Liver Transplant in India – Is the Need Rising?

Whenever a diseased liver is replaced by a healthy one via surgical methods, it is termed as a liver transplant. There are many causes for a malfunction in the liver, leading to a need for replacement. Currently, the need for liver donors in India is high. Liver Transplant in India has become very common, but the donors are very few. There are almost 20,000 needy patients, of which only around 500 are able to get the transplant. The increase in the number of obese patients in the country has triggered a sudden increase in the number of liver malfunction cases. As per statistics, the chances of having a liver failure are high in children affected by Hepatitis A virus.

Medical Tourism India has been promoting liver transplants since decades. The rates of the surgery in India are very less when compared to the International standards. A normal liver transplant when done in any of the top class medical centres would cost around Rs.15 lakh. So when exactly does someone need a liver transplant? First of all, a liver transplant is necessary only when the patient has any acute or chronic condition that has stopped the liver from functioning normally. The timing of the transplant matters a lot. Performing a transplant in a patient will not result in bright results if he/she is critically ill in ICU, malnourished, has active infection, or other organ damage such as kidney impairment at the time of the operation.

Before performing Liver Transplantation in India, there are a few liver-support therapies needed to bridge-to-transplantation. All transplants involve removing the old liver and replacing it with a new one at the same location by incision on the abdomen. To remove the liver, all ligamentous attachments to the liver, as well as the common bile duct, hepatic artery, hepatic vein and portal vein have to be removed. The donor's blood in the liver will be replaced by an ice-cold organ storage solution until the allograft liver is implanted. Implantation involves connecting the inferior vena cava, portal vein, and hepatic artery. After blood flow is restored to the new liver, it is also connected to the bile duct or to the small intestine. The surgery usually takes between five and six hours. Those with transplant have a 58% chance of surviving 15 years. Failure of the new liver occurs in 10% to 15% of all cases.

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