an option only if the disease has not spread outside the liver and only if a suitable donated liver can be found
a surgery which removes the sick liver and replaces it with a healthy one from another person
a surgical procedure performed to replace a diseased liver with a healthy liver from another person
a very complicated undertaking
An organ transplant sometimes done when a liver resection cannot be performed for the relief of symptoms of Polycystic Liver Disease, especially when the inferior vena cava and/or aorta are compressed or other hepatic veins are in such a position that liver resection surgery is not possible. A partial lobe of the liver is taken from a living organ donor for a liver transplant. The first step in finding a match is having the same blood type as the organ donor.
Surgery to remove a diseased liver and replace it with a healthy liver (or part of one) from a donor . The most common reasons for liver transplantation in children is biliary atresia (a disease in which the ducts that carry bile out of the liver are missing or damaged) while in adults the most common reason for a liver transplant is cirrhosis (a disease in which healthy liver cells are killed and replaced with scar tissue ). See the entire definition of Liver transplant
Surgery in which a donor provides a new liver or partial liver to replace a diseased liver in another. A complicated procedure, a liver transplant requires both the vessels and biliary tract to be reacttached to a new liver. This is not usually recommended, as tumors will re-grow in the new liver. There has been some success with small hepatocellular tumors, epitheloid hemangioendothioloma, and neuroendocrine carcinoma.