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Pediatric Liver Transplantation in India

A liver transplant is a surgery that is done to replace a diseased liver with a healthy liver from a donor. Such surgery is often recommended for children who have chronic liver diseases and they cannot survive without a new liver. The most common liver disease in children is biliary atresia, where they need a new liver to live. It’s a commonly found disease of the liver and bile ducts that occurs in newborns. A few decades ago, Pediatric liver transplant itself was a rare treatment procedure. However, over the last 2 decades, it has evolved as routine and standard care. Some other conditions where a child might need a liver transplant .
Through a liver transplant surgery, a diseased liver is replaced with a healthy liver from a donor (not necessarily related). Many people have had liver transplant surgeries and now lead normal lives. One of the most common reasons for liver transplant is cirrhosis caused by healthy liver cells being replaced with scarred tissues. Some other indications are: Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Alcohol induced cirrhosis, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Liver tumors.

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    The Transplant Evaluation Process

    There’s an exhaustive list of the evaluation process and procedures your child will undergo before he or she can be placed on the transplant waiting list. The transplant center team will do many tests, including:

    • Blood tests For liver transplantation, blood group matching is only required. However other blood tests are also done to find any subtle problem in other systems in both child and donor.
    • Diagnostic tests These diagnostic tests help analyze a child’s liver and general health. These tests may include dental exams, X-rays, ultrasounds, and a liver biopsy, CT scan, Echocardiography etc.
    • Psychological and social evaluationThese tests are done on your child if he or she is old enough to understand what is happening and how it will change their life forever (as they will be on lifelong medication etc.)

    The liver transplant team will scrutinize your child’s test results and information thoroughly and decide the fitness of the child for liver transplantation. A pediatric liver transplant team is a multidisciplinary team and usually consists of liver transplant surgeons, paediatric liver specialists (hepatologists), a transplant coordinator, paediatric intensivists, dietitians, psychologists, social workers and many other team members.
    While your child waits for a transplant, keep them as healthy as possible. That way, he or she will be ready for transplant surgery when the time comes. Ensure they eat healthy foods, take all medicines and vaccines as directed, they are going for all their medical appointments. Let your doctor and the transplant center know right away in case of a deterioration of your child’s health.In case you are wondering how long a child can live with a liver transplant, the survival rate has improved in the past decade. Most survivors achieve a normal lifestyle and a normal life expectancy.

    When does your child need a liver transplant?

    If your child has serious liver problems which are not treatable with medicines and may not survive without a new liver, then you may need to consider a liver transplant surgery. One of the most common cases which require a child liver transplant is biliary atresia. This is a condition where the liver fails to drain out the bile from the body. Some of the other conditions are:

    • Sudden or acute liver failure. It can happen due to various reasons like viral infections, the effect of an autoimmune disease, unknown causes, or an overdose of medicine.
    • liver diseases like tyrosinemia, Wilson’s diseaseGenetic liver diseases like Alagille syndrome or cholestatic disorders
    • Liver cancer like hepatoblastoma
    • Liver tumors
    • Budd chiari syndrome
    • Alpha-1 antitrypsin, an inherited condition that raises the risk for liver disease

    How long can your child live with a liver transplant?

    During liver transplantation, a damaged liver is removed and a healthy liver is put. So the disease is entirely treated. This surgery has a good success rate, although in some cases, surgery may have risks as explained earlier. The new liver is expected to work well if medications are taken regularly. A long, functional and healthy life is expected after liver transplantation. Children can play, go to school and enroll in professional courses when they grow up. Both genders can have fruitful married life after transplantation. Near normal life expectancy is expected in children.

    Can newborns and babies get a liver transplant?

    Infants and new-borns can have liver transplant surgeries, however, it has a little bit more complications. Your doctor or liver transplant hospital may stabilize the disease and delay the progression of the disease to allow the baby to grow as much as possible before the transplant. If the baby is large and healthy, there are fewer chances of complications before or after the transplant. In a case, where further waiting is not possible, then liver transplantation can be done at this age also.

    What are the requirements to donate a liver to my child?

    There are several factors that determine whether or not a potential donor is fit to donate a liver to your child or not. Some of them are:

    • The age of the donor should be between 18 and 55 years
    • The physical and mental health of the donor should be good
    • The donor’s blood group should be compatible with that of your child

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      Max Hospital Saket

      Number of beds:   500
      ICU Beds:                 267
      Airport Distance: 13 KM

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      • Max Super Speciality Hospital at Saket is one of the topmost healthcare service
      • Providers in India. The multi-super speciality hospital has a capacity of over 500 beds, 250 functional beds. It is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, advanced technologies.
      • With the help of over 300 leading specialist Doctors, strong nursing staff, and state-of-the-art innovative medical tools.

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      Fortis Memorial Research Institute

      Number of beds:    1000
      ICU Beds:                  298
      Airport Distance:  17 KMs

      Brief About:

      • Fortis Memorial Research Institute was established in 2001.
      • It is an outstanding multi-speciality quaternary care hospital,having the top-notch infrastructure, advanced equipment, highly qualified and experienced medical professionals and super sub-specialists.
      • Fortis Hosptial Gurgaon is an advanced centre of excellence in Robotic Surgery, Neurosciences, Oncology, Renal Sciences, BMT, Organ Transplants, Orthopaedics, Cardiac Sciences and Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

      Artemis Hospital

      Artemis Hospital Gurgaon

      Number of beds:  600
      ICU Beds:                185
      Airport Distance: 19 Km

      Brief About:

      • Artemis Hospital, established in 2007, spread across 9 acres, is a 600plus bed; state-of-the-art multi-speciality hospital located in Gurgaon, India.
      • Artemis Hospital is the first JCI and NABH accredited hospital in Gurgaon.
      • Designed as one of the most advanced hospitals in India, Artemis provides a depth of expertise in the spectrum of advanced medical & surgical interventions, a comprehensive mix of inpatient and outpatient services.

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      Manipal Hospital Dwarka

      Number of beds:  380
      ICU Beds:                 118
      Airport Distance: 8 Km

      About Hospital:

      • Manipal Hospital Dwarka is a prominent multi-speciality and quaternary care providing hospital with first-rate healthcare services and integrated facilities.
      • The world-class medical centre is a part of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), one of India’s forerunner healthcare groups.
      • The group started with one flagship hospital in 1991 and now has bloomed into a network of 15 hospitals with a significant presence in Malaysia.

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      Indraprastha Apollo Hospital

      No. of beds: 900
      ICU Beds:     262
      Airport:  20kms

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      • Indraprastha Apollo Hospital is a flagship hospital of India’s foremost healthcare groups,the Apollo Group. It is a highly renowned multi-speciality facility that offers tertiary and quaternary care services to domestic and international patients.
      • The 900 bedded hospital is outfitted with the most modern technology for diagnostics as well as therapeutic purposes.
      • A team of highly trained medical professionals work under all the 52 specialities at the hospital.

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        Medanta The Medicity Hospital

        Number of beds:  1250
        ICU Beds:                300
        Airport Distance: 18 KMs

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        • Medanta – The Medicity is amongst India’s largest and most renowned multi-super speciality healthcare centre with 1250 beds, 29 super speciality units and more than 800 accomplished doctors.
        • Supported by state-of-art infrastructure, all the departments in the hospital are fully equipped with cutting-edge technology, modular Operation Theatre and modernized monitoring systems in ICUs.
        • The panel of doctors from Medanta, headed by A.S.Soin performed the first successful intestinal transplant in India.

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        BLK-Max Hospital

        Number of beds: 700
        ICU Beds:               175
        Airport Distance: 13 Km

        Brief About:

        • BLK Super Speciality Hospital was established by Dr. B.L. Kapur  in 1959. It was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru.
        • BLK Super Speciality Hospital was established by Dr. B.L. Kapur  in 1959. It was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru.
        • BLK has a unique combination of the best in class technology, put to use by the best names in the professional circles to ensure world-class health care to all patients.

        Rela Hospital

        Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre

        Number of beds:   450
        ICU Beds:                 130
        Airport Distance:   8 KMs

        About Hospital:

        • Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre was established under the leadership of Prof. Mohamed Rela, a world-renowned surgeon in the field of Liver Surgery and Transplantation.
        • Dr. Rela made a world-record by performing a Liver Transplantation on a 5-day old baby and made his name in the Guinness Book of Records.
        • Dr. Mohamed Rela, who has performed more than 4000 liver transplant surgeries.

        Manipal Hospital

        Manipal Hospital Bangalore

        Number of beds:  600
        ICU Beds:                124
        Airport Distance: 18 KMs

        About Hospital:

        • Established in the year 1991. Manipal Hospital HAL Airport Road is a multi-specialty hospital.
        • The hospital has 600 in-patient beds. The NABH and NABL accredited facility is among the top 10 multispecialty hospitals in India.
        • It is prominent for making use of high tech equipment and systems like IBM Watson technology for oncology patients.

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        Aster CMI Hospital Bangalore

        Number of beds: 500
        ICU Beds:                50
        Airport Distance: 27  KMs

        About Hospital:

        • Aster CMI hospital was established in 2014, from a single medical centre to a performance driven healthcare enterprise, spread across 320 establishments in 9 countries.
        • Aster CMI hospital is one of the top hospitals in Bangalore, with serene ambience, spacious interiors, advanced medical facilities.
        • Aster CMI is one of the best multispecialty hospitals in Bangalore as per the Times of India (TOI) All India Multispecialty Ranking Survey.

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        Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital

        Number of beds: 750
        ICU Beds:               180
        Airport Distance: 8 KMs

        About Hospital:

        • Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital is a top-class multi-specialty tertiary care hospital with a capacity of 750 inpatient beds.
        • The hospital has a large number of ICU beds in Mumbai, with 180 ICU beds and 240 independent clinics,having the capacity to deal with over 9,000 outpatient consultations every day.
        • The hospital prides itself for having a Full Time Specialist System which ensures easy access and comprehensive use of resources to various specialists .

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