PUNE: In the first such instance in the country and the second in the world, the liver of a 42-year-old brain dead woman, who herself received a kidney transplant two years ago, has been donated and successfully transplanted into a 66-year old liver cirrhosis patient.
What makes the case unusual, say experts, is that the woman's liver was found fit to be harvested and transplanted despite she having been on immunosuppressive drugs for the last two years. Immunosuppressive drugs are administered to make a recipient's body less likely to reject a transplanted organ.
What makes the case unusual, say experts, is that the woman's liver was found fit to be harvested and transplanted despite she having been on immunosuppressive drugs for the last two years. Immunosuppressive drugs are administered to make a recipient's body less likely to reject a transplanted organ.