Liver Transplantation
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The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation may recommend a liver transplant for patients with severe liver disease and liver failure when all other treatment options are exhausted. This surgical procedure replaces your damaged liver with a healthy one. Ideally, after transplant, you are free from disease and able to lead a fairly normal life with your new liver.
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The Living Donor Liver Transplant program at New York Presbyterian Hospital is one of the largest living donor liver programs in North America.
Published 01/12/12
There are many new things a person experiences after liver transplantation. Before you leave the hospital, your team will provide all the instructions you and your family will need in caring for the "new" you. Three months after the operation, most patients have recovered fully, returned to work,...
Published 01/12/12