Chennai: The team of doctors led by Dr.
Govini Balasubramani in Fortis Hospital, Vadunglani, managed to carry out a lung transplant operation in a 34-year-old man from Punjab, who suffered from a disruption of lung tissue.
The operation lasted for seven hours in which the two lungs were successfully transplanted to the patient, which had several co-morbidity including a small chest cavity, some insertion of chest tubes on the lung side and BMI were low.
The hospital said the patient was served with a family family rare interstitial lung disease (ILD), a group of disorders that caused progressive pulmonary grated tissue.
Low BMI Patients are the biggest challenge because it is less than the ranges needed for organ transplants.
Patients depend on oxygen support over the past two years and have been on the waiting list of national organizations and tissuetranspantan for eight months.
A 29-year-old donor was identified in Madurai which was declared killed the brain after an accident.
“Identify the right size of the lungs, because it has a small chest cavity, is a boring task.
Transplants in patients with low and high BMI may not work because there are opportunities for organ rejection.
After his confession, we prepared rights.
Nutrition diet, physiotherapy, And turn medicine for his body condition, “said Dr.
Govini Balasubramani.
Doctor Chennai transplanted lungs in 34-year-old children
