Liver and heart transplant done together at Apollo Hospitals
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K.P. Ponnar, a 30 yr old man became the lucky recipient of Asia's first en bloc heart and liver transplant at Apollo Hospitals.
Ponnar is reported to have recovered well after undergoing this technically advanced surgery where the patient's heart and liver are simultaneously being treated; while both the organs are pulled out and replaced with a new heart and liver, it is said to be still connected by a blood vessel.
Dubbed by Stanford University as a"technically demanding surgical technique, best left in the hands of experienced surgeons", only a handful of CHLT procedures have been performed anywhere in the world.
This is the story of Mr. Ponnar, a quiet-spoken young man hailing from Tiruchengode, a small town in Namakkal District, Tamilnadu. Ponnar was an exceptional student who completed his Masters in Engineering and was a gold medallist. At 22, in the prime of his life, with all his hopes and dreams ahead of him and the world at his feet, Ponnar started noticing swelling in his abdomen, shortness of breath and found that he was turning yellow.
Ponnar is reported to have recovered well after undergoing this technically advanced surgery where the patient's heart and liver are simultaneously being treated; while both the organs are pulled out and replaced with a new heart and liver, it is said to be still connected by a blood vessel.
Dubbed by Stanford University as a"technically demanding surgical technique, best left in the hands of experienced surgeons", only a handful of CHLT procedures have been performed anywhere in the world.
This is the story of Mr. Ponnar, a quiet-spoken young man hailing from Tiruchengode, a small town in Namakkal District, Tamilnadu. Ponnar was an exceptional student who completed his Masters in Engineering and was a gold medallist. At 22, in the prime of his life, with all his hopes and dreams ahead of him and the world at his feet, Ponnar started noticing swelling in his abdomen, shortness of breath and found that he was turning yellow.
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