Doctors at a renowned Mumbai hospital have successfully performed a small bowel transplant on a 49-year-old man whose small intestine was affected by gangrene . The patient developed severe stomach pain in December 2024 while working at a glass vial manufacturing company in Surat. Upon reaching a hospital, doctors diagnosed him with gangrene in the small intestine and promptly removed the affected portion. He was then sustained on parenteral nutrition for approximately 75 days.
After returning to his hometown, Nashik, local doctors referred him to a transplant surgeon at the Mumbai hospital. There, he was diagnosed with superior mesenteric artery thrombosis, caused by an underlying congenital hypercoagulable condition. When doctors decided to proceed with a small bowel transplant, they found that his wife was a suitable tissue match. Ultimately, they transplanted a 150 cm section of her…