MULTI-ORGAN TRANSPLANT
GEM MULTI ORGAN TRANSPLANT
Liver Transplant
Liver Transplant Surgery involves removal of your entire diseased liver and replacing it with a new
liver from either Deceased donor or Live donor.
You may need a liver transplant if you have a condition such as
- Cirrhosis – Results from alcohol abuse, hepatitis B and C or medications
- Hepatitis C – Viral infection that damages the liver and can cause cirrhosis, liver failure and cancer
- Liver cancer – Among the most common types of cancer
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease – Caused by excess fat in the liver
- Metabolic Liver disease (inherited disorders), Autoimmune hepatitis
- Rare conditions that may require liver transplant include acetaminophen overdose and liver blood vessel blockage.
At GEM Hospital, our commitment to transforming lives through multi-organ transplants is evident in our comprehensive and advanced approach. Our multidisciplinary team of experts, including transplant surgeons, anesthetists, intensivists, hepatologists, urologists, nephrologists, transplant associates, coordinators, infectious diseases specialists, and other professionals, collaborates seamlessly to ensure the highest quality of care.
Being the first hospital in India to successfully complete a laparoscopic living donor liver retrieval and in robotic kidney implantation, GEM Hospital has accomplished amazing accomplishments. Moreover, our expertise extends to high-risk transplants, including ABO incompatible transplants, dual kidney transplants, auxiliary liver transplantation, and pediatric liver and kidney transplants.
We also excel in providing effective treatment for liver and kidney failure, introducing new approaches to liver cancers, and offering compassionate post-transplant care for complete rehabilitation.
With state-of-the-art facilities, including robotic systems, 3D, 4k laparoscopic technologies, ICG-IR imaging, and a fully equipped transplant ICU, GEM Hospital ensures that patients receive the best care throughout their transplant journey and beyond.
Kidney Transplant
Kidney transplantation is the most definitive and cost effective treatment for patients with
kidney failure and on dialysis. It is estimated that in India every year over 152,000 people are
diagnosed to have renal failure needing kidney transplantation.
Causes of kidney failure
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hypertension
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Overuse of drugs
- Glomerulonephritis
- Infectious diseases
- Diabetes and Hypertension together account for 45% of all kidney failure patients
Types of Kidney transplant
- Deceased Donor kidney transplant
- Living Donor kidney transplant
Pancreas Transplant
What is Pancreas Transplant?
A pancreas transplant is a surgical procedure to place a healthy pancreas from a deceased
donor into a person whose pancreas no longer functions properly
Who needs Pancreas Transplant?
- Type 1 Diabetes patients with kidney failure, retinopathy, brittle diabetes and patients with complications like ketoacidosis, unawareness of hypoglycaemic states
- To protect transplanted kidney from diabetes related nephropathy
- Selected type 2 diabetes mellitus
GEM Hospital specializes in multi-organ transplantation for a variety of conditions, including
- Laparoscopy and robotic surgery for reduced pain and quicker recovery.
- First in India for Laparoscopic Living Donor Liver retrieval; global pioneer in Robotic kidney implantation.
- ABO incompatible transplants, dual kidney transplants, auxiliary liver transplantation, and pediatric liver and kidney transplants.
- Expert treatment for acute liver failure, liver cancers, and kidney diseases.
- Experienced support for complete rehabilitation and lifelong follow-up care.
- Robotic systems, 3D, 4k laparoscopic technologies, ICG-IR imaging, fully equipped transplant ICU, and advanced interventional radiology procedures.
Why choose GEM Transplant ?
Expert multidisciplinary team comprising of Transplant surgeons, Transplant anaesthetists,
Intensivists, Hepatologists, Urologists, Nephrologists, Transplant associates, Transplant
coordinators, Infectious diseases specialists and supported by various other specialists.
Innovative Transplant Techniques including laparoscopy and robotic surgery, that reduce
pain and minimize recovery time.
- “GEM Hospital is the first to perform successful Laparoscopic Living Donor Liver retrieval for transplantation in India.”
- “We are one of the very few centres in the world to have performed Robotic kidney implantation”
- All our Living donor kidney retrievals are done by Laparoscopic or robotic surgery.
Advanced Expertise With High-Risk Transplants
- ABO incompatible transplants
- Dual kidney transplants
- Auxillary liver transplantation
- Pediatric Liver and kidney transplants
- Liver Transplantation for Acute liver failure
- Domino liver transplantation
Effective Liver and Kidney Failure Treatment by our expert team of intensivists,
nephrologists, hepatologists and transplant surgeons.
New approaches to liver cancers including Hepatocellular cancer (HCC) and bile duct
cancer, neuroendocrine tumours etc
Compassionate and experienced post transplant care till complete rehabilitation to normal
life. Post transplant life long follow up and care.
Facilities Available
- Robotic system, 3D, 4k Laparoscopic technologies
- ICG-IR imaging and Firefly technologies
- State of the art transplant ICU
- Fully equipped step down transplant rooms
- Hypothermic machine organ perfusion system
- TEG, Cardiac output monitor, Dialysis unit, CRRT
- Interventional radiology – TACE, Angioembolisation, RF Ablation, PTBD
- Therapeutic endoscopic procedures including ERCP, Spyglass cholangioscope
GEM Hospital is here to answer your questions and help you decide if multi-organ transplantation is the right option for you. Multi-organ transplantation is a complex procedure, but it can offer life-saving benefits to patients with end-stage organ failure. If you are considering multi-organ transplantation, we encourage you to contact GEM Hospital to learn more about our program.
DR. P. SENTHILNATHAN
MS, DNB, MRCS, DNB (GI Surgery)
- Head, Department of HPB Surgery,
- Department of Minimal Access Surgery & Liver Transplantation
Dr. MAGNUS JAYARAJ MANSARD
M.S.,(JIPMER),MNAMS(SGE),MRCS(Edin),FACS(USA)
Senior Consultant- Liver Transplantation Surgeon & Surgical Gastroenterologist
