Transplant gives a new lease of life to 34-year-old patient at Fortis Vadapalani!
A Team of doctors led by Dr. Govini Balasubramani at Fortis Hospital Vadapalani, successfully performed a rare lung transplant earlier this month on a 34-year-old male. The rare and challenging surgery lasted for 7 hours where both lungs were successfully transplanted to the patient in spite of the multiple health challenges such as small chest cavity, multiple chest tube insertions on the sides of the lungs and low BMI
The 34-year-old patient from Punjab was presented at Fortis Hospital, Vadapalani, with a rare familial Interstitial Lung Disease (A group of disorders that cause progressive scarring of lung tissue that occurs in one of every one lakh population).
The family of the patient had already lost two of its members because of familial ILD. The patient's Low BMI was the biggest challenge as it was less than the required range for organ transplantation. The average BMI for organ transplant should be 18-32 for the transplant to be successful. The patient was dependent on oxygen support for his survival since past two years and had been in the waiting list of NOTTO.
The wait for the suitable lung came to an end, post a donor from Madurai. The 29-year-old donor met with a fatal accident and declared brain dead by the hospital at Madurai while he was on ventilator support.
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