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Written By: Agencies | Updated : January 20, 2015 6:22 PM IST
Kochi ,20 January 2015: First of it's kinds, Kerala witness its first ever small bowel transplanatation. This is a huge achievement as itis claimed to be the first of its kind in Kerala, small bowel transplantation was successfully carried out by doctors at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi. The transplantation surgery, lasting six hours, was performed on a 37-year-old woman, Seena Shojan of Irinjalakuda on January 5. The patient had undergone multiple 'small bowel resection' surgeries during the last six years, doctors said. (Read: Kerala s first pancreas-kidney transplant performed in Kochi)
The normal length of the small bowel is 5-6 metres. A normal human being requires at least two metres of small bowel for survival. Seena had only 96 cm length of the small bowel. For the last one month, she was in critical stage and the only option for her was transplantation, the hospital said. The patient's condition now is stable. Though she has started taking normal diet, the transplanted small bowel will take about two months to gain all its normal functions, hospital sources said. (Read: Techie undergoes successful intestinal transplant)
During this period she will be under strict monitoring. The transplantation was possible thanks to the decision of the family of a 38-year-old woman who was declared brain dead at another hospital following an accident. Her family gave consent to donate her heart, kidneys, liver, small bowel and two corneas. Small bowel, heart and liver transplantations were performed at the Amrita Hospital. While a 45-year-old patient, suffering from end stage heart disease received the heart, the liver was transplanted in a woman suffering from acute liver failure. The organ donation was facilitated by the Kerala Network for Organ Sharing (KNOS), the state government's Nodal Agency for organ retrieval and sharing. (Read: India s first-ever hand transplant at AIMS Kochi)
Source: PTI
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