Surgeons at the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute and Research Centre (PKLI), Lahore, have accomplished a significant milestone by performing the nation’s first pancreatic and “split liver” transplants.
The liver of a young man who was declared brain dead at a Rawalpindi hospital was used to facilitate Pakistan’s first split-liver transplant, according to Dean and CEO of PKLI, Dr. Faisal Saud Dar, who spoke to a local media station.
He said, “We separated the essential organs into two and transplanted them to an adult and a young child who were facing liver failure.”
In addition, a patient with Type-1 diabetes received a successful pancreas transplant from the deceased 32-year-old guy. It was also the first pancreas transplant in Pakistani history, Dr. Dar continued.
The kind donor, Uzair Bin Yasin, had stated his desire to give all of his essential organs once he passed away, including the liver, pancreas, kidneys, and eyes, according to the dean and chief executive officer of PKLI.
Amazingly, his kind deed has saved the lives of seven people in Lahore and Rawalpindi. Furthermore, the deceased’s corneas were transplanted at the Shifa Eye Trust Hospital in Rawalpindi, restoring vision to two people. Two different patients suffering from renal insufficiency received their kidneys as transplants at a private hospital in the garrison city.
Although dead donor liver transplants had been performed in Pakistan previously, this is the first instance in which a liver was removed from a deceased person’s corpse, traveled over 400 kilometers, and then concurrently transplanted into two patients. According to Dr. Faisal Saud Dar, both patients are stable and making a full recovery.
It is important to note that Dr. Dar is acknowledged as Pakistan’s pioneer of liver transplantation. Over 2,000 liver transplants have been carried out by him, 1,700 of which have been done in various public and private hospitals throughout the nation.
He told the national newspaper, “A few years ago, at Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) Karachi, we performed Pakistan’s first liver auto-transplantation, where the diseased liver of a young man was retrieved, and after surgical removal of cancerous parts, it was re-transplanted to the patient.”
Dr. Dar called Uzair, who passed away, a true hero. He also placed a strong emphasis on informing people about the Sadqa-e-Jaria and the enormous service that organ donation represents to mankind after death.
