Conditions That Lead to Liver Transplant

Liver is one of the most important organs of digestive system which is located in upper right abdominal area under the rib cage; size of our liver is approximately 2-3 pounds (1.36 kg). Our liver plays various functions from producing bile to removing toxins from our body and almost 500 essential tasks

Why Liver Transplant?

It’s a surgical procedure in which a gastro surgeon(best liver transplant surgeon in Delhi) replace the damaged liver with the healthy liver of the donor, most of the time the healthy liver is from a deceased person but it can be of alive person in case or partial liver transplant (living donor liver transplant)

Your liver transplant surgeon will suggest this surgery when other methods of treatment fail to recover the normal functioning of liver; this situation is called as liver failure.

Failure of liver is caused by various end stage liver diseases; our liver can become damaged slowly over the year with the progressive liver diseases (NASH, Liver Cirrhosis), in some cases a liver can fail suddenly due to inflammation, you can get liver transplant in Delhi from the best liver transplant surgeon in Delhi

Conditions and Diseases That Lead to Liver Transplant (Liver failure)

Liver transplantation is necessary in the individual who is suffering from the below listed conditions

• End stage NASH disease: this condition can cause damage to liver causing the life threatening conditions like liver cancer or liver cirrhosis

• Liver cirrhosis: it causes severe scarring(fibrosis) in liver

• Liver cancer: this occurs when there are a formation of tumors in liver, primary liver cancer is known as hepatocellular carcinoma

• Acute liver failure: when a liver fail rapidly in no time without preexistence of liver conditions

• Acute Hepatic necrosis: Necrosis means death of cells which is usually seen in acute liver failure

• Autoimmune hepatitis: it refers as inflammation in liver in which our immune system attacks our healthy liver cells

• Viral hepatitis: Hepatitis B & C infection

• Sclerosing holangitis: this disease is related to bile duct which is progressive disease causing fibrosis and inflammation in liver

• Amlyiodosis: it’s one of the rare disease in which an abnormal protein known as amyloid build up in our liver and affects its normal functioning

• Bile duct cancer: also known as biliary cirrhosis, it’s one of the rare cancer which can lead to liver infection or liver cancer

• Ascites: fluid retention in liver which is caused by liver cirrhosis, this condition is seen in end stage liver failure

If you are suffering from any of the above mentioned condition or looking for best liver transplant surgeon in Delhi than you should get consultation from best gastro surgeon in Delhi Dr. Sandeep Kumar Jha. He is currently working in Manipal Super Speciality Hospital.