First liver transplant at AIIMS Bhubaneswar a success: Recipient, donor healthy 10 days after surgery

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar successfully performed its first liver transplant, a significant advancement in the institute’s capacity to deliver complex, life-saving surgical care. As of the latest reports by ANI, both the donor and the recipient have recovered well and have been discharged, hospital authorities confirmed.

The transplant involved a middle-aged male patient suffering from decompensated liver failure caused by alcoholic liver disease. The recipient underwent a living donor liver transplant, with his younger brother donating 40 per cent of his liver. The surgery was conducted on December 20 and lasted nearly 14 hours, involving a multidisciplinary team of more than 50 medical professionals.

Complex Procedure After Years Of Preparation

Explaining the clinical and logistical challenges involved, Prof. Manas Kumar Panigrahi, Professor and Head of the Department of Gastroenterology at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, said to ANI that the procedure was the culmination of sustained preparation over several years.

“Liver transplantation surgery is challenging, and we have been working over the last two to three years to develop the infrastructure and other requirements,” Panigrahi said. “Now, after completing that infrastructure and with the support of our liver transplant monitoring team, we were able to conduct this transplant.”

He said the recipient’s condition required careful optimisation before surgery. “The patient had liver failure with ascites, which means fluid accumulation in the abdomen, along with an umbilical hernia. We reduced the abdominal fluid to ensure that the surgery could be performed safely,” he added.

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Donor And Recipient Stable

AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director Dr Ashutosh Biswas confirmed that both patients were stable following the surgery. “It has been almost 10 days, and both the recipient and the donor are doing well. The donor has already been discharged, and there were no complications,” Biswas said.

He added that the recipient would remain under close medical follow-up for the coming weeks and months to monitor recovery and graft function. This transplant is the first of its kind to be conducted at AIIMS Bhubaneswar.