Bone Marrow Transplant

Bone marrow transplants at Fortis International Care Hospitals

A combination of expert medical personnel and modern infrastructure has made Fortis one of the best bone marrow transplant hospitals in India. Over the years, we have successfully grown and expanded our reputation to a level that has helped us become one of the highly preferred bone marrow transplant centres for both domestic and international patients. Our cancer institution has always been dedicated to provide the best results and a comfortable medical experience to patients. We maintain a patient-centric atmosphere where the main priority is to deliver first-class cancer treatment to the ones in need.

One of the top bone marrow transplant hospitals in India, our Haematology Department is made up of an expert team for diagnosis and treatment of a host of blood diseases. The top hematologists at Fortis are well experienced in providing leukemia bone marrow transplants and treating patients with conditions such as anemia, increased or reduced white blood cells, abnormal platelet count; enlarged lymph nodes or bleeding disorders.

One of the best leukemia treatment centers in India, Fortis Hospital Bannerghatta’s Hematology Oncology department, one of the leading ones in Bangalore and in India, the excellent team of hematologists and oncologists work in synchrony to provide exclusive hematology treatment and treat blood disorders and cancers with grit and determination. Doctors at Fortis Hospital Bannerghatta are the best in their domain to conduct and diagnose these significant tests in the most contained, comfortable and secure environments.

Bone marrow treatment at Fortis

Bone marrow transplant is a surgical procedure performed to replace bone marrow that has been damaged or completely destroyed by a disease, infection, chemotherapy or any other radiation treatment. This procedure involves transplanting of blood stem cells, which travel to the bone marrow where they produce new blood cells and promote growth of new marrow.

Bone marrow transplant is a complex medical procedure performed by the most experienced surgeons at Fortis International Care, Bangalore.

Bone marrow is the spongy, fatty tissue inside the bones. It helps create the following parts of the blood:

• Red blood cells, to carry oxygen and various nutrients throughout the human body
• White blood cells, which fight infection and antigens and other foreign particles
• Blood platelets, which are responsible for the formation of clots post injury

The primary reason behind bone marrow transplantations is to replace the damaged stem cells with healthy ones. Stem cell transplant helps the body make enough quantity white blood cells, platelets, or red blood cells to avoid infections, bleeding disorders, or anemia and sustain the human body on the whole. In bone marrow treatments, healthy stem cells can be sourced in two ways- either from a donor, or from the patient’s body itself. In the second case, healthy stem cells can be harvested, or grown, before the patient starts undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Healthy stem cells harvested before the radiation treatment/chemotherapy are then stored and used during the stem cell transplant surgery.

Bone Marrow transplants in India

One of the best hospitals in India for bone marrow transplants, Fortis conducts Bone marrow transplantations with unmatchable medical expertise. A bone marrow transplant in India is performed by hemato-oncologists when a person’s marrow is not healthy enough to function properly. This could happen due to a number of reasons including chronic infections, disease, or complications arising from chemotherapy.

Reasons for bone marrow transplantation

Bone marrow transplants become a critical medical requirement for a patient when his/her marrow isn’t healthy enough to function properly. This could be due to various reasons such as chronic infections, disease, or cancer treatments. Some reasons which may necessitate bone marrow treatment include:

• Aplastic anemia, a blood disorder which restricts the marrow from making new blood cells in the body
• Various types of cancers that affect the bone marrow, such as leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma to name a few
• Damaged bone marrow due to chemotherapy or other radiation treatments
• Congenital neutropenia, which is an inherited disorder that causes recurring infections in the blood
• Sickle cell anemia, which is again an inherited blood disorder that causes a particular type of red blood cell called misshapen
• Thalassemia, which is again an inherited blood disorder where the body makes an abnormal form of hemoglobin in the body

The Oncology department at Fortis has an intensive cancer-care program that delivers premium leukemia cancer treatment and stem cell treatment in India. Coming with a reputation of being amongst the top hospitals in India, Fortis has generated many radical bone marrow stem cell transplant programs to provide quality cancer treatment to the fighters of the disease. We collaborate with some of the top hematologists, offering a reasonable bone marrow transplant cost that gives full value return for the patient’s expenditure. Our well-trained Oncologists, and transplant-surgeons in the industry comes with international reputation and decades of practice.

While the success story of the bone marrow transplant technique is more than five decades, doctors at Fortis Hospital Bannerghatta have been accomplishing their own successful milestones in the treatment of not only the dreaded bone marrow cancer, but also other non-cancer disorders using this revolutionary method also known as Stem Cell Therapy. Stem Cell therapy involves the use of healthy bone marrow cells to regenerate damaged tissues and cells during chemotherapy or radiotherapy. With their string of achievements in the administration of Stem Cell therapy, the doctors at Fortis Hospital Bannerghatta have defined excellence in hematology oncology and bone marrow cancer treatment, placing the hospital on the top of the best hospital list not only in Bangalore but also in India.