{"id":59840,"date":"2024-12-04T14:58:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T09:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wockhardthospitals.com\/?p=59840"},"modified":"2024-12-04T14:58:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T09:28:18","slug":"living-donor-liver-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/liver-treatment\/living-donor-liver-transplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Donor Liver Transplant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Living Donor Liver Transplant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A living-donor liver transplant is a surgical procedure in which a portion of the liver from a healthy living person is removed and implanted into someone\u2019s belly whose liver is no longer working properly.<\/p>\n<p>The donor\u2019s remaining liver regrows and returns to its normal size, volume, and capacity within a couple of months after the surgery. At the same time, the transplanted liver portion grows and restores normal liver function in the recipient.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you can expect?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Before the procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be considered for a living-donor liver transplant, both the donor and recipient must undergo thorough health and psychological evaluation at a transplant center. The transplant team will discuss the potential benefits and risks of the procedure in detail.<\/p>\n<p>For example, while the procedure often may be lifesaving for the recipient, donating a portion of a liver carries some risks for the donor which is between 0.1 to 0.3%.<\/p>\n<p>Matching of living-donor livers with recipients is based on blood group type, organ quality, and organ size.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>During the procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the day of the transplant, surgeons will remove a portion of the donor\u2019s liver for transplant through an incision in the abdomen. The specific part of the liver donated depends on the size of the donor&#8217;s liver, the recipient\u2019s weight, and the needs of the recipient.<\/p>\n<p>Next, surgeons remove the diseased liver place the donated liver portion in the recipient\u2019s body, and then connect the blood vessels and bile ducts to the new liver.<\/p>\n<p>The transplanted liver in the recipient and the portion left behind in the donor regrow rapidly, reaching normal liver volume and function within a couple of months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is living-donor liver transplantation desirable?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Living donor liver transplantation<\/strong> has some advantages over deceased donor transplantation. First, there is an improved survival rate for the adult transplant recipients who received living-donor livers over deceased-donor livers. It reduces waiting list mortality as the recipient doesn\u2019t have to wait for a long time. 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