What do liver transplant patients die of

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Now many people have liver necrosis due to drinking. At this time, we need liver transplantation. We will talk about the cause of death of patients after liver transplantation.

What do liver transplant patients die of

The first reason is that there are few deaths and many causes of death. At present, there are not many literature reports, because most of the deaths of liver transplantation occur in the perioperative period, and some of them die of viral hepatitis recurrence, liver cancer recurrence, biliary complications, chronic rejection, various infections, etc. If postoperative care is not done well, all kinds of infectious diseases will appear, which will take people's lives.

The second reason: compared with hepatectomy, the biggest advantage of liver transplantation is the low recurrence rate. This is because 80% of liver cancer patients in our country have cirrhosis at the same time, and the growth of tumor is multi center. Resection only removes the existing cancer focus, but in the future there may be another malignant tumor focus in the liver cirrhosis nodule. While liver transplantation removes the focus, it also removes the liver that has already developed cirrhosis, which is equivalent to eradicating the soil of tumor growth.

The third reason: advanced liver cancer refers to those who have severe weight loss and other cachexia symptoms, or the tumor has invaded the portal vein, vena cava or extrahepatic metastasis, such as lung metastasis. Due to the high recurrence rate of liver cancer after liver transplantation, the main significance of advanced liver cancer is to improve the quality of life and prolong the life of patients. If the family financial situation of patients is not good, it is not suitable for liver transplantation.

matters needing attention

We should pay attention to diet. Patients with liver transplantation are mainly high in vitamin, low in sugar, low in fat and moderate in high quality protein. Eat less and eat more, with soft and easy to digest, less fiber, less stimulating soft food or semi liquid diet. Don't drink and smoke, develop good eating habits, don't eat some stimulating food, and keep in a good mood.