How long does living donor liver transplantation take

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My grandfather's health is not very good. When I accompanied him to the hospital for examination, I found that he was in the late stage of liver cancer. Usually, he didn't pay attention to his body, so his condition became very serious and needed living donor liver transplantation to cure him. Today, let me learn how long it takes for living donor liver transplantation.

How long does living donor liver transplantation take

First: everyone is different. Liver transplantation is the most effective treatment for end-stage liver disease. In principle, when various acute or chronic liver diseases can not be cured by other methods of surgery and surgery, and the death is expected to be unavoidable in a short time (6-12 months), transplantation can be carried out.

Second, as long as the recipient and donor match, meet the operation conditions, and there is no accident during the operation, there will be no so-called sequelae, but the postoperative rejection is the problem that should be paid attention to after this kind of living donor transplantation, and the maintenance treatment of long-term postoperative anti rejection drugs is essential.

Third, living donor liver transplantation still has a certain risk of complications and death. There are two types of complications. One is related to hepatectomy, including biliary fistula, biliary stricture and cholestasis. The other is the complications related to open surgery, such as intra-abdominal hemorrhage, incision infection, incision hernia, intestinal adhesion and intestinal obstruction.

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Some patients will have some complications after living donor liver transplantation. At this time, it is best to treat them in time. After patients recover and leave hospital, they need to rely on self-care. They should take medicine in strict accordance with the doctor's advice. They should never change or stop taking medicine with the advice of others.