- 21-year-old Bnar Satar Mala from Iraq suffered from a rare genectic condition in which blood clots hindered the inflow and outflow of blood from the liver to the heart and vice versa.
- Dr. Vivek Vij, the director of Liver Transplant at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, along with his team performed a complex surgery that saved the girl from adverse medical conditions.
- Doctors in Iran diagnosed her medical condition as a unique genetic disorder called Budd Chiari Syndrome.
- Her liver had already shrunken and turned black urgently requiring a transplant. Her brother Bzar was a perfect match.
- Her inferior vena cava (vein through which blood flows to the heart) was completely blocked.
- Doctors at FMRI, therefore had to bring down the heart to the abdominal cavity so as to suture the liver close to it during the transplant.
- The heart was pulled down through a narrow gap in the diaphragm and the hepatic vein was sutured to it.
- Anti-coagulation medicines were provided to her post surgery and was kept under the doctor's surveillance.
Source: India Live Today