Liver Transplantation Surgery

Best Liver Transplant Hospital in Bangalore

The liver is one of the most complex organs playing an important role in the quality of life. A liver transplant is a surgical procedure to remove a diseased or damaged liver and replace it with a healthy one. Transplantation is recommended when the liver is completely damaged and cannot function anymore. The stage where the liver stops working efficiently is called acute liver failure or end-stage liver disease. Liver damage can result from multiple reasons. Some include chronic illness, infection, or excessive alcohol consumption. Due to inflammation, liver tissue damage increases and liver failure can happen suddenly.

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Why Manipal?

The best liver transplant hospital in Bangalore on Hebbal Road has a dedicated Liver Transplant Program that boasts a team of expert Hepatologists, Liver Transplant Specialists and Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, and Nurses, who take care of the patient and the patient's family through the transplant process. Our team strives to deliver the best healthcare to every individual by providing the highest calibre treatments.

Manipal Hospitals provide quality care focused on the individual needs of a patient. Hosting comprehensive expertise under one roof, focused on the patient makes the patient not just get one opinion but multiple opinions.

Treatment & Procedures

Transplant and post-op care

If a suitable donor liver has been found, surgeons then work to transplant the donor liver into the patient. The patient will then be placed on medication for pain management, anti-infection and immune suppression. The immunosuppressants are given to ensure that the body does not begin to recognize and attack the new donated liver as an intruder. In…

Living Donor Liver Transplant

In this procedure, a part of a healthy donor's liver is extracted and implanted into the patient that needs a liver. These procedures are most common among family members, since they have the highest chance to match with each other. The donor will spend around a week in the hospital with roughly 8 weeks of recovery time before they are able to function…

Living Donor Liver Transplant

A living donor transplant is when the donor (who is mostly a family member/relative) donates part of his/her liver to the patient. Here, the surgeon first operates on the donor and extracts part of a healthy donor's liver. Then, the liver transplant surgery on the patient begins where the damaged liver is removed and replaced with the part of the liver donated by the donor. The donor will spend around a week in the hospital with roughly 8 weeks of recovery time before they can function normally.

Soon after the transplant, the liver sections of both the donor and recipient regenerate to form a complete liver. Remarkably, the recipient's liver can regenerate up to 85% of its mass within just one-week post-transplant.

Deceased Donor Liver Transplant

Deceased donor transplant refers to the type where the liver is removed from a recently died patient. At the best liver transplant hospital in Bangalore, the surgeons remove the liver from the patient and replace it with the donors. The transplant surgery may take about 6 - 12 hours depending on each patient’s case.

In the case of adult receivers, the entire liver is replaced. However, in some cases, the surgeon might even split the liver into two parts. The bigger part can be given to an adult and the smaller part to a child. The liver grows back to its original size after surgery, thereby giving a new life to the patient.

At Manipal Hospitals Hebbal Road, a multidisciplinary board, consisting of gastroenterologists, paediatrics, hepatologists, and liver surgeons, discusses every case history of patients before prescribing the best possible treatment.

Split Donation Liver Transplant

In split donation, the liver is collected from a recently deceased person. This is only possible when the recipients are an adult and a child. In such cases, the donated liver is split into two parts - the left and right lobes. The adult is given a larger right portion of the liver and the child is given a smaller left portion of the liver.

The donated livers grow back to their original size within weeks through the regeneration process. Split donation helps two persons (an adult and a child) simultaneously.

When Do You Need A Liver Transplantation?

The liver is the largest internal organ performing several critical functions, and a liver transplant is usually referred to when it stops performing those functions because of chronic liver disease or sudden failure of a previously normal liver.

Some of the conditions which may warrant a liver transplant are:

Acute liver failure
Biliary atresia
Cirrhosis
Hepatitis (viral, autoimmune, and idiopathic)
Liver tumours
Metabolic diseases
Portal hypertension
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis

At Manipal Hospitals, facilities are there to cater to the most critical liver-related concerns.

Facilities & Services

Manipal Hospitals Hebbal Road houses a dedicated liver transplant facility offering facilities and services that are on par with international standards. Our facilities include:

Availability of the latest technologies and expertise

State-of-the-art diagnostics

World-class infrastructure

ICU care post-surgery

Post-transplant care

Tie-ups with organ procurement organizations

Infection control protocols

Liver Transplantation Surgery

Best Liver Transplant Hospital in Bangalore