duct. Abhyansh Mondal daughter of Abhishek Mondal and Samyuktha Kumari from Jharkhand was suffering from Biliary Atresia, a rare, congenital liver disorder. Though her illness was diagnosed in Jharkhand in January, the family could not go for further treatment due to the continuous lockdown.
Speaking
about
this
procedure
Dr
Elankumaran,
Surgical
Gastroenterologist,
Liver
Transplant
Surgeon,
Apollo
Children's
Hospitals,
said,
"By
the
time
they
brought
the
child
to
Apollo
Chennai
the
baby's
liver
was
completely
damaged.
The
baby
was
weighing
eight
kilograms
only.
Her
bile
duct
was
completely
not
formed
and
this
is
not
a
common
scenario.
Studying
all
the
complications
and
emergencies
we
suggested
doing
a
transplant
which
was
the
only
option
to
save
the
child.
Baby
Abhyansh
underwent
living
donor
liver
transplantation
two
months
ago
and
his
mother
Mrs.
Sanyutha
Kumari
was
the
live
donor.
Post
the
transplant
the
patient
recovered
completely
and
returned
back
to
Jharkhand."
Congenital
hepatic
fibrosis
(CHF)
is
a
rare
genetic
disease
that
causes
malformation
and
fibrosis
(scarring)
of
the
liver.
Occurring
in
roughly
one
out
of
every
20,000
births,
CHF
can
lead
to
an
enlarged
liver,
impaired
blood
flow
to
the
intestines
(portal
hypertension),
infection
of
the
bile
ducts
and
liver
failure.
In
severe
cases,
a
liver
transplant
is
usually
needed
to
treat
the
disease.
Similarly, eleven-year-old Ashvitha from Trichy was diagnosed with Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis, a rare disorder associated with Polycystic kidney disease leading to renal failure 4 years ago. She was under treatment in her hometown, however, her health was continuously deteriorating. Her parents noticed some serious changes in her day-to-day activities, she was unable to even continue her studies for a year. She was brought to Apollo Hospitals Chennai for further medical evaluation.
Explaining the case further, Dr Elankumaran, Surgical Gastroenterologist, Liver Transplant Surgeon Apollo Children's Hospitals, said, "Because of the genetic disorder her liver enlarged so much that she was unable to carry herself around she stopped schooling. Over the past one year, she has been suffering a lot and visited Apollo Chennai two months ago when she weighed 26 kilograms only. The transplant was the only available option for the child. Ashvitha's mother donated a portion of her liver after undergoing several tests for donation fitness."
The surgical team led by Dr.K.Elankumaran, Surgical Gastroenterologist, Liver Transplant Surgeon Apollo Children's Hospitals and anaesthetist Dr Vasantharoopan and team performed the transplant successfully. The procedure was performed with financial assistance under T.N.C.M. Health Insurance scheme the liver transplantation was carried out after due approval without any cost.
Paediatric liver transplantation is a complex surgery with the facilities available in only very few hospitals across the country. Both surgery and post-operative care need expertise and experience. Several crowdfunding agencies and governmental agencies contribute towards the surgery for the unaffordable parents. Apollo Children's hospital is one of the tertiary care paediatric hospitals with adequate set up to manage children with complicated liver disease including medical treatment, plasmapheresis and liver transplantation.
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