Top renal health research institutes to conduct 10 transplants on World Kidney Day today

The Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre and Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences have announced that they will perform 10 kidney transplants on World Kidney Day on Thursday.

The Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) and Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences (ITS) have announced that they will perform 10 kidney transplants on World Kidney Day on Thursday.

IKRDC-ITS also claimed that they will perform laparoscopic surgery for the kidney transplants,which requires vascular anastomosis or connection of blood vessels.

Addressing a media conference,Dr H L Trivedi said: Our team will make a record by performing 10 kidney transplantation surgeries on a single day. These 20 operations with 10 donors and as many recipients will begin by 7 am and will end 8 pm on Thursday.

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He added: Simultaneously,eight operation theatres and two other theatres to support the surgeries will be activated. These will have 15 anaesthetists,15 surgeons and 30 other staffers and the whole support team.

Meanwhile,Dr Pranjal Modi,head of Urology and Transplantation,said: We have extended laparoscopy to kidney transplantation. The operation is time-bound and should be finished within an hour to have optimum function of the transplanted kidney.

He added,Till date,only one case report has been published by a Spanish surgeon in 2009.

Dr Modi had successfully performed two such transplants on February 15 and March 4.

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Both the patients,Ramesh Dabhi (48) and Sanjay Sharma (31),were from Rajasthan.

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