How long can child liver transplant live

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After liver transplantation, the risk of operation is relatively large. For a family, children are the spiritual support of parents. Liver transplantation for children is the most concerned problem of parents. Let's learn how long a child's liver transplantation can live.

How long can child liver transplant live

First, liver transplantation is mainly for patients with end-stage liver disease caused by various reasons and expected to survive for less than half a year, such as liver cirrhosis, chronic severe liver disease, liver cancer, biliary atresia (common in children) and liver diseases caused by congenital metabolic diseases, of which liver cancer accounts for about 40% of the operation.

Second, surgery is not recommended for advanced liver cancer. Because of the shortage of liver donors, hospitals in foreign countries generally do not treat patients with advanced liver cancer. In our country, there is no such problem, but for this part of patients, hospitals also recommend not to do surgery. The success rate is not very high.

Third: it varies from person to person, but also depends on the choice of donor liver, long-term use of anti rejection drugs after transplantation, the choice of dosage of drugs and patients' own differences in drugs also affect the survival time. Some died within 24 hours after transplantation, others survived for several years.

matters needing attention

For patients with liver transplantation, the operation should be performed as soon as possible, because after all, the operation is not recommended for late treatment, but the postoperative recovery is still different from person to person, and the postoperative observation is still needed. The patients and their families should cooperate with the doctor for treatment.