Noida, July 16 -- Fortis Hospital in Noida has achieved a major milestone by performing the world's first laparoscopic dual-lobe living donor liver transplant of a 51-year-old Kyrgyzstan patient on Thursday.

The 51-year-old Kyrgyzstan patient suffered from end-stage liver disease caused by chronic Hepatitis B infection. Led by Dr. Vivek Vij, Chairman, Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Sciences, and a multidisciplinary transplant team, the surgery resulted in an excellent outcome. The patient was discharged in stable condition, while both living donors - his daughters, aged 20 and 21, also recovered well and were discharged in good health.

In a first-of-its-kind approach in the world, liver donation surgeries for both donors were perfor...