The department of Nephrology of Kovai medical center and Hospital (KMCH) has chosen a wise path after making a detailed research to treat a complicated case of a 18-year-old boy who was suffering from kidney malfunction.
The patient presented with severe body pain & vomiting and also complained about inability of walking. The doctors team of KMCH's Nephrology department upon evaluation diagnosed poor kidney function and very low calcium levels which had been causing severe bone pain and weakness. The patient was immediately referred for dialysis.
"We found out that his kidneys were shrunken and hence kidney transplantation was advised. His mother was investigated as she had the same blood group as his son. But she was found to have diabetes hence she could not donate her kidney. And, his father's blood group did not match with the patient.
Although kidney transplantation can be done in spite of blood group mismatch, the conditioning regime before doing such transplantation is intensive. He will need multiple sessions of plasma exchange to remove harmful antibodies. Repeated plasma removal is associated with increased bleeding. Also there is increased risk of infections hence the patient was worried about these risks" the doctors said.
Hence we advised him Immuno-Adsorption method to do blood group incompatible transplantation. This is a newer technology available in Europe which will remove only the harmful antibodies with nil risk of bleeding or infection.
After completing all the legal work we proceeded with one session of Immunoadsorption and transplantation the next day. His kidney function was normal indicating the success of the surgery", the team of doctors apprised.
Presently, the patient's transplanted kidney are working fine. And, the patient who is a college student has planned to go to college in 2 months’ time.
KMCH Chairman Dr. Nalla G. Palaniswami extended his appreciations to Dr.Mangalkumar, Consultant Nephrologist and team who chased the hope of ray and reached the destiny with high spirits.