The Liver Transplant in India at BLK Super Speciality Hospital is a part of the Institute for Digestive & Liver Diseases. The unit is home to one of the most experienced and trained transplant teams in the region that offers a patient-centric approach to treat patients with chronic liver failure conditions.
Our unit offers state-of-the-art facilities with the best equipment and the latest infrastructure. The facility has the best and most well equipped Liver Transplant ICU in the country with a separate AHU for each bed, thereby reducing the risk of infection to a minimum.
We offer comprehensive, seamless, and integrated world-class healthcare to everyone under our care with comprehensive pre and post liver transplant management. We strive to deliver International Class healthcare to the patient suffering from chronic liver conditions and therefore have deceased donor as well as living donor liver transplantation under one roof.
The liver is the largest internal organ of the human body and performs several critical functions. There are many chronic diseases that can hinder the functioning of the liver and in chronic conditions can result in liver failure. The removal of a non-functioning liver through a surgical process and replace it with a healthy liver from a living or deceased donor is known as a liver transplant.
A person suffering from liver failure due to end-stage liver disease (ESLD) must undergo a liver transplant. These diseases include:
The common causes that lead to such condition of liver failure include:
A doctor might evaluate the patient’s current medical condition to know whether he/she fits for Liver Transplant or not. You are a candidate for a Liver Transplant if you experience:
A patient with end-stage liver disease is not a candidate for a liver transplant if he/she suffers from:
Before recommending a Liver Transplant, a doctor might prescribe a patient to undergo a few examinations. The results help the doctor to evaluate the patient’s medical condition and help them create an individualised treatment plan. The list of diagnostic tests for liver transplant includes:
Liver Transplant Preoperative Details
Before proceeding with the surgery the doctors have to make sure that the patient is fit for the procedure. This is done by performing a series of tests and screening process. The patient might be prescribed certain medications, a week, or two before the surgery, to avoid any sort of infection during or after the surgery.
A patient will receive general anaesthesia before moving to the operation theatre and will sleep through the Liver transplant procedure.
Liver Transplant in India Operative Details
The liver transplantation is the procedure that actually consists of three operations.
The patient must follow the following precautions after the Liver Transplant:
The surgery might come with mild complications, such as:
After a liver transplant in India, your doctor might prescribe you to take anti-rejection medications for the rest of your life which can cause side effects such as:
These anti-rejection drugs work by suppressing the immune system, thus they come with increased risk for infection. Doctors even prescribe medication to fight the infections caused by these anti-rejection drugs
If you think you are facing similar conditions, or have suffered from them in the past, please contact the BLK Hospital team to schedule an appointment at : +91-11-30403040