Liver Transplant
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A liver transplant is a surgical procedure that replaces a diseased or damaged liver with a healthy liver from a donor. This procedure is often considered for individuals with severe liver conditions, such as cirrhosis, liver cancer, or acute liver failure, where other treatments have not been successful. The goal is to restore normal liver function, which is crucial for various bodily processes, including detoxification, metabolism, and production of essential proteins.
The transplant procedure typically involves several steps, beginning with the evaluation of the patient to determine their suitability for surgery. Once a suitable donor liver is found, the surgery is performed under general anesthesia. The surgeon removes the diseased liver and implants the donor liver in its place, connecting the blood vessels and bile ducts. Recovery can vary, but patients usually stay in the hospital for several days to monitor their condition and ensure proper function of the new liver.
While a liver transplant can significantly improve quality of life and longevity for many patients, there are potential benefits and risks. Benefits include the restoration of liver function and the alleviation of symptoms associated with liver disease. However, risks may include complications from surgery, rejection of the new liver, and the need for lifelong immunosuppressive medications to prevent rejection. Understanding these factors is essential for anyone considering this complex procedure.
Achieving Immunologic Tolerance After Liver Transplant Surgery
This research paper examines ways to achieve 'immunologic tolerance' after a liver transplant. After an organ transplant, it's crucial to suppress the immune system to prevent it from attacking the ne...Advancements in Liver Transplant Surgery: Ex-Vivo Resection Benefits
This research paper discusses a surgical technique known as ex-vivo liver resection and autotransplantation (ELRA). This method, which is a combination of conventional liver surgery and liver transpla...Common Complications After Liver Transplant: What Patients Should Know
This research study examined the complications associated with liver transplants at a hospital in southern Brazil. The study looked at 103 patient records from 2011 to 2018. The patients were mostly m...Exercise Program Reduces Hospital Readmission for Liver Transplant Patients
This research paper is about the effectiveness of a structured exercise program for patients with liver disease who are waiting for a liver transplant. The researchers looked back at 458 patients who ...Guidelines for Managing Immunosuppression After Liver Transplant
This research paper is about how to best manage the immune system of people who've had a liver transplant. When someone receives a new liver, it's important to keep their immune system from attacking ...Heart Complications After Liver Transplant: What Patients Should Know
This research paper is about the heart-related complications that can occur after a liver transplant, particularly in patients with a condition called cirrhotic cardiomyopathy. This condition affects ...Heart Disease Risks After Liver Transplant: What Patients Need to Know
This research paper discusses the common occurrence of heart disease in patients after they've had a liver transplant, which can often lead to death. The most common heart-related issues after a liver...Immunotherapy's Role in Liver Transplant for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Immunotherapy, a type of treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight diseases like cancer, has been very effective in treating advanced liver cancer (HCC). Recent studies have shown that com...Improving Liver Transplant Outcomes From Circulatory Death Donors
This research paper discusses how some countries use liver transplants from donors who have died from circulatory death to deal with organ shortages. However, these organ transplants can often lead to...Improving Liver Transplant Outcomes Through Advanced Medical Data
This study aims to explain how advanced medical data can be used to improve the care of liver transplant patients. The 'transplant-ome' refers to all the biological information related to organ transp...Improving Liver Transplant Outcomes: Insights From China's Registry
This research paper discusses the China Liver Transplant Registry (CLTR), a project aimed at improving liver transplant techniques, processes, and outcomes in China. The CLTR records all liver transpl...Improving Tacrolimus Predictions for Adult Liver Transplant Patients
This research paper is about testing the accuracy of different models used to predict how the drug tacrolimus behaves in the body of adult liver transplant patients. The authors used data from 84 pati...Key Factors That Predict Survival After Liver Transplant Surgery
Liver transplantation is an expensive and risky operation. With a shortage of organ donors and uncertainty about patient survival, it is crucial to identify risk factors that can predict patient survi...Liver Transplant for Neuroendocrine Tumors: What Patients Need to Know
This research paper is about a study conducted at the Namazi Hospital Transplant Research Center over a six-year period, from 2011 to 2017. The study looked at 15 patients who had a type of cancer cal...Liver Transplant Outcomes in Kazakhstan: a Study of Patient Care
This research paper looks at liver transplants in Kazakhstan, where over 1,000 people have severe liver disease and their only treatment option is a liver transplant. The study analyzed patients who r...Liver Transplant Success for Children with Recurring Hepatoblastoma
This paper discusses the case of a 13-year-old boy who had hepatoblastoma, a common type of liver cancer in children. Despite having a large portion of his liver removed, the cancer returned. The doct...Liver Transplant Surgery for Children: Success Rates and Care Guide
This research paper discusses liver transplantation (LT) in children. The paper states that LT has a high success rate in both the short and long term for children. LT can save children who have sever...Liver Transplant: Importance of Lifelong Monitoring for Recipients
This research paper discusses the increase in the number of people who have survived liver transplants, and how their quality and length of life are also improving. However, these individuals often ha...Liver Transplantation in Colombia: History, Progress, and Regulations
This paper discusses the history and current state of liver transplantation in Colombia. Starting in 1979, Colombia has become one of the most active countries for this type of surgery in Latin Americ...Liver Transplants After Covid-19: Safety for Cirrhosis Patients
This research paper looks at how safe and effective it is to perform liver transplants on patients who have recovered from COVID-19. It focuses on patients who had serious liver disease (cirrhosis) an...Liver Transplants in Children: Trends and Survival Rates Over 50 Years
The European Liver Transplant Registry (ELTR) has been gathering information on liver transplants in Europe since 1968. In this study, they looked at data from over 16,000 liver transplants performed ...Living Donor Liver Transplant for Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis
This research paper looks at the potential for living donor liver transplants (LDLT) to be used more frequently for people with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis (AAH), a condition caused by heavy d...Living Donor Liver Transplant: Expanding Options for Patients
The research paper discusses how living donor liver transplants (LDLT), where a healthy person donates a part of their liver, have become more common in the United States. This has increased the numbe...Living-Donor Liver Transplant: What Patients Need to Know
This research paper discusses a study conducted on 76 patients who underwent liver transplants at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation in Karachi, Pakistan. The majority of the patients ...Long-Term Care for Liver Transplant Recipients: What You Need to Know
The number of liver transplants is increasing worldwide, and patients who receive these transplants are living longer. This means more people require ongoing care after their transplant. To provide th...Long-Term Care Tips for Liver Transplant Recipients and Survivorship
This research paper discusses the improved survival rates of liver transplant patients, thanks to advancements in surgical techniques and the management of immunosuppression, which is the lowering of ...Managing Alcohol and Substance Use After Liver Transplant Surgery
This research paper focuses on the issue of alcohol and substance use after liver transplant surgery, especially among patients who have alcohol or substance use disorders. The authors stress that und...Managing Health After Liver Transplant: Benefits of Ehealth
Liver transplantation is a common treatment for severe liver diseases and liver cancer. Patients who receive a liver transplant need to manage their health carefully for the rest of their lives, which...Managing Heart Health After Liver Transplant: a Patient's Guide
Liver transplantation has greatly improved survival rates for patients with severe liver disease and liver cancer. However, heart disease is a common cause of death in these patients that is not relat...Managing Viral Infections After Liver Transplant: What Patients Need
Liver transplant survival rates have increased thanks to advances in surgery, care during and after operations, and better drugs to suppress the immune system. However, new or recurring viral infectio...Maximizing Liver Transplants: the Role of Marginal Donor Organs
This study is about the shortage of donor organs for liver transplants and how we can make better use of available organs. The researchers looked at using organs from "marginal" donors - these are don...Optimizing Nutrition for Liver Transplant Patients: a Closer Look
This research paper discusses the common issue of malnutrition in patients with liver disease, particularly those waiting for or who have received a liver transplant. Malnutrition often leads to muscl...Pediatric Liver Transplant: Successes, Challenges, and Updates
This research paper discusses the success of liver transplantation as a treatment for severe liver disorders over the past 30 years. Because of this success, liver transplantation is now also being us...Psychiatric Factors Impacting Liver Transplant Success and Recovery
This research paper focuses on the importance of psychiatric assessments for patients who are about to receive a liver transplant. The goal is to identify any mental or physical factors that could pot...Turkey's Impact on Global Liver Transplant Research and Publications
This research paper looks at how much Turkey has contributed to the global field of liver transplant research. Liver transplants are the best treatment for end-stage liver failure, and Turkey has been...Understanding Acute Kidney Injury in Liver Transplant Patients
This research paper discusses the development of acute kidney injury in patients with liver disease, both before and after liver transplant. Acute kidney injury can severely affect the patient's progn...Understanding Common Complications After Liver Transplant Surgery
This research paper discusses common complications that can occur after a liver transplant. The process of liver transplantation involves connecting various blood vessels and the bile duct from the do...Understanding Cytomegalovirus Risks After Liver Transplant Surgery
The article discusses the problem of Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common infection that can become life-threatening for people who have undergone solid-organ transplants, particularly liver transplants. T...Understanding Immunosuppression After Liver Transplant Surgery
This research paper discusses the effects of powerful drugs used to suppress the immune system in liver transplant patients. These drugs have significantly reduced cases of the body rejecting the new ...Understanding Liver Transplant Care: a Guide for ICU Nurses
This research paper focuses on the crucial role nurses play in the care and treatment of patients who are undergoing liver transplants. These patients usually have severe liver diseases or their liver...Understanding Liver Transplant Complications in Emergency Care
This research paper is a review of the complications that can occur after someone has a liver transplant, which may result in them needing to visit the emergency department. Liver transplants are a co...Understanding Liver Transplant Evaluation: Key Updates for Patients
This research paper discusses the recent changes and improvements in the process of evaluating and choosing patients for liver transplant. The process has become more intricate and ongoing due to adva...Understanding Liver Transplant Selection: Living Donors Vs. Deceased
This research paper investigates how we choose who gets a liver transplant in the United States. At the moment, the selection process is designed to benefit the community of people needing a liver as ...Understanding Liver Transplant: How Machine Perfusion Helps Prevent
This research paper looks at different strategies for preserving livers for transplantation to try and prevent damage to the liver cells, particularly the ones that are part of the bile duct system. D...Understanding Liver Transplantation: Advances and Ongoing Challenges
This research paper discusses the advancements and challenges in the field of liver transplantation. Despite great progress over the last 20 years, there is still a significant shortage of available o...Understanding Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplants: Key Guidelines
This research paper is about the use of a technique called machine perfusion (MP) in liver transplants. Machine perfusion is a process that keeps donated organs in a better condition which extends the...Understanding Rare Blood Clotting Disorder After Liver Transplant
This research paper discusses a case where a patient developed a rare blood clotting disorder after receiving a liver transplant. The disorder, known as Factor I deficiency, is very rarely transmitted...Understanding the Costs of Liver Transplants for Patients and Families
This research paper reviews the financial aspects of liver transplants and what factors contribute to their cost. The study reveals that as the cost of these procedures continues to rise, hospitals ar...Understanding Thromboelastography in Liver Transplant Surgery
This paper discusses a blood test called Thromboelastography (TEG). This test is very useful because it quickly shows how well your blood can form a clot, which can be critical information for doctors...Understanding Veno-Venous Bypass in Liver Transplant Surgery
This paper reviews the use of veno-venous bypass (VVB) in liver transplant procedures. VVB is a method used to ensure that blood flow to vital organs is maintained during surgery and to prevent blood ...