Adult Liver Transplantation
What is Liver Transplant? Liver transplantation is a surgical procedure in which replacing a patient’s diseased liver with a new healthy liver. Liver Transplant is the best treatment option for endstage liver diseases (liver failure or liver cirrhosis) that can not be treated in any other way. In most cases, the healthy liver will come from an organ donor who has been declared brain dead (Brain Dead: Other Organs like Hearts, Lungs, Kidney, Liver are functioning but the brain is not working due to trauma, stroke, bleed, etc). Sometimes a healthy living person will donate part of their liver. A living donor is a family member with a compatible blood group. Dr. Manoj Dongare is one of the best liver transplant surgeons in Pune having experience of Cadaveric and Living Donar Liver Transplantation.
When does one need a liver transplant? You can’t live without a working liver. If you are having the following liver disease then you may need a transplant. Diseases that may lead to end-stage liver disease include: