Hand Transplant on 64 year old with kidney transplant with Dr Mohit Sharma - Video

Published On 2024-03-21T17:25:47+05:30 | Updated On 21 March 2024 5:25 PM IST

Overview

64-year-old kidney transplant patient, Gautam Tayal, got a second chance in life when he received a hand transplant surgery at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad in December 2023 which marked the first incidence of hand transplantation in north India.

It was also the first time in the country when a hand transplantation had been carried out on a patient who had previously undergone kidney transplantation. This landmark procedure, only the second of its kind globally, is not just a triumph for medical science but a testament to human resilience and generosity. The case was managed extremely well with tremendous efficiency and expertise of Dr Mohit Sharma and his team.

In this video, Dr. Mohit Sharma, Head of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Amrita Hospital Faridabad talks about case history, complications, and prognosis.

Speakers

Dr Mohit Sharma

Dr Mohit Sharma (MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MCh (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)) is a Senior consultant, Professor and Head (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) at Amrita Hospital, Kochi having over 20 years of experience in the field of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr Sharma specialises in application of microvascular techniques for solving complex reconstructive problems. His team is well known for starting the first Vascularised Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) programme in India in the year 2015 and has acquired one of the largest body of experience for any single centre in the world in the field of Hand Transplantation. He is also the reviewer for various international journals as well as the Indian journal of Plastic Surgery.

Roshni Dhar

Roshni Dhar, a Mass com graduate with a soft corner for health happenings, joined Medical Dialogues as a news anchor in 2021. Inspired by her mother who is a gynaecologist, she likes to keep herself and the world updated on the occurring in the medical field. She covers various aspects of health news for MDTV at Medical Dialogues. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751