Indraprastha Apollo Hospital provided a new lease of life to a 3-year old toddler from Dhaka, Bangladesh who developed acute liver failure.
Aman Jawad Uddin developed jaundice at end of August which progressively got worse, said a statement.
The liver transplant was successful and by the 5th day after the operation, his encephalopathy had improved. He started recognising his parents and speaking.
Dr Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director, Apollo Hospitals Group and Senior Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals spoke about the case.
“It was a very critical case because the child was already in Stage 3 Hepatic Encephalopathy. This meant that his liver was not removing the toxins from his body which were damaging his brain function. With his condition deteriorating fast, an emergency liver transplantation was the only treatment to save the life of the boy. We were very happy that Aman made a remarkable recovery and he was discharged in 3 weeks.” Dr Anupam Sibal said.
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