The liver is one of the largest members of the body, weighing a kilo and a half in the adult human body, the chemical plant, for doing many of the functions of biochemical, located in the right and middle of the upper abdomen, which is located under the muscle diaphragm, performs several functions, including: manufacturing functions, , Cleaning, and immune functions, and rid the body of all toxins, and maintain the level of sugar in the blood.
The liver may be exposed to many diseases, as a result of several factors causing damage, and may be difficult to recover from some diseases such as liver wax, surrounded by a group of fibers of damaged tissue, and then stop the liver from performing its functions, but with the development of science has become possible to heal from Liver disease, Liver transplantation: An operation where a healthy liver part is transferred from one person to a patient with liver failure.
Each year, liver is transplanted to more than one person in the world. The procedure is performed for people suffering from diseases and liver failure. These diseases are caused by several causes: hepatitis B, C, hepatitis B virus, Failure again after transplantation in 70% of people in the case of the patient did not take preventive treatment, and antiviral drugs, while hepatitis C, the process can fail 80-90% of people, may discover the disease after five to ten years.
Causes of liver failure include alcoholism, autoimmune diseases, medications, damage to bile ducts, liver cancer, and fat accumulation.
Patients with hepatic failure, who need liver transplantation, are referred to organ transplantation centers, with signs such as secondary bleeding due to the accumulation of abdominal fluids. The liver is transplanted into three stages: the first stage is the removal of the liver from the patient, To the blood vessels, the third stage is the bile ducts.
Liver transplantation is very important in the success of the operation. Possible complications after transplantation: bacterial or viral infection, rejection of the body of the new organ, leakage in the bile ducts, coagulation of the vessels Bloody.