Liver Transplant Doctors in Hyderabad | Liver Transplant Surgeons

Yes, liver transplantation is considered a major surgery as it involves the risk of some potentially serious complications that might occur during or post-surgery, such as 

• Haemorrhage (loss of excess blood from ruptured blood vessels)
• Post-transplantation rejection of the donor's liver in the recipient's body
• Increased risk of infections
• Loss of renal (kidney) function
• Damage to surrounding organs during transplant surgery
• Non-functionality of the transplanted liver

A specialised liver surgeon in accordance with transplant hepatologist having vast experience in successful transplantation and well versed in pre- and post-surgical management, is the best doctor to perform a liver transplant. At PACE hospitals, liver transplant doctors team has acquired more than 25+ years of experience in performing accurate diagnoses and successful living-donor and cadaver liver transplantation.

Yes, a patient can live a normal life after successful liver transplantation. Studies have revealed that the patient can have more than 10+ years of life after successful transplantation. 

However, survival depends on the presence of the following factors, the more the elements exist, the lesser the survival.

• Other comorbidities
• Social habits (drinking and smoking)
• Age
• Inappropriate response to the prescribed therapy

A successful liver transplant has shown effective outcomes. Studies reported nine out of ten people are still alive after one year, over eight out of ten people are alive for at least five years, and many live for 20 years or more. According to current trends, the success rate of liver transplants in India is approximately 89%.

It depends on the patient’s urge of requirement. The availability of an eligible donor to donate the liver is the sole determinant in living donor transplantation. In the case of transplantation from a deceased donor, the waiting period might range from 30 days to more than five years.

In collaboration with the Liver Pancreas Foundation of Hyderabad, PACE hospitals assist patients by assessing the donor’s eligibility for living-donor liver transplantation. Information and guidance on the availability of the deceased liver are also provided if that is the case.

Liver transplant surgeons are specialised surgeons with extensive expertise in all types of transplantation and knowledge of pre- and post-surgical management. The liver transplant specialist at PACE hospitals have expertise in a wide range of liver transplant procedures, are well-versed with current treatment modalities and are acknowledged as one of the best liver transplant surgeons in Hyderabad, India.

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Patients on the waiting list for liver transplants are prioritised according to the severity of their illness. 

The patient’s disease severity is calculated based on the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score (MELD) for adults and Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD) for children younger than 12 years. These scores estimate the risk of a patient's death within 90 days, without a transplant. The higher the score, the quicker the patients need a transplant.

Yes, liver transplantation might cure Wilson's disease or hepatolenticular degeneration (deposition of copper in the tissues of the liver, brain and other vital organs) since the hepatic area where the extra copper accumulates will be resected and replaced by a healthy liver. 

Furthermore, liver transplantation is the only treatment for diseases that cause liver failure such as Hepatoblastoma, Alagille syndrome, Congenital Biliary Atresia and Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis etc.

Yes, liver transplantation could be a permanent solution for liver cancer, as it completely removes the cancerous area and replaces it with healthy tissue. 

The goal of the investigations is primarily focused on assessing the health condition of both the recipient and donor before the initiation of liver transplantation. These includes

• Complete blood count
• Urine analysis
• Liver ultrasound
• Cardiac tests
• Cancer screening tests
• Psychological evaluation

During a patient's consultation with a liver transplant doctor probes the following 

• Medical and medication history of the patient, which includes the presence of associated comorbidities
• Social history includes smoking, drinking and eating behaviours
• Causative factors and severity of liver diseases 
• Based on the patient's lab and imaging reports, the surgeon decides whether the patient should undergo a partial or complete liver transplant.
• The doctor will assess the likelihood of patient survival post-transplantation

The patient might not feel any pain while on surgery as the patient will be under anaesthesia. Post-procedure, the patient might feel pain as there will be soreness at the site of surgery which might stay for one to two weeks after surgery. Based on the patient's pain severity, the surgeon might prescribe a painkiller as a part of post-surgical pain management.

Yes, a specialised liver specialist doctor can stop the exacerbation of liver failure by considering the following:

• Diagnosing the source of the problem
• Planning the right therapeutic strategy
• Providing appropriate pre- and post-surgical treatment

No, the body cannot repair the injured liver; nevertheless, it will continue to function with a presence of 30 to 40% of its active volume (healthy). The hepatologists at PACE hospitals are proficient at determining the stage of liver damage followed by assessing the medical or surgical treatment based on the damage.