Liver transplantation is known as the only way to treat incurable chronic liver diseases. The causes of liver transplantation are due to liver failure.

When the liver no longer functions normally, a liver transplant can save your life. Liver transplantation is the best treatment for chronic liver diseases that have reached the end stage and no other treatment is possible for them. Treatment includes liver surgery, during which all or part of a healthy donor liver is replaced with an unhealthy one. In this article, we examine the reasons for liver transplantation in people.

Determination of liver transplant candidate

The best person to choose and diagnose the causes of liver transplantation is a gastroenterologist who monitors the patient from the beginning and introduces the cause and progress of the candidate disease according to the age. Before the operation, the following actions are necessary:

Correct tissue diagnosis

Determining the level of the disease

Mental state of the patient

Detailed examination of the patient's general condition (heart, lung, kidney)

Performing radiobiological tests such as ultrasound, CT scan, etc. to determine the anatomical condition of the liver

Investigation of active infection in the body

Characteristics of transplanted liver donor

After the doctor determines that a person is a candidate for a liver transplant and determines the reasons for performing a liver transplant, it is time to choose a liver donor. The donor of the transplanted liver must have a careful assessment of the health level and blood type and cell surface proteins similar to the recipient. First-degree relatives are the first candidates for liver donation to a patient. The criteria for liver donation are:

Age between 18 and 60 years

Good physical health without physiological diseases and drug use

Not smoking

Ability to understand and follow instructions for pre-operative preparation and post-operative recovery

Having a liver the same size or larger than the recipient

Performing additional tests to ensure that the grafted tissue does not fall back

Causes of liver transplantation