Liver Transplant in India
Liver transplant is a surgery where a whole or part of liver from a living or deceased donor is attached in a patient after removing the whole of the damaged liver.
To know more about Liver Transplant in India please refer to Organ Transplant Checklist for Foreign Nationals in India.
Transplant from a Living Donor
The Liver has the scope to regenerate. Hence a donor can donate a part of liver and implant it into the recipient patient. In this type of liver transplant, a portion of healthy liver is surgically removal from a live donor. This healthy liver is immediately transplanted to the recipient. Before the transplant, the recipient’s damaged liver has to be completely removed.
Who needs Liver Transplant
Patients suffering from the following ailments need Liver transplant:
- Liver damage due to alcoholism (Alcoholic cirrhosis)
- Malignancies involving liver: Hepatocellular carcinoma, Hepatoblastoma, Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma, etc
- Patients suffering from primary biliary cirrhosis
- Long-term (chronic) active infection of hepatitis B or C
- Patients of Liver (hepatic) vein clot (thrombosis)
- (Biliary atresia) Birth defects of the liver or Bile ducts
- People suffering from metabolic disorders associated with liver failure (e.g., Wilson\’s disease)
Hospitalization and Care
Patients need hospital care for about one to four weeks after liver transplant. This depends on the degree of illness.
After liver transplantation, patients need to be on immunosuppressive medications forever in order to prevent immune rejection of the transplanted liver.
Donor Criteria
Potential live liver donors need careful evaluation. The health and fitness of the donor is an essential concern during the assessment. Moreover, the qualifying donor should be in good health overall. Some preconditions for qualifying as a donor are:
- The donor should either be a blood relative or spouse
- Blood group of the donor should have a compatible blood group type with the recipient
- The Donor should be in good overall health and physical condition
- Appropriate age group for the donor should be above 18 years of age and younger than 55 years of age
- The donor should have a-near-normal-body-mass-index
Liver Transplant with India EHS
India EHS ensures the best surgeons in India perform the Liver Transplant Surgery for our patients. Our Doctors carefully assess the case of each patient. We make arrangements for treatment and surgery in the best hospitals in India. In addition, all our hospitals comply to international accreditation and norms in order to deliver best results.
To know more about the Cost of Liver Transplant in India and other formal procedures related to it, feel free to connect to us at India EHS to get further assistance for Liver Transplant in India.