DNB (Surgical gastroenterology, MS( General Surgery), MBBS, Fellowship in Minimal Access Surgery, Diploma in Minimal Access Surgery, Fellow of International College of Robotic Surgeons
Surgical Gastroenterologist, Delhi
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18 years experience
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What Happens During The Surgery?
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While conducting the surgery, a surgeon makes a small incision across the abdomen which helps him to locate and thus remove the exact portion of a patient s liver. The surgeon removes around 25-65 per cent of the liver as per the recipient s size.
Blood Tests, CT scan and MRI of the abdomen and Biopsy of the liver are the test conducted to evaluate and determine if someone can safely donate their liver.
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The evaluation takes place through carrying out blood tests, CT scan as well the MRI of the abdomen and also the biopsy of the liver.
What are the dos for a patient after the surgery?
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Patients, after undergoing this Living Donor Hepatectomy in Liver Transplant, require to stay back in the hospital for at least a week. Moreover, they must avoid lifting weights of more than 10 pounds for at least 12 weeks after the surgery.
Living Donor Hepatectomy in Liver Transplant helps to improve the patient s condition quite a lot
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It is true because the Hepatectomy from a living donor in liver transplant aims to maximize the possibility for a recipient to receive a transplant before his or her condition gets worse and thus bring forth quite an improvement in their condition.
Who can be a living Donor?
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A person who wants to be a donor should be in excellent medical and psychological health. Moreover, he or she must be compatible with the blood group of the one who will receive.
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