Muscat: A medical team specialized in organ transplants at the Royal Hospital succeeded in performing the first autologous kidney transplant for a patient in the Sultanate of Oman.
The patient, a woman, was suffering severe bleeding after the Cesarean section for childbirth, which required a partial hysterectomy, and later, a full hysterectomy that incurred damage to the left ureter of the kidney.
The patient underwent four surgical operations within days. This necessitated the removal of the damaged ureter and the placement of a catheter tube in the left kidney to drain urine.
Due to the patient’s prolonged stay at the intensive care unit, the medical staff faced the difficult challenge of having to choose between two options: either remove the kidney or try to save it.
The medical team decided to do its best to save the kidney. In a bold attempt, the team performed an autologous kidney transplant that involved the removal of the left kidney, along with a healthy part of the ureter, and replanting of the organ in the lower abdomen near the urinary bladder.
The operation, which took hours, was successful. The kidney began functioning normally after a short recovery period. The patient left the hospital within 4 days. Subsequent tests confirmed the integrity of the kidney’s function in its new location.
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