Liver Transplant in Pakistan

The life expectancy of a successful liver transplant can give an individual an extra 10-15 years of life with a healthy liver.

Patients with end-stage liver disease like cirrhosis or someone having a tumor in the liver require liver transplant.  Sometimes even people having very fatty liver may need liver transplants.

Typically family members with a healthy liver donate liver but the liver of the donor must be compatible with the recipient.

Well, liver transplants have evolved over the past decades and have increasingly become safe but they still have underlying risks like infection, damaging other organs, and even death.

The duration of the liver transplant operation takes 6 to 12 hours. It can also take more time if the severity of the case is high.

The average hospital stay for a liver transplant surgery is typically around 21 days but it can go up depending on the patient's condition.

Over the past decades, the liver transplant success rate has increasingly improved and become close to 70-80%.

Yes, post liver transplants, patients will need to take lifelong immunosuppressant medications to prevent liver rejection.

Post a liver transplant, the patient has to make significant changes in his/her lifestyle including stopping alcohol, quitting smoking, exercising regularly, having a healthy diet, etc