VPS Lakeshore Hospital: This is the highest number of surgeries ever performed in our history within a span of one year. The challenge of saving each life that comes in our hand was not easy during this global pandemic. What drove us forward was our passion and our sense of duty.
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2020 – Stories of Inspiration
Successful Liver Transplant in eight-month old underweight baby
The child, Rabeeh, suffered from a rare condition called biliary atresia for which he had undergone a surgery earlier which could not cure him. Doctors at VPS Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi, have scripted an amazing feat by successfully performing liver transplantation on an eight-month-old underweight malnourished baby who had underdeveloped lungs and suffered from recurrent infections.
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“What made the surgery even more unique was that a small part of a blood vessel which was harvested from a brain-dead donor in Thiruvananthapuram was also utilised to supplement a blood vessel inside Fayaz’s body,” said Dr Abhishek Yadav, head of Comprehensive Liver Care Institute at the hospital, who led the surgery.
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Rare Liver Transplant saves 63-year-old
In a commendable feat, a team of doctors at Kochi’s VPS Lakeshore Hospital successfully cured a patient suffering from hepatopulmonary syndrome by employing a novel treatment technique of liver transplantation. Liver transplantation in severe hepatopulmonary syndrome is a high-risk procedure with high mortality.
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Recovery from Acute Liver Failure
All patients with Acute Liver Failure do not require liver transplantation. Some can be managed with medical treatment with excellent results. The team of doctors has successfully avoided a liver transplant for this young girl and gave her a new life, and a new smile without any scars!
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