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Manipal Hospitals' organ transplant program is one of the largest of its kind in the country. The organ transplantation program hosts a team of surgeons, doctors, nurses and other health professionals, who take care of the patient and the patient's family through the transplant process. Manipal Hospitals provide quality care focused on the individual needs of a patient. Hosting comprehensive expertise under one roof, focused on the patient makes the patient not just get one opinion but multi-disciplinary team work.
An organ transplant is a surgical procedure where a failed is replaced by a healthy organ through transplantation from either a deceased or a living donor. Manipal Hospitals specialize in heart transplant, lung transplant, kidney transplant, liver transplant, pancreas transplant, bone marrow transplant.
Transplantation medicine is one of the most challenging and complex areas of modern medicine. Some of the key areas for medical management are the problems of transplant rejection, during which the body has an immune response to the transplanted organ, possibly leading to transplant failure and the need to immediately remove the organ from the recipient. When possible, transplant rejection can be reduced through serotyping to determine the most appropriate donor-recipient match and through the use of immunosuppressant drugs.
Manipal Hospitals has a dedicated transplant team who work with patients and their family and discuss their requirements, needs, and lifestyle to determine the most appropriate course of treatment. Manipal Hospitals' organ transplant program is one of the largest of its kind in the country and caters to the following: 1. Heart Transplant 2. Liver Transplant 3. Kidney Transplant 4. Pancreas Transplant 5. Lung Transplant 6. Bone Marrow Transplant
There are 8 organs that can be donated: the liver, lungs, heart, kidneys, pancreas and small intestine. Your tissues can also improve the quality of life for many ill people; the tissues you can donate are your skin, corneas, bone tissue including tendons and cartilage, heart valves and blood vessels.
Liver, kidney, pancreas, heart, lung, intestine, cornea, middle ear, skin, bone, bone marrow, heart valves, and connective tissue are the organs and tissues that can be transplanted.
Following are the pros and cons of the organ transplant:
PROS:
Saving lives
Provides consolation to the family
An organ donor can give someone a second chance
You can extend someone's life by becoming a living donor. Living donations can be done for some part of the liver, the kidneys, lung, pancreas and intestinal tissues.
CONS:
It can extend the family’s grieving period.
Everyone is not eligible for donating an organ, there are many limitations associated with organ donation.
You have to make some lifestyle change after donating an organ.
Sometimes organs can be rejected by the body.
Liver transplant surgeries have excellent outcomes. People have been known to live a normal life for more than 30 years after the operation.
After a liver transplant surgery, the first three months are most crucial. Your body will take time to adjust to the new liver and new lifestyle. Most patients return to their daily routine within 3 to 6 months after a transplant.
It is important to take some precautions after a liver transplant surgery in order to have a successful long-term outcome.
After returning to a home you should get good ventilation.
Wear a mask for the first three months when you are going to crowded places.
Take a shower every day and use a separate towel.
You should take a protein-rich diet.
Avoid raw food and salads.
Avoid sweets and fruits as they can increase the blood sugar.
Do deep breathing exercises, it will help in expanding the lungs and coughing out sputum.
After liver transplantation surgery, the patient is kept in ICU for two days. After that, the patient is shifted to the general ward for eight to ten days. Then the doctor sends the patient to home, but it is recommended that the patient should take 3 months rest until they start feeling normal
Almost every medicine has side effects, the side-effects associated with post-transplant include elevated blood pressure, changes in mood, hair loss, bone and muscle weakness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and headache.
A few diseases can reappear in the new liver such as hepatitis C. But if this is the case your transplant team will monitor you very closely to help you prevent a recurrence.
You should strictly avoid alcohol after a liver transplant because it is toxic and also interferes with the mobilization of certain medications.
The standard incision surgeons used for the liver transplant is called a “chevron incision”. It starts at the right side of the midsection just under the ribs and extends to the left edge of the abdomen. Another incision which is shorter in comparison to the previous one, it starts under the breastbone and extends to meet the horizontal incision.
