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Liver transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with a healthy liver allograft. The most commonly used technique is orthotopic transplantation, in which the native liver is removed and the donor organ is placed in the same anatomic location as the original liver. Liver transplantation nowadays is a well ac... more at Wikipedia

Treatment Success Rate

Top 5 Communities
Condition Members Success
Hepatitis C
45
98%
Cirrhosis
26
92%
Liver Cancer
13
100%
Organ Transplants
1
100%
Overall, 97% (86 Members) find Liver Transplant helpful
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Liver Transplant Reviews

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2 weeks in hospital,some pain, minor complications, My husband and I got our lives back.
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I am here so it worked. HCV is still active as there seems to be no cure. Don't know how much time is left but currently I am alive, healthy and active.
Working / Worked
Take one day at a time. Think positive. Exercise as much as possible before and after transplant. Have a good support system of family and friends. If your doctor wants to put you on the transplant list, do it. Don't wait tel you get so sick that your loved ones have to decide for you. I knew my husband's answer was always going to be, yes do it! But I had to pressure him to hurry up and agree to be put the list. Go to the U of M hospital in Ann Arbor Michigan. The doctors there, saved my husband's life.
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i get sick really easy and get sick from my antirejection pills
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Husband's experience: Transplant in Feb, 2006. Everything went well until last month's blood work and biopsy came back pos for hep c
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turned down by three hospitals
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Received a liver transplant Dec. 25th, 2008.
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I have had two trasplants in the last three years and getting ready to start treatment
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3 comas and the wildest trip I've ever been on,- anyone here know about encephalopathy? I sure do!
Working / Worked
I'm ready bring it on
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