Apollo Hospitals does a transplant for rare Wilson's Disease

Transplant Team at Apollo Hospitals performed liver transplant on a kid fighting for his life due to a genetic disorder, Wilson's Disease and acute Liver failure, needing immediate medical intervention. The surgery was performed against all odds, using a slice from his mother's liver.

Seven year old, T Siddhartha Reddy, from Jeedimetla, was fighting for his life when he was first seen by Pediatric Hepatologist at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Dr Ramesh Srinivasan. Investigations revealed that he was suffering from a rare ailment called Wilson’s disease and Acute Liver Failure.

Wilson's disease is a genetic disorder in which copper builds up abnormally in the liver, eyes and brain. This overload of copper in the liver resuts in Liver failure. Often an otherwise apparently normal child can suffer with life threatening acute liver failure in this setting, warranting urgent liver transplantation, says Dr Ramesh Srinivasan. Majority of the people with the Wilson's gene will be carriers of the gene and will not manifest the disease.

“When we saw the patient, he had very high bilirubin levels and his clotting parameters were so abnormal, we had to give him Fresh Frozen Plasma to keep his INR in the safe limit”, said Dr Manish Varma, Chief Liver Transplant Surgeon at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills. The liver transplant took place in the early hours on January 14, and was performed by a team led by Dr Manish C Varma.