How does liver transplantation work?

Long answer!: And far too lengthy for this space. Check out this website http://digestive.Niddk.Nih.Gov/ddiseases/pubs/livertransplant_ez/#1 for all the details.

Multiple steps: First you get evaluated by a transplant center. Then you can have a living donor transplant or a deceased donor transplant. Living donors can be scheduled but for a deceased donor you must wait your turn for a matching donor. Your old liver is removed and the donor liver, either a full liver from a deceased donor or a partial liver from a living donor is attached to your blood vessels and...

Continued: Bile duct. After surgery you have to recover from the operation. It is a big operation. The operative time is anywhere from 5 to 24 hours. Afterwards you will be on immunosuppression medication forever. There are a number of complications associated with the operation and the aftercare.

It works very well.: A patient needing a liver transplant typically suffers from a combination of liver failure (jaundice, poor blood clotting, malnutrition) and complications from cirrhosis (varices, low platelets, fluid build up, encephalopathy). Liver transplant replaces the cirrhotic liver and in the process removes all the complications of cirrhosis and restores normal liver function.

Replacement: An organ transplant or liver transplant is a surgical procedure to remove the damaged or diseased organ (liver) and replace it with a healthy organ (liver) from a donor patient. The organ may be donated from a living donor or a recently deceased donor patient.

Replace sick liver: The concept of transplantation of any organ is quite simple - replace the failing organ with a normally functioning organ. In the case of liver transplantation, you simply remove the diseased liver and replace it with a healthy liver from an organ donor. The new liver takes the place of the diseased liver (orthotopic) and starts functioning as soon as blood flow is restored. Sewn into place.