An insight into liver transplantation

 

Liver transplantation is a life-saving surgical procedure performed when the liver function of a patient is severely compromised and immediate intervention is necessary. Liver specialist hospital in Delhi typically recommends this procedure for patients experiencing acute liver failure, acute-on-chronic liver failure, or end-stage liver disease. Time is of the essence in such emergency cases, and very often a timely liver transplant can mean the difference between life and death.

Going for Liver Transplant Surgery in India is important if the liver of the patient has been damaged to the point that it cannot perform its normal functions. Such a condition is known as liver failure or end-stage liver disease. Liver is an important organ of the body. It can become gradually damaged due to high alcohol consumption, infection or illness. Such damage causes the liver to become scarred, which is a condition known as cirrhosis. Liver failure may also occur quite rapidly as a result of inflammation and death of liver tissue (necrosis). Some of the major causes of liver damage and cirrhosis are alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) and hepatitis. In case of ARLD, the liver becomes scarred because of years of persistent alcohol misuse. On the other hand, hepatitis B and hepatitis C are blood-borne viruses that can sometimes cause extensive liver damage and require Emergency Liver Transplant.

Liver transplant can be of two types. First is deceased organ donation that involves transplanting a liver that has been removed from a person who died recently. On the other hand, in case of living donor liver transplant, a section of liver is removed from a living donor. As the liver can regenerate itself, both the transplanted section and the remaining section of the donor's liver can re0grow into a normal-sized liver.