Vellore (TN), June 18 : In the first ever across the blood group transplantation in the country, a youth here has undergone a "successful" kidney transplant from a donor with a different blood type at Christian Medical College Hospital.
The operation was done on April 23 on 21-year-old Anbarasu, whose blood group is "O" positive while that of his donor mother is "A" positive. Both were recovering well, a hospital press release said.
With this, the hospital has achieved yet another milestone in the care of people with end-stage renal failure, it said.
Till recently, blood group compatibility was a basic requirement for successful transplantation and a large number of patients were denied the benefit of transplantation for want of donor with a compatible blood group.
However, with advances in technology and availability of more potent immuno suppressive drugs, incompatible blood group transplantations have become possible.
The hospital's Department of Nephrology undertook the challenging transplantation with the support of various other departments such as Urology, Immunohaematology and Transfusion Medicine, the release said.
The hospital plans to perform more such transplants in future, it added. Z
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