GEM hospital has joined hands with GEMedanta Institiute of Hepatology & Liver Transplantation and performs the first successful laparoscopic living donor liver transplantation surgery at their hospital.
Dr. C. Palanivelu, Chairman, GEM Hospital along with a team of doctors comprising of Dr. S. Goja, Dr.V. Vohra, Dr. Senthilnathan, Dr. Anand Vijai and Dr Vigneshwaran has successfully performed the first laparoscopic assisted living donor liver transplantation surgery along with Dr A.S. Soin, Head of GEMedanta Institiute of Hepatology & Liver Transplantation team performed this live donor liver transplantation for the recipient Balasubramaniam.
Balasubramanian was suffering from liver cirrhosis for more than a year. As liver transplantation was the only treatment option available to save the patient, it was decided that part of the liver from a donor should be to be transplanted to Balasubramanian after removing a section of his affected liver. His wife Sheeba became the donor. The expert team of doctors successfully transplanted part of the donor's liver to the patient. Currently, the patient has recovered well.
The team shares that 'Living donor transplantation is becoming popular worldwide due to the scarcity of cadaver donors. More than 250 liver procedures have been successfully performed at the GEM hospitals.The interesting fact is that liver is the only organ in our body that has the ability to grow for both the donor and recipient'.