{"id":59852,"date":"2024-12-04T16:08:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T10:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wockhardthospitals.com\/?p=59852"},"modified":"2024-12-04T16:08:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T10:38:53","slug":"deceased-donor-liver-transplant-ddlt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wockhardthospitals.com\/international-patients\/liver-treatment\/deceased-donor-liver-transplant-ddlt\/","title":{"rendered":"Deceased Donor Liver Transplant (DDLT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Deceased Donor Liver Transplant:\u00a0<\/strong>In deceased donor liver transplants, the donor is usually a victim of an accident head injury, or brain hemorrhage. Their heart is still beating, but their brain has stopped working so they\u2019re considered legally dead. The donor is usually in an intensive care unit. After consent from relatives, the retrieval procedure is performed in the operation theatre. After removal from the donor (a process called liver retrieval), the liver can safely be preserved outside the body in special preservation solutions. Allocation of such organs is strictly according to blood group, time on the waiting list, and urgency of transplant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Does a Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Involve?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deceased donor livers come from people who have died suddenly, usually from an accident or bleed into the brain. These individuals are usually between one and 70 years of age and have been relatively healthy before their death. These people have previously expressed to their families a willingness to donate their organs, or their families have decided to donate their organs so that someone else will have a chance to live a better life.<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t necessary to match the donor and recipient for age, sex, or race. All donors are screened for hepatitis viruses and HIV. What\u2019s more, all deceased donor organs are tested extensively to help ensure that they don\u2019t pose a health threat to the recipient.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as a deceased donor is declared brain-dead, the liver is removed and placed in cold, sterile fluid similar to fluid in body cells. It is then stored in the ice box. The harvested liver needs to be transplanted preferably within 6 to 8 hours \u2013 which is why recipients are often called to the hospital in the middle of the night or at short notice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who can be a donor?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anyone can be a donor. When a patient is declared brain dead and his family decides to donate the organs for transplantation, the liver is made available for transplantation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deceased Donor Liver Transplant:\u00a0In deceased donor liver transplants, the donor is usually a victim of an accident head injury, or brain hemorrhage. 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