Can liver transplantation kill people

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Liver transplantation surgery, for patients, liver problems, if very serious, you need to consider liver transplantation surgery, but whether the liver transplantation surgery can be successful, the probability of success, many people are still very confused, let's talk about liver transplantation will die.

Can liver transplantation kill people

First, liver transplantation is a kind of surgical treatment that can implant a healthy liver into the patient's body and make the liver function of patients with end-stage liver disease recover well. It can be divided into orthotopic liver transplantation and heterotopic liver transplantation.

Second, liver transplantation can remove the tumor and sclerotic liver to the maximum extent, eliminate the soil of liver cancer fundamentally, and avoid serious complications such as liver failure after hepatectomy. But the biggest problem is the recurrence of tumor after transplantation.

Third, it is generally believed that the cause of tumor recurrence after transplantation is the existence of metastasis outside the liver that can not be detected by conventional methods or the tumor cells entering the blood circulation caused by surgical operation. Therefore, patients with liver tumors must be examined systematically and comprehensively before liver transplantation to exclude the existence of extrahepatic metastases and the possibility of multiple primary tumors.

matters needing attention

Any operation has risks, and liver transplantation is no exception. Therefore, before the operation, patients should be fully prepared. In the process of liver transplantation, there are various examinations. The doctor will conduct a comprehensive examination on the patients and try not to let the patients bear big risks to do life-threatening operation.