Liver Transplantation
What is Liver Transplant:
A liver transplant is an operation that replaces a patient’s diseased liver with a whole or partial healthy liver from another person. Liver transplantation is a treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure, although the availability of donor organs is a major limitation. In most cases, the healthy liver will come from an organ donor who has just died. Sometimes a healthy living person will donate part of their liver. A living donor may be a family member. Or it may be someone who is not related to you but whose blood type is a good match.
Dr. Vikrant Kale is the best liver specialist in Pune and he has expertise in liver disease treatment and liver transplant. Also, He has done around 3000 gastroscopies, 2000 colonoscopies, and 700 ERCPs until now.
Liver Diseases that Lead to Liver Transplantation:
A liver transplant may be necessary for patients who suffer from:
- liver damage due to alcoholism (Alcoholic cirrhosis)
- Malignancies involving liver: Hepatocellular carcinoma, Hepatoblastoma, HilarCholangiocarcinoma, etc
- primary biliary cirrhosis
- long-term (chronic) active infection (hepatitis B or C)
- liver (hepatic) vein clot (thrombosis)
- birth defects of the liver or bile ducts (biliary atresia)
- metabolic disorders associated with liver failure (e.g., Wilson\’s disease)
Who are not candidates for a Liver Transplant:
We know that many people have suffered from liver cirrhosis and liver disease but everyone has not required liver transplantation service. A patient must be able to survive the operation and the potential post-operative complications, reliably take the medications that prevent rejection and opportunistic infections, comply with frequent clinic visits and laboratory tests. The conditions listed below are generally considered to be absolute contraindications to liver transplantation.
- A severe, irreversible medical illness that limits short-term life expectancy
- Severe pulmonary hypertension (mean pulmonary artery pressure greater than 50mmHg)
- Cancer that has spread outside of the liver
- Systemic or uncontrollable infection
- Active substance abuse (drugs and/or alcohol)
- Unacceptable risk for substance abuse (drugs and/or alcohol)
- History of non-compliance, or inability to adhere to a strict medical regimen
- Severe, uncontrolled psychiatric disease
The Liver Transplant Operation:
Liver Transplantation consists of two parts i.e.
- Removal of Liver from Doonar (Healthy Liver)
- Removal of the diseased liver and transplantation of the healthy liver.
Dr. Vikrant Kale has ensured during the surgery of Liver Transplantation the connection must be re-established. i.e. the new organ to receive blood flow and to drain bile from the liver. The structures that must be reconnected are the inferior vena cava, the portal vein, the hepatic artery, and the bile duct. The exact method of connecting these structures varies depending on specific donor and anatomy or recipient anatomic issues and, in some cases, the recipient disease.
Dr. Vikrant Kale has followed the sequence of events in the operating room for liver transplantation patient is as follows:
- Incision
- Evaluation of the abdomen for abnormalities that would preclude liver transplantation
- Mobilization of the native liver
- Isolation of important structures
- Transection of the above-mentioned structures and removal of the native, diseased liver
- Ensuring adequate control of bleeding
- Closure of the incision
Cost of liver transplant surgery in Pune
Liver Transplantation cost is not fixed, it may differ with many parameters like patient condition, hospitals, surgeon, an instrument used, donor availability, etc. In Pune City, The normal range of liver transplantation surgery starts from 20 lac to 30 lac, or in some cases goes more than 25 lacs based on the patient’s condition.
Dr. Vikrant Kale at Kaizen Gastro Care Clinic has a focus to give liver transplant surgery at affordable rates.
How to Book An Appointment:
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About Dr. Vikrant Kale
Dr. Vikrant Kale is the best gastroenterologist in PCMC Pune and trained in Gastroenterology and advanced endoscopy in UK & Ireland.
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