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Liver Transplant Surgery

Liver Transplant is the procedure that involves replacing the diseased liver with a healthy liver. It might involve replacing either the whole or a part of the liver. The replaced liver grows to full size with time.

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Liver Transplant Surgery

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  1. Contact:- +91 8080802665 Liver Transplant Surgery It is a known fact that liver transplant surgery is the second most common transplant surgery, thus making it clear that liver diseases affect the majority of the population. It might be due to some genetic pattern or due to the changing life styles. Increasing dependency of fat rich junk foods, more of alcohol consumption etc hampers the normal anatomy and physiology of the liver. A diseased liver needs transplant when all the pharmacological/ medicinal approach to restore the liver functioning fails.

  2. Contact:- +91 8080802665 What is a Liver Transplant? Liver Transplant is the procedure which involves replacing the diseased liver with a healthy liver. It might involve replacing either the whole or a part of the liver. The replaced liver grows to full size with time. Conditions that require Liver Transplant: So, exactly at what stage or in what conditions your liver needs transplant? There are several liver diseases that disrupts the liver functioning but not every condition or person needs liver transplantation. Doctors hev devised a thorough and careful screening processes to decide whether a person’s liver is ill enough to need a transplant and secondly whether the diseased person is suitable for liver transplantation procedure. Depending upon your symptoms and the observed signs, physicians draw the disease process that affects the liver, thereby combining it with the laboratory test results, a conclusion is drawn either in favour or disfavour of liver transplant.

  3. Contact:- +91 8080802665 The second line of assessment is to decide the body’s ability to accept the transplanted liver. This is decided on the basis of blood tests and other diseases that have affected the patient. Following are some of the common diseases/conditions that demand for liver transplant: ●Biliary atresia (incomplete formation of bile ducts) ●Liver cirrhosis ●Hepatitis ●Ascites due to liver failure ●Bleeding and coagulation disorders ●Hepatic encephalopathy Types of liver transplant: Depending on multiple factors, a diseased person have three options of liver transplant to choose from. These are: ●A Living donor transplant: This means the donor is a living person who willingly agrees to donate a part of his liver. Either a left or right lobe is transplanted. The procedure involves taking out the decided part of the liver

  4. Contact:- +91 8080802665 from the donor after proper investigations. Thereby, the part is placed in the recipient's body. The liver grows to approximated 85% of its normal size in the recipient within 7 days. Usually, the left lobe transplantation is recommended for children whereas the right lobe is transplanted in adults. ●Orthotopic transplant: It is the most common type of liver transplantation which involves transplantation of

  5. Contact:- +91 8080802665 liver from a recently deceased person. In this process instead of a particular lobe the whole liver is replaced. The donor is the person who had willingly pledged to donate his liver. ●Split Liver Transplant: Split liver transplant is done when there are two recipients: an adult and a child whereas the donor is deceased. In such a case the right lobe is transplanted in adults whereas the left one goes to the child. Success rate of split liver transplants are good. So, these were the basic types of liver transplant surgeries. The liver transplant costin India varies between 19 to 25 lakhs and the success rates are usually high. One name in the field of liver transplant that assures the success of the surgery is Dr. Arvind Soin. An alumini of All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), New Delhi, Dr. Arvind Singh Soin is a Padma Shri awardee for his pioneer work in the field of

  6. Contact:- +91 8080802665 Liver Transplantation. Dr. Soin has bagged many other prestigious awards to his name including Medical Statesman of the year in 2014, RD Birla Outstanding clinician of the year in 2013 etc. Over the years he has established multiple records. He was the first surgeon to conduct a successful left lobe liver transplant as well as right lobe liver transplant in India in the years 1999 and 2000 respectively. He has even done first bloodless liver transplant in the year 2005 and in 2013, Inidia’s youngest liver transplant recepient was operated by him. Dr. Arvind Soin is not just a name but a ray of hope for millions of liver diseased patients. His brilliance and sheer dedication has given him in 95% success rate in liver transplant surgeries. He has performed around 2600 liver transplants in India, which is the highest record. The only other surgeon who has comparable records to Dr.Soin is the Dr. Mohamed Raela who has made his name to Guinness world record by operating successful liver transplant in a 5 year old child. Dr. Raela has performed around 1600 liver transplant surgery and practices in Chennai.

  7. Contact:- +91 8080802665 Dr. Arvind Singh Soin is also the chairman of liver transplant surgeries at the renowned Medanta Hospital Gurgaon where he treat cases from all over the country as well as referrals from other parts of SouthEast Asia. Liver Transplant Cost in India doesn't consider the middle men. The cost can be afforded only by the richies. And because Liver Transplant is one of the commonest surgeries performed in the country, more efforts should be taken to make these operations affordable enough for the common man. Dr. Arvind Singh Soin and his team has been working tirelessly and efficiently towards making liver transplant an easily approachable surgery in the country.

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