Low-cost Liver Transplant in India

Liver transplant procedure replaces a diseased or damaged liver with a healthy liver. Our liver performs many important functions for our body. In liver transplantation procedure an entire liver can be transplanted, or just part. The donor liver can be cadaver donor which means a person who recently died and has not had any kind of liver injury. Another kind of liver donor is living donors who have a healthy liver and want to donate their liver to the patient.

The liver is the only organ in our body that can regenerate injured or lost tissues. The liver can regrow itself. In case if only the part of the liver is being transplanted then the new liver will grow itself to normal size in a span of few weeks. When a liver is injured or diseased it is unable to perform properly. Liver cancer, excess alcoholism, hepatitis, cirrhosis are some of the conditions that can damage the liver.

Following are some of the symptoms of damaged or diseased liver:-

•    Jaundice.

•    Weight loss.

•    Fatigue.

•    Weakness.

•    Loss of appetite.

•    Bleeding in the stomach.

•    Muscle loss.

•    Vomiting blood.

Mainly there are three main types of liver transplant:-

•    Orthotropic transplant.

Orthotropic transplant is the most common type of liver transplant. In this surgery, the entire liver is taken from a deceased donor. The surgeon makes an incision and removes the liver. The donor's liver is then replaced and blood vessels and bile ducts are connected to it.

•    Living donor transplant.

In this surgery, the donor is usually a close family member or a person who perfectly matches the blood group of the patient. The donor will undergo an operation in which the surgeon will remove either the right or left side of the liver. The transplanted lobe and the donor's remaining lobe will quickly regenerate them. In most cases, they regrow to their normal size within two or three months.

•    Split donor transplant.

 Split donor transplant is performed if the donor's liver is available from a recently deceased person. An adult patient or a child patient both is suitable candidates to receive the split donor transplant. The donated liver is split into the left and right lobes. The larger right lobe is transplanted in the adult patient, and the smaller left lobe is transplanted in the child.

Liver transplantation procedure has some kinds of risks involved in it.

•    Infection.

•    Bleeding.

•    Blocked blood vessels to the new liver.

•    Leakage of bile ducts.

•    Blocked bile ducts.

•    Breathing Problems.

The new liver may not function for a short time right after surgery. The patient’s body may also reject the donor liver at first and consider it as a foreign object or tissue. When a new liver is transplanted in the body the immune system thinks of it as a threat and attacks it.

Liver transplantation surgeries are quite expensive in western countries but it India it is available at very moderate prices. Liver transplantation has high success rate in India. Top surgeons and health care facilities are available in India at moderate prices.

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