Liver Transplant Cost in India

A liver transplant is a surgical procedure that removes a liver that is no longer functions properly and replaces it with a healthy liver donated by a living or deceased donor.

Estimate liver transplant cost in India is Rs. 22,56,000.

Donating a liver is very safe. The liver is the only organ that can regenerate and grow on its own. During the surgery, close to 40-60% of the live organ is removed. The donor's liver almost immediately starts to regenerate and grows maximum in the first two weeks after surgery. Apart from some discomfort and pain, the donor recovers and feels better within weeks.

Anyone with a  chronic or sudden onset of severe liver disease may require liver transplant due to liver failure. Common diseases requiring liver transplant are a liver failure due to hepatitis C, hepatitis B, or alcohol. Other diseases for which the liver is transplanted are biliary problems such as primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cirrhosis and biliary atrium (children), metabolic disease, and liver cancer.

The success of the transplant procedure depends on the experienced liver transplant surgeon available at the hospital. When a liver transplant is performed in India, it is successful in over 90% of patients and gives an excellent quality of life with a normal life expectancy for age.

Many risk factors are involved in liver donation such as Possible allergic reaction to anesthesia, pain and discomfort, Nausea, Wound infection, Bleeding that may require transfusion, Blood clots, Pneumonia, and bile leakage, bile duct problems.

Generally, the Liver transplant patient takes over four to eight hours, depending on the condition of the patient. The doctor advised the patient to arrive at the hospital before one night of surgery. Then the patient go to the operating room, often for about two hours of anesthesia before the surgery even begins.

Usually, after the surgery, the patient needs to stay in the hospital for about 7 to 10 days. This is because the patient will be kept in the intensive care unit for two days. After that, they will be moved to the recovery room to observe the functioning of the new liver.​​​​

A family member or someone emotionally close to the recipient may volunteer to donate a portion of their healthy liver. If talking about the donation criteria, a donor must be in good physical and mental health, between the ages of 18 and 60, have a body mass index (BMI) that is less than 35, have a compatible blood type with the recipient, and free from significant organ diseases.

After keeping the patient under observation for seven to ten days, the patient will be discharged from the hospital. Usually, it takes about 3 months to recover after the surgery.

The survival rate after the liver transplant is quite high. A study showed that about 70% of people who undergo liver transplant lived for 5 years without any complications and 30% died within 5 years of surgery.