Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): Prapul (21) and Prajwal (24), siblings from Bengaluru helped save the lives of two blood cancer patients.

Washington [US], August 16 (ANI): A new UC Davis Health study has found that paediatric kidney transplant patients have better long-term outcomes when their kidney comes from living, biologically unrelated donors compared to deceased donors.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Owing to the lack of awareness and access to quality care, Thalassemia is fast becoming a major health concern stated Dr Sunil Bhat, Director and Clinical Lead, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Narayana Health.

Mumbai Feb 24 PTI A 28-year-old brain dead mans hands were transported to Mumbai from Gujarats Ahmedabad to be transplanted to a man who lost his hand in a freak accident Prathamesh Tawde 22 lost his left hand and three fingers of his right hand in an accident at a tyre factory in Mumbai in April last year Prathameshs hands had gotten trapped in a machine and he sustained burns over his forearms and thighs due to hot rubber His left hand was amputated at distal forearm level and he lost three fingers of his right hand in the accident After undergoing primary treatment at a hospital in suburban Bhandup the teen was registered for a hand transplant two months ago and was on the waiting list On February 9 the Tawde family received a call from the hospital that a pair of limbs were being donated in Ahmedabad where a man who met with a motorcycle accident was announced brain dead and his family had decided to donate his hands and internal organs We had to relocate from Vaibhavwadi Sindhudurg district to Diva a suburb in Thane for his treatment Since then April 2021 we have been here Prathameshs sister Shraddha 21 said Prathamesh came across a video on hand transplant surgery on Facebook and inquired about it in the comments following which a hospital got in touch with the family she said The hands of the accident victim were flown from Ahmedabad to Mumbai in a charter flight on February 10 The organ was carefully preserved in special solutions and packed on ice for transportation it was stated A large team of doctors comprising surgeons from plastic hand microvascular orthopaedic departments and anaesthesiologists participated in the complex 13-hour surgery it was stated The surgery was very challenging said Nilesh Satbhai head of the department senior consultant Plastic Hand and Reconstructive microsurgery Transplant Surgery at Global Hospital Parel The recipient limb on the left side was severely scarred and damaged Due to primary crush a partial transplant was done on the right side We transplanted only the index middle and ring fingers to the hand without disturbing or damaging the patients original thumb and little finger This is more difficult to do than a standard forearm level transplant he said In hand transplant the bones are fixed first followed by repair of the blood vessels This is followed by the repair of the muscles tendons and nerves The skin is then adjusted to cover all the wounds and give it a proper shape A crossmatch between the donor and the recipient is a crucial decision maker in the process of hand transplants Dr Satbhai explained In hand transplants we match the blood groups and the HLA human leukocyte antigen typing We ensure that the crossmatch is negative before proceeding with the transplant he said The patient is doing well now His right hand will have a quicker recovery while it will take him nine months to achieve good movement on his left hand Dr Satbhai said PTI PR ARU ARU

New Delhi Sep 18 PTI Keeping in mind the impact the COVID-19 has had on treatment of patients suffering from serious blood-related immune system disorders a leading private facility here on Saturday launched a revamped state-of-the-art bone marrow transplant and cellular therapy unit hospital authorities saidThe occasion coincided with World Marrow Donors Day celebrated globally on the third Saturday of September Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals in Delhi in association with DATRI a blood stem cells donors registry has launched an upgraded Centre for Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy on its premises the hospital said in a statementA bone marrow transplant is a clinical procedure that replaces an unhealthy bone marrow with healthy cells It is administered to the patients suffering from certain types of blood disorders such as leukemia myeloma lymphoma transfusion dependent thalassemia sickle cell disease and other serious blood related immune system disorders As patients suffering from either of these diseases are immunocompromised the pandemic had a huge impact on their timely treatment the hospital authorities claimedConsidering the same the new state-of-the-art centre has been strategically conceptualised to manage required long stay of such patients in the hospital it saidSimilarly the BMT follow-up OPD has been set up close to the centre for being able to prevent these immunocompromised patients from mixing with other patients and reducing their risk of catching secondary infections doctors saidTo mark Marrow Donors Day Apollo hospital also hosted a survivors meet with their donors on Saturday As finding a genetically matched donor is a gift of life this meet indeed presented a great opportunity to inspire millions of other patients in need of a bone marrow transplant and also millions of voluntary donors who can give a gift of life the statement saidDr Gaurav Kharya clinical lead at Centre for BMT and CT and senior consultant paediatric haematology oncology and immunology at the hospital said The common symptoms of these patients included anemia fever persistent jaundice very low levels of energy frequent blood transfusions bleeding manifestations increased risk of infections and pain to name a few The only curative treatment for majority of these disorders is by offering a bone marrow transplant For any patient to undergo a BMT preferably a 1010 HLA matched donor is required which sometimes can be siblings rarely parents or an unrelated donor he said PTI KND KJ