Tag: organ transplant
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Amrita is setting up a homograft bank
2 Aug 2018, KochiAmrita Institute of Medical Sciences is in the process of setting up a homograft bank that will be second such bank to preserve aorta and pulmonary artery from the deceased donors in the state. This will benefit children, who have an infection of the valves. In absence of aorta and pulmonary artery,…
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Football-sized tumour from the jaw was removed at Amrita Hospital
The surgeons at Amrita Hospital removed a football-sized tumour from the jaw of Amar Samad, a 19-year-old tribal boy from Jharkhand, India. The surgery, which was done at no charge, took 14 hours. It involved the reconstruction of Amar’s jaw using his leg bone. It was the largest jaw tumour of its kind ever reported.…
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Upper double arm transplant at Amrita Hospital for a female recipient from a male donor
Shreya Siddanagowda was only 19 years old when she tragically lost both of her arms in a bus accident last year. Today she received the upper double-arm transplant at Amrita Hospital. Shreya has two arms again, and her doctors expect her to regain 85% of her hands’ functioning within 18 months. The procedure that gave…
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India’s first double forearm transplant at Amrita Hospital
28 July 2016, Kochi Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (Amrita Hospital) has conducted India’s first double forearm transplant on a 21-year-old youth, Jith Kumar Saji, who lost both his hands below the elbow in 2013 due to electrical burns. This is the third double-hand transplant done at the hospital. In India, currently only Amrita Hospital…
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India’s first double hand transplant patients to embrace productive social life
It’s been more than a year since India’s first double hand transplant surgery done at Amrita Hospital ! A momentous meeting was held for felicitating the victims of the transplant as they are leaving the hospital. Manu and Abdul Rahim had showcased excellent results and continue to do so. The non-surgical treatment took around one…
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Amrita Hospital initiates India’s first windpipe transplant
The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences has successfully completed the first stage of a windpipe transplant on a cancer patient. The complex surgery is done in two phases. In the first phase, the windpipe harvested from the donor is embedded in the recipient’s forearm after stripping it of all cells. After two months, the recipient’s…
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Amrita transplant team won British Medical Journal award
2nd Nov 2015, Kochi The Amrita Hospital hand transplant team won the prestigious British Medical Journal award 2015 for the category of best surgical team of South Asia. These awards have been instituted to honour the contributions of various teams in this region in different aspects of medical care delivery. The BMJ awards has been…
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Amrita Center of Excellence in Organ Transplantation dedicated to the Nation
8 Sep 2015, Kochi Center of Excellence in Organ Transplantation at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences was dedicated to the Nation by Central Minister for Science and technology Dr Harsha Vardhan today at Kochi. The Amrita Centre of Excellence in Organ Transplantation, over the last 15 years has carried out about 900 cases of transplantations…
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Over 1000 Organ transplantations at Amrita hospital
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre has emerged as one of the largest centres in India, carrying out organ transplantations. The Centre of Excellence in Organ Transplantation, over the last 15 years has carried out about 1012 cases of transplantations, which includes heart, liver, lung, kidney, pancreas, bone marrow, and small intestine besides composite…
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2nd hand transplant in India, at Amrita Institute, for an Afghanisthan BSF Captian
The second successful double hands transplant in India was carried out in Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi on 10th April 2015. The recipient of this bilateral hand transplant is Abdul Rahim a 30 year old Captain in Afghanistan border security force. He lost both his hand while attempting to diffuse mines as a part…