A young Sudanese boy has become Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s youngest ever recipient of a living donor liver transplant – a life-saving gift from his older brother.
Montasir Elfatih Mohyeldin Taha, a 14-year-old boy from Sudan, was diagnosed with a chronic liver condition when he was a baby. From a very young age, the family knew that he would eventually need a liver transplant.
Montasir was unwell for most of his childhood, but in early 2021, tests revealed he was starting to show signs of liver failure. Seeing how sick he was, and aware of the risk of potential complications from his condition, his doctors recommended that he undergo a liver transplant at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
The surgery was one of the most complex living donor transplant procedures that has been performed at the hospital. In total, the surgery took 10 hours to complete, and involved Montasir receiving a left lobe graft from his brother.
The surgeries on both brothers were a complete success, and without complication. They are both now on their way to making full recoveries.
