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Best Liver Transplant Department In Kochi.
The Liver Transplant facilities at VPS Lakeshore are truly of world class quality featuring advanced technology. Here, we have cutting edge operation theaters and world-class transplant ICUs which are manned by expert physicians who have been trained at some of the best centers across the world. The high success rate, availability of excellent infrastructure and pioneering technology at affordable costs make Lakeshore hospital, one of the most popular centers for Liver Transplantation in the country.
The First Live Liver Transplantation in Kerala was performed by VPS Lakeshore's team, in a 11-year-old boy.
The Key Highlights of this Department are:
- Liver Transplantation (Live related & Cadaveric)
- Partial Liver Transplantation from a liver - related donor to recipient was accomplished, for the first time in Kerala, at the lakeshore Hospital.
- The hospital is fully geared for regular liver transplantations.
Dr. Abhishek Yadav
Director – Comprehensive Liver Care (Surgery)
Qualification
MBBS; M.S(General Surgery),M.Ch. ( Surgical Gastroenterology), Fellowship in HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation
Experience
- More than 10 years of experience in HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation
- Worked as a Consultant in the unit of Liver Transplantation at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
- Worked as a Consultant at Care Hospitals, Hyderabad
- Was instrumental in setting up Liver transplant programs at various centers across the country and abroad prominent one’s being Sheikh Zayed Hospital Lahore Pakistan, and at Karachi where he was invited multiple times to perform transplant surgeries and to train the local surgeons.
Other Information
The Hepatobiliary center of the Lakeshore Liver Transplant department, performs a large volume of major liver resections for cancer, bile duct cancer, and repair of biliary strictures as well as shunt surgery for portal hypertension. Multimodality treatment for liver cancer including the use of key-hole surgery for guiding tumour ablation is also performed.
News & events
01
Feb
VPS Lakeshore Doctor wins best video award
Dr Vigneswara Srinivasan won the ‘The Best Video Prize’ at UAKON for the video on ‘Laparoscopic Management of Vascular Injury during Partial Nephrectomy in Solitary Kidney’
04
Feb
Rare surgery to remove thyroid tumor saves women’s life
Vaheeda Beegum, 31, a native of Lakshadweep went through a life-threatening condition caused by a huge thyroid tumour which had grown into her chest cavity.
31
Mar
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03
Jan
Massive tumour (18cm) removed through laparoscopic surgery in a 76-year-old patient
A 76-year-old patient successfully recovered, after a 3D laparoscopic surgery to remove a massive tumor (18 cm) in the kidney.
22
Dec
Kidney Stones- Symptoms & Treatment
Dr Datson George P, Consultant Urologist, Endourologist & Transplant Surgeon, VPS Lakeshore talks about the early symptoms of kidney stones, its causes and treatment.
07
Dec
Kerala Doctors’ New Reconstruction Technique find place in British Medical Journal
Kerala doctors’ new reconstruction techniques in head and neck surgery find place in British medical journal
11
Dec
Comprehensive Sleep Disorders Clinic opened in VPS Lakeshore
Sleep disorder clinic has been opened in VPS Lakeshore to aid people combating with sleep issues.
01
Dec
Emergency Care for Stroke Patients
VPS Lakeshore Hospital has launched a Comprehensive Stroke Care Program to enable rapid care for acute stroke patients.