Hyderabad: Transplant surgeons from Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Lakdikapul, have saved the life of an eight-year-old girl who was suffering from end stage liver disorder and had also done a positive test for covid-19.
The youngster was hospitalized in mid-October and eventually diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and jaundice. Compatibility assessments showed that her mother’s liver was a match. But before the surgeons could prepare the mother and child for transplant, both tested positive for covid-19.
“We first made sure that the child and her mother were recovered from covid-19. After a period of one month, the period during which the whole family was in quarantine was recovered.
We had to be vigilant and both were under round the clock care and inspection, ”Dr. Says KN Chandan Kumar, Senior Hepatologist, who underwent transplant surgery.
Surgeons successfully performed liver transplant surgery after finding that both had a significant percentage of antibodies and that all inflammatory markers were negative. Four weeks after the surgery, the mother and child recovered. ”doctors said. Senior Hepatologist and Pediatric Liver Transplant Physician Drs. Prashant Bachina was also involved in the treatment and surgery of the little girl.
