Liver Transplant

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Liver Transplantation

The demand for liver transplantation procedure increases continuously in the recent years . In 2002 alone , a have been done in various countries around the world . Most of these surgical procedures were done in Spain , Germany , and Italy (WTCD According to NHS Blood and Transplant (2009 , from 1998 to 2007 there were 6 ,556 liver transplant procedures done in United Kingdom . In United

br States on the other hand , an estimate of 6 ,500 surgical procedures of this type have been done in the year 2005 (American Liver Foundation The raise of the number of this surgical procedure 's occurrence necessitates the thorough understanding of its various aspects especially among medical practioners and students

Liver or hepatic transplantation is the procedure of removing the diseased part of an individual 's liver and then replacing it with a healthy part taken from a donor (Torpy et al , 2006 . This operation can either involve the transfer of the entire or only a fraction of a donor 's liver to the recipient . Majority of the transplanted liver tissues are taken from dead donors . Though there is a rising trend of getting liver tissues from a living donor that is a family member of the recipient . Transplantation of only a certain amount of liver tissues is possible because a fraction of...