How much is liver transplantation

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We should all have heard of liver transplantation more or less. This kind of operation is mainly applied to the liver. There are very serious problems, and there is no way to give full play to the value of the liver itself for the body. Let's talk about the cost of liver transplantation.

How much is liver transplantation

First, the so-called liver transplantation refers to a surgical treatment by implanting a healthy liver into the patient's body to make the liver function of patients with end-stage liver disease recover well. It can be divided into orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and heterotopic liver transplantation (FLT) according to the location of liver graft. In addition, there are auxiliary liver transplantation (OLT), combined transplantation of liver, heart, kidney and other organs.

Second: Generally speaking, liver transplantation is not suitable for patients with the following conditions: extrahepatic malignant tumor that is difficult to cure; infection that is difficult to control; alcoholics or drug addicts that are difficult to quit; organic diseases of important organs such as heart, lung, brain and kidney; psychopathy or mental diseases that are difficult to control.

Third: systemic examination before liver transplantation is mainly to evaluate the function of heart, lung, kidney and other important organs, mental state, nutritional status and infectious diseases. Specifically, it can be divided into three categories: routine examination, special examination and individualized examination. Routine examination mainly includes blood, urine, feces and so on.

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For liver transplantation, the cost is still very large, because it not only needs to find the right liver source, but also the operation cost, the nutrition and medical expenses after the operation, which are not small expenses, and need to be borne by the patients' families.