11-Month-Old Has Successful Liver Transplant
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An 11-month-old baby is now the youngest patient in India to successfully undergo a complete liver transplant; it is being reported by the Times of India.
Chennai Siddharth received a portion of his aunt’s liver, according to the newspaper.
He was born with a rare condition called biliary atresia, in which the common bile duct between the liver and small intestine is either blocked or absent and the body rapidly develops cirrhosis.
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The operation was conducted at New Delhi’s Sir Gangaram Hospital.