Critically ill teen gets new life as sisters donate liver parts
A 14-year-old boy, who was critically ill with liver failure, has got a new lease of life thanks to his two elder sisters, who donated part of their organs for the challenging transplant surgery, doctors said on Saturday. .
The teenager from Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, recently had surgery at a premier private facility in Gurgaon, and hospital officials claimed it was “the country’s first pediatric dual lobe liver transplant”.
On the eve of Rakhi festival, which marks the bond between a brother and a sister, Akshat and his siblings, Neha (29) and Prerna (22) in a media interaction with some doctors of Medanta Hospital Share your feelings. Where the transplant took place in mid-July.
“The patient had been fighting for his life a month earlier, was critically ill due to liver failure, resulting in severe jaundice. He was in a pre-coma condition. The matter was further complicated. This was because the patient weighed about 92 kg with a weight of about 92 kg,” the hospital said in a statement.
While his two sisters were eligible donors, they were both very light. That’s why he needed half of the kalvar from his two sisters. It was challenging to fit in both the halves while saving him from drowning during the lengthy surgical procedure.
Doctors said that Akshat, who now weighs 65 kg and his sisters have recovered well after the surgery and are now enjoying a normal life after a month.
Dr Arvinder Soin, President and Chief Surgeon, Medanta Liver Transplant Institute, said, “The decision to start the first of its kind surgery for a critically ill child by placing all the three siblings together on the operating table was not only Very tough for the team but also for the parents.”
“For a successful transplant, it is essential that the weight of the newly transplanted liver is at least 0.8 to 1 percent of the patient’s body weight. In this case, half the weight of a single donor liver is only 0.5 to 0.55 percent of the weight of the intact one. So two liver parts were needed to make the required quantity. We are glad that it is all working well,” he said.
Dr. Neelam Mohan, Director, Pediatric Liver Disease and Transplantation, Medanta, said, “While the patient’s sisters were eligible donors, the situation required both of them to donate portions of their livers. While the initial period of recovery in the ICU was complicated for the patient. Finally, all the three siblings got well.”
The story of these brothers and sisters will definitely make them happy on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
“This is a unique example of the power of organ donation to save lives. It draws attention to the fact that any healthy person can save the life of a loved one by donating half their liver or one kidney without any harm,” Doctor. Naresh Trehan, Chairman and Managing Director, Medanta Hospital, said in a statement.
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