Bone Marrow Transplant & Haemato Oncology
At Artemis Transplant Centre, we are doing cord blood, unrelated donor and Haplo-identical i.e. taking father or mother as donor for transplant so that all the patients who need transplant can have a donor. A cord blood transplant or bone marrow replaces unhealthy blood forming cells with the healthy ones. The blood forming cells as also called as the blood stem cells which are immature cells that can grow into the red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.
There are two types of transplant:
- Autologous transplant which uses your own cells collected from the blood stream and stored for your transplant.
- Allogenic transplant which uses cells from a family member, unrelated donor or umbilical cord blood unit.
How Transplant Works?
At Artemis, we have both the adult and paediatric transplant physicians who take care of the transplant patients. You will be referred to a doctor who specialises in the bone marrow transplants who will talk to you about the type of transplant and cell source which is most likely to work best for you based on your disease and other health factors.
Life after Transplant
It can take as long as a year for the new bone marrow to function normally. Most patients have improved their quality of life after transplant.
The three sources of blood forming cells used in transplants are:
- Bone marrow
- Peripheral blood also called peripheral blood stem cell or PBSC
- Umbilical cord blood collected after a baby is born
The bone marrow transplant is the only cure for Aplastic Anaemia, Thalassaemia, Lymphoma, Leukemia or blood cancer and immunodeficiencies.
Our Team of Specialists
Bone Marrow Transplant & Hemato Oncology
Dr. Rahul Bhargava- Sr. Consultant
Dr. Vikas Dua- Consultant (Paediatrics)
Dr. Aniruddha Purushottam Dayama
Liver Transplant & GI Surgery
Liver transplantation is the surgical replacement of a diseased liver with a healthy liver. This operation is needed for the end-stage liver disease which is characterized by the patients suffering from reduced liver function, fatigue, muscle loss and encephalopathy, poor blood clotting, signs of portal hypertension and jaundice. A variety of liver diseases can lead to the end-stage liver disease.
Generally, there are two main categories: cases causes by viruses (Hepatitis B and C) and/or alcohol and those caused by problems concerning the bile ducts i.e. the primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. After the operation, the patient starts taking medications to prevent the new liver from being rejected by the body. Complete recovery will take several weeks. Usually, the quality of life for the transplant patients improves dramatically and most of them lead healthy and normal lives.
Our Team of Specialists:
Dr. Ramdip Ray- Sr. Consultant
Dr. Giriraj Bora- Consultant
Dr. Ravi Chand- Consultant
Dr. Shishir Pareek- Consultant
Dr. Md. Nayeem- Consultant
Dr. Neerav Goyal- Sr. Consultant
Dr. Shaleen Agarwal- Sr. Consultant
Prof. Subhash Gupta- Director
Renal Transplant
It is surgical procedure wherein a kidney from either a healthy living donor or decreased donor or cadaver is implanted in the patient with renal failure. A renal transplant has many limitations such as arranging for a kidney from relatives or close friends which can be a Herculean task at times.
Dr. Harsha Jauhari is the renowned transplant surgeon at Artemis Transplant Centre and the leading transplant surgeon in India, trained in the UK. Also he is the head of the transplant services at Sir Gangaram Hospital.
Our Team of Specialists
Dr. Harsha Jauhari- Sr. Consultant
Dr. Pradeep Bansal- Consultant
The other transplant procedure done at Artemis Transplant Centre include:
Cornea Transplant: It involves replacing a damaged cornea with a healthy one from a donor.
Our Team of Specialists
Dr. Sameer Kaushal- Sr. Consultant