Cadaver liver transplant is a procedure initiating the transplant of a liver harvested from a brain-dead person with the consent of his immediate family members. In a cadaveric donor liver transplant, the donor could also be a victim of an accident, brain hemorrhage, or head injury. Once declared legally brain dead by the doctor, the organ is harvested for donation after taking close family’s consent.

The surgery can take 4 to 14 hours during cadaver donor liver transplantation. The damaged liver is removed, and the donated liver is transplanted. The patient will shift to the general ward depending upon their status. The performing liver tests identify the possibility of rejection. Patients are prescribed immunosuppressants to prevent rejection. Physiotherapy and dietary counseling are also given. The surgeon will always be available to discuss where the recipient is on the waiting list.

People who have cadaveric liver transplant surgery usually do well. The overall success rate is about 85 to 90%, meaning nearly 9 out of 10 patients survive with a transplanted liver for at least one year, and many live much longer. In liver transplant surgery, the diseased liver is removed through an incision in the upper abdomen. The hospital hopes that our initiatives for cadaveric organ donation will take shape shortly, enabling us to transplant more and more patients.