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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 | 36 |
97% |
| Cirrhosis | 12 |
92% |
| Liver Cancer | 6 |
100% |
| Organ Transplants | 1 |
100% |
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Liver Transplant Reviews
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I worked but now my liver numbers are not right due to a medication I took two years ago.
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just got on the list for transplant meld score 16. did 12 months ribovirun and pegintron virus was gone and came back after I stopped going to try again with higher dose and new drug that boosts platlett count from my bone marrow.
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ucla awaiting test and ok
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had it in January 2007, liver is fine but been ill
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Scary, working, however dealing with rejections are hard. IT HAS BEEN LIFE CHANGING>
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Had transplant 5 years ago and I am almost bad to my pre-transplant health.
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had liver transplant july 1 2006,looking good so far,liver enzymes numbers up,have liver biopsy in few months to check on hep c status,
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had transplant july 1 2006,got hepatitis c from blood transfusion,got cirrhosis,was in hospital for 4 1/2 months,in nursing home for 3 months,have med induced diabetes
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Got a great liver in 2000 still working 7 yrs later.
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Excellent Health
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