How long does liver transplantation last

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Liver disease is a common disease, and the condition will be different, friends with liver disease after the emergence of late, the need for liver transplantation surgery, then, how long can live liver transplantation? Let's talk about it.

How long does liver transplantation last

First of all, the liver is the largest digestive organ of the human body. Its main functions include: digestive function; production of coagulation factor enzyme; storage of iron, vitamins and energy; elimination of toxic substances. Liver disease is the damage of liver structure and function caused by genetic, alcohol, drug factors and virus infection. Among them, progressive liver disease will eventually lead to liver failure, cirrhosis, tumor and other organ diseases, but also may produce some serious complications, such as bleeding, infection, hepatic encephalopathy. At this time, medical conservative treatment and general surgical treatment can not fundamentally solve the problem, liver transplantation has become the only fundamental treatment.

Secondly, there are many misunderstandings about the effect of liver transplantation and the prognosis of patients. This is because the time of liver transplantation in China is short. In fact, now China has a very mature liver transplantation technology and management mode, has long been out of the exploratory stage of liver transplantation, the survival rate and quality of life of patients are greatly improved. Among them, the 1-5-year survival rate of patients with benign liver tumor, liver cirrhosis and immune system diseases after transplantation is 80%, which has reached the international advanced level.

Finally, at present, the longest surviving liver transplant patients in China are still alive, and they are "10 years old". The longest surviving liver transplant patients in foreign countries were operated on at a young age and died 35 years after operation. Different from our country, most of the patients in foreign countries are operated when they are young, and the survival rate is more than 10 years. They often die of other diseases. How long can we live after liver transplantation is also directly related to various factors, especially after the operation of liver transplantation, the later care is also particularly important.

matters needing attention

Liver disease is a serious disease, early detection, early examination and early treatment should be done after the disease, so as to prevent the occurrence of serious or late condition. The method of treatment also plays an important role after the disease.