Liver Transplantation

Liver TransplantationLiver performs many critical functions like the metabolism of medications, purifying blood from foreign and toxic matters (cleaning blood from ammoniac and bilirubin, for example) and synthesis of many significant proteins and enzymes (like the factors necessary for blood clotting). Besides, liver is the only organ in body which can renew itself after a large part of it is taken. More than half of liver which runs like a factory in body can be taken from donor for transplantation without causing any deterioration or any serious damage in liver function. Because chronic renal failure is a quite important health problem which threatens life, changing the liver is the only option. A piece of liver taken from a living donor or cadaver is placed in the patient and in this way, the patient can reach a healthy life again. However, it is important to have this process with an experienced team in a fully equipped hospital.