What is Liver Transplant?

Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is a surgical procedure performed to transfer a healthy liver from a donor to replace the diseased liver of the recipient.

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What is it like to have Liver Transplant?

Common Symptoms Patients' Latest Severity My Current Severity  
Severity
Severe
Moderate
Mild
None
Ascites None Mild Moderate Severe
Bruising None Mild Moderate Severe
Drowsiness None Mild Moderate Severe
Jaundice None Mild Moderate Severe

What do patients take to treat Liver Transplant and its symptoms?

Commonly prescribed and frequently used treatments

Treatment name Efficacy Overall rating of side effects # of Evaluations
Cyclosporine
(Gengraf, Sandimmune, Neoral)
1
Tacrolimus
(Advagraf, Prograf)
1
Mycophenolate
(CellCept)
0
Methylprednisolone
(Urbason solubile, Methylprednisolon AL, Advantan, Medrol DosePak)
0
Daclizumab
(Zenapax)
0
Azathioprine
(Imurek, Azasan, Azapress, Imurel)
0
Basiliximab
(Simulect)
0
Sirolimus
(Rocas, Rapamune)
0

These charts show data from Liver Transplant patients' latest treatment evaluations

Who has Liver Transplant at PatientsLikeMe?

<20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+
Current Age
Distribution of females vs. males
Gender
53% Females
47% Males

These charts show data from Liver Transplant patients who have completed their condition history