Milestone 300 Ldlt in 2013

                         

Liver Transplant milestone in India. 300 Living Donor Liver Transplant in one year.

ANG Centre for Liver and Biliary Sciences proudly announces that it has conducted 300 Living Donor Liver transplant in 2013 and becomes the only center in India to achieve this milestone. This has meant that 600 major liver surgeries each lasting 12 to 16 hours were conducted in 2013. Truly this is an amazing exercise and very few centres in the world have managed to complete as any number of transplants in one year.

We are grateful to the patients and donors who placed their trust in us. The support from Indraprastha Apollo hospitals has been stupendous  throughout the year.

In 2013, the team has also helped other centres within India and abroad to set up liver transplantation. The team has helped hospitals in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Kazakhstan.

In 2013 because of improvements in technique the cost of liver transplant has come down from 24 lacs to 19 lacs. The group published its low cost transplant techniques in the journal “Liver Transplantation”.

The use of blood and blood products has been minimized and as a result the infection rates are lower. This year we introduced techniques that allows for transplantation of patients who are grossly overweight from a single donor. The 300 plus liver transplants included swap transplantation, combined liver kidney transplant and transplants for high-risk recipients and sequential Liver Kidney Transplant.

In 2013, we also introduced sequential liver kidney transplant for patients with both liver and kidney disease. This has been a big relief for families, as they no longer need to have three members from their family to undergo major surgery at the same time.

The group has now completed 1400 living donor liver transplants with over 90% success rate and a 10% biliary stricture rate.

An event was attended by Dr.Prathap C reddy,Chairman,Apollo Hospitals Group,Prof.MC Mishra,Director –AIIMS,Prof Subash Gupta,Liver Transplant Surgeon,Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals and the Transplant Patients along eith their families.

Dr. Subash Gupta is  well known all over the world for his  Pioneering work in liver transplantation in the Indian subcontinent. During the briefing he shared insights on his journey in India, experiences and challenges faced over the years and how the Liver Transplant vertical has developed in the recent past. He also discussed about the comprehensive management of complex conditions of HPB.

Addressing the press meet, Dr. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals said, “Apollo's comprehensive liver transplant care programme is well known for its highly successful Adult and Pediatric Liver Transplant programmes, clinical excellence and cutting edge technology. From the inception we have successful performed liver transplant in India in 1998, the Apollo Transplant Program has successfully completed 1400 living donor liver transplants with over 90% success rate and a 10% biliary stricture rate. We strive to achieve many more such landmarks and keep alive our motto of touching lives!”

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Subash Gupta, Chief Liver Transplant Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals said, “It is indeed a proud moment for us to achieve such a milestone in liver transplants. We feel a sense of accomplishment on the completion of 300 cases. We are grateful towards our patients who have shown faith and trust in us and helping us reach this landmark and delivering clinical excellence.”