Liver Transplantation Over View Education Article By DR. R.V. RAGHAVENDRA RAO
Liver is an important organ in The digestive system located right upper side of abdominal cavity. Such an important organ in the body which is continuously working is also prone for disease due to various causes like viral infection, alcohol, drugs, cancer, birth defects etc., some of which may be treated by medicines (or) sometimes minor operations. But in some major afflictions a stage may come when the liver cannot function to the optimum extent to sustain the bodily requirements. In such conditions when the liver is irreparably damaged, we can replace the nonfunctioning liver with a functioning equivalent by a surgical procedure called Liver transplantation. This procedure is all the more important in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) because there is no effective artificial replacement system. The liver used for transplantation is generally procured in one of the three ways from the donors. A. Deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT): In this procedure popu...
Comments
Post a Comment