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India has become one of the leading destinations for medical tourism, and liver transplant is among the procedures international patients travel here for most often. At experienced centres, one-year survival sits in the region of 85 to 90 per cent, comparable to leading programmes worldwide. Costs are a fraction of those in the United States […]

Doctors often see patients who ignore stomach pain for months, assuming it’s just gas or acidity.  Sometimes the cause is bigger than that, hidden in the liver, pancreas, or bile duct. When a serious problem in one of these organs cannot be treated with medicines alone, hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery, usually shortened to HPB surgery, is needed. […]

A liver transplant is over in a matter of hours, but recovery is a much longer story.   For most patients, liver transplant recovery begins with a closely watched hospital stay and continues for several months at home. There will be blood tests, medicine changes, and follow-up visits, along with days when energy feels better […]

The liver rarely shows early warning signs of damage. It does its work silently in the background, processing what you eat, filtering waste from the blood, and making the proteins your body depends on. Because it keeps going even under strain, most people don’t notice liver problems until damage is already significant. When the liver […]

Almost everyone diagnosed with liver cirrhosis arrives at the same question: can the liver regenerate? It is one of the first things patients ask me, and it is a fair question, because most people have heard that the liver is the one organ that can heal itself. The honest answer is both optimistic and pragmatic. […]

One of the biggest mistakes people make after being diagnosed with fatty liver is searching for a “special liver diet” online and suddenly trying to eat only salads, soups, and boiled food. That usually lasts four days. Then they go back to eating the same things because the diet never felt practical in the first […]

When your doctor recommends a liver transplant, a common question is often, is it going to be successful? Which is a genuine concern for patients undergoing a liver transplant and understanding the success rate of liver transplant in India supports better decision-making.

When your doctor recommends a liver transplant, a common question is often, is it going to be successful? Which is a genuine concern for patients undergoing a liver transplant and understanding the success rate of liver transplant in India supports better decision-making.

Fatty Liver – Symptoms, Causes & Treatment Fatty Liver: This condition of the liver occurs due to the deposition of excess fat in the liver cells. If it is left untreated for a long period of time, it may lead to inflammation of the liver, fibrosis of the liver, or even cirrhosis. Dr. Prashant Kadam […]

In the world of liver transplantation, one of the biggest challenges is organ preservation. Traditional cold storage has limitations—especially for marginal or older donor livers. That’s where machine perfusion technology is making a significant impact. What is Machine Perfusion? Machine perfusion involves pumping oxygenated blood or preservation fluid through the donor liver outside the body. […]