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Mumbai’s first small bowel transplant successful

The Indian Express | 09/06/2022 10:55 AM | Click to read full article

After two years of a breakthrough bowel transplant surgery in Pune, Dr Gaurav Chaubal and his team of doctors performed Mumbai’s first small bowel transplant at Global Hospital. This is a complex and rare surgery, which has been conducted approximately 12-18 times in India, seven of them by this same team.

The patient, who was admitted for surgery on May 18, was discharged on Wednesday.

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