Health Photos
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Liver transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with a healthy liver allograft. (Photo: Dr Ravi Mohanka and Dr Arvinder Soin, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi)
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The most commonly used technique is orthotopic transplantation, in which the native liver is removed and replaced by the donor organ in the same anatomic location as the original liver. (Photo: Dr Ravi Mohanka and Dr Arvinder Soin, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi)
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Liver transplantation nowadays is a well accepted treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure. (Photo: Dr Ravi Mohanka and Dr Arvinder Soin, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi)
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Once the liver is in terminal stages of damage (advanced cirrhosis), there is no alternative to liver transplantation. Patients undergoing successful transplant live a normal life, with normal life expectancy for age. (Photo: Dr Ravi Mohanka and Dr Arvinder Soin, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi)
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The liver donor needs to be a willing and healthy (but not fat) family person aged between 18-55 years and weighing between 50-85 kg. (Photo: Dr Ravi Mohanka and Dr Arvinder Soin, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi)
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The first step for liver transplant would be for you to get a liver transplant assessment done for the patient at a centre where living donor transplants are being done routinely with good success rates. Then the donor must also undergo evaluation. Once the recipient and donor are deemed fit for transplant, the operation can proceed. (Photo: Dr Ravi Mohanka and Dr Arvinder Soin, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi).
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With a living donor transplant, a healthy person donates part of his or her liver to the recipient. This procedure has been increasingly successful and shows promise as a solution to the shortage of liver donors. (Photo: Dr Ravi Mohanka and Dr Arvinder Soin, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi)
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Liver transplantation is considered when the liver no longer functions adequately i.e. in the case of liver failure, which can occur suddenly (acute liver failure) as a result of infection or complications. (Photo: Dr Ravi Mohanka and Dr Arvinder Soin, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi)
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One needs to bring all of your previous doctor records, X-rays, liver biopsy slides and a record of medications to your pre-evaluation for a liver transplant. (Photo: Dr Ravi Mohanka and Dr Arvinder Soin, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi)
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A liver can get damaged due to chronic hepatitis with cirrhosis. (Photo: Dr Ravi Mohanka and Dr Arvinder Soin, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi)
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Alcoholism is also one of the leading causes of liver damage. (Photo: Dr Ravi Mohanka and Dr Arvinder Soin, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi)
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Liver damage can also result from wilson's disease (a rare inherited disease with abnormal deposition of copper throughout the body, including the liver, causing it to fail). (Photo: Dr Ravi Mohanka and Dr Arvinder Soin, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi)
