Everything to know about liver transplant procedure
The liver is one of the most essential organs of the human body because of its digestive function; however, is it possible to replace an affected liver with a healthy one? What is liver transplant procedure, its causes and conditions? How is it performed and how a patient’s life will be after liver transplant procedure ? Healing Consulting provides you all and particularly patients with all information about liver transplant.
Liver Transplant Procedure
It is one of the Organ Transplants Procedures that is performed to remove an affected liver and replace it with a healthy liver from a deceased donor as in orthotopic liver transplant or replace it with a part of a healthy liver from a living donor, known as partial liver transplant or live liver transplant procedure. This procedure is performed in case of liver tumors and liver genetic diseases. Still, the most prominent causes, requiring the procedure, are chronic liver failure as in cirrhosis, hepatitis, or liver disease due to excessive alcohol consumption.
How Is Liver Transplant Performed?
Liver transplant process begins with a set of preparatory procedures before performing the surgery, including medical tests, such as blood, urine tests, x-rays, and heart tests, to ensure that the patient has adequate health that enables him or her to undergo such an operation. Other steps include the availability of a matching liver from a deceased donor. Moreover, a liver transplant donor of the patient’s relatives can facilitate the procedure. Furthermore, liver transplant process includes performing important medical tests to the donor to ensure the extent of the genetic blood match to the recipient and good health; then, the patient undergoes general anesthesia, and the surgeon creates an incision and replaces the affected liver with a complete one if the donor is deceased. However, in case of alive donor, only a portion of the liver is removed and transplanted because of the liver’s ability to grow and return to its normal size.
Life after Liver Transplant
Studies have shown that the success rate of a liver transplant surgery, after a year of performing it, has increased to about 89% and dropped to 75% in the following five years. This percentage along with liver transplant life expectancy can be increased by showing a lot of commitment to having recommended essential medicine on the patient’s part to help the liver to function well along with drinking adequate amounts of water, avoiding alcoholic beverages, and exercising regularly to maintain a healthy body.
In fact, our personnel at Healing Consulting is working hard to provide the best results for our patients. Moreover, our free consultation is also offered regarding all health-related-issues as in any organ transplant and particularly liver transplant and pediatric liver transplant. Therefore, don’t hesitate to take a step that can improve your health.
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