NOIDA: A five-year-old Pakistani girl underwent a liver transplant surgery in a private hospital in Noida. Anabiya was suffering from Hyperoxaluria Type 1 , a rare condition among children, which required a liver transplant.The patient came to the hospital with complains of recurrent abdominal pain. Dr Vivek Vij, Director of Liver Transplant Programme at Fortis Hospital said, said the local doctors assessed Anabiya's health at an outstation OPD in Pakistan. "Her parents later brought her to Noida. We diagnosed the problem for which a liver transplant is the only treatment. The patient responded well to the treatment and has been discharged," Vij said.The surgery was successfully conducted when her father, Mansoor Hussain, donated a portion of his liver on January 13. "We are thankful to the doctors for giving our daughter a new lease of life," said Hussain who runs a small general store in his hometown.Doctors said that Hyperoxaluria Type 1 is an inherited condition in which a lack of enzyme leads to oxalate deposition takes place in the body causing renal and bladder stones. Stones cause urinary obstruction, secondary infection of urine and eventually kidney damage.

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