Meet Dr. Basant Mahadevappa
Qualification
MBBS, MS (General Surgery), MRCS (Edinburgh)
Specialities
Liver Transplant
Locations
HCG Cancer Center – KR BLR
About Dr. Basant Mahadevappa
Dr. Basant is a highly skilled surgeon specializing in Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) and liver transplant procedures, particularly laparoscopic and robotic liver resections. His extensive expertise is the result of rigorous training and certifications from prestigious institutions such as the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and New York Medical College. Dr. Basant is proficient in a wide range of surgeries, including Whipple’s pancreaticoduodenectomy, esophagectomies, and radical cholecystectomy. Additionally, he has significant experience in percutaneous interventional surgery, acquired through training at IRCAD in Strasbourg, France, and Asan Medical Center in South Korea.
Area of Expertise
- Dr. Basant is a skilled HPB and liver transplant surgeon, who specialises in performing laparoscopic & robotic liver resections.
- He has vast experience in performing living donor liver transplantation, living and deceased donor kidney transplantation, deceased donor pancreas transplantation and Islet stem cell transplantation.
- He is trained and experienced in performing the following robotic, laparoscopic and open hepatopancreatobiliary surgeries:
- Whipple’s Pancreaticoduodenectomy               Â
- Spleen Sparing Distal Pancreatectomies               Â
- ALPSS(Associating Liver Partition with Portal Vein Ligation for Staged Hepatectomy): Highest series in India  Â
- Surgeries on Hilar Cholangiocarcinomas (CCA)Â Â
- Radical Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder Cancer)Â Â Â
- Right and Left Hepatectomies, Extended Right and Left Hepatectomies, Central Hepatectomies, Segmental Liver resections (For Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Cholangiocarcinoma, Colorectal Liver Metastases, Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases, Hemangioma, Biliary Hamartoma, Hydatid Cyst of Liver related surgeries)
- Esophagectomies, Gastrectomies, Colectomies, Small Bowel Resections
- He also specialises in performing percutaneous procedures of the liver, biliary system and pancreas like microwave and radiofrequency ablations, Trans Arterial Chemoembolisation (TACE), Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage (PTBD), Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Stent Shunt (TIPSS), Percutaneous Ultrasonogram and CT-guided biopsies and drainage of the liver and pancreatic lesions.
- Dr. Basant has handled over 1500 cases of HPB and gastrointestinal cancers in the last 8 years of practice.
Medical Breakthrough
- He has attended several national and internationally held CMEs and conferences.
- Dr. Basant has been recognised with numerous reputed medical associations, namely Indian Liver Transplantation Society, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Society of Transplantation, International Liver Transplantation Society, American HepatoPancreatoBiliary Association, International HepatoPancreatoBiliary Association, IRCAD, Strasbourg, France and New York Medical College/ Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, USA, to name a few.
Awards & Accolades
- Dr. Basant has completed his certification program on transplantations from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS).
- He has received his training in hepatopancreatobiliary surgery from New York Medical College.
- Dr. Basant has also completed his training in percutaneous interventional surgery from IRCAD, Strasbourg, France. Â
- He has received his robotic surgery training from Asan Medical Center, South Korea.
Research & Publications
- ALPPS in Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases not amenable for conventional resection. Lessons learned from an Interim analysis of the International ALPPS Registry. HPB(Oxford), Sept 19
- First-Ever Robotic Stage One ALPPS Procedure in India: for colorectal Liver Metastases: Indian Journal of Surgery 80(1) Dec 2017
- Robotic HPB Surgery: Initial experience without proctorship: Single centre experience. International Journal of Medical Robotics and computer-assisted surgery.Dec 2016.
- Institutional Experience in the Management of Hilar Liver Obstruction: A Series of 13 Cases. JCDR. Dec:2016, Vol 10, Issue 12, Pg: PR01-PR05.
- Progression of polycystic disease of the liver after transplantation for fulminant failure. Liver Transplantation 18:260-261, 2012.
- Liver grafts from selected older donors do not have significantly more ischaemia reperfusion injury.
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