India is one of the most established healthcare centres in Asia. More and more patients are visiting India for the purpose of medical treatments. A number of vital and major surgeries are carried out in India at remarkably cheaper rates than the west.
It is not just about the cost efficiency, but the healthcare sector in India also offers high quality medical treatment, facilities and services.
The healthcare industry in India is gaining increasing importance due to the high success rate and the growing credibility. Liver transplant in India is one major surgery that has gained immense popularity over the past few years.
Liver transplantation is also referred to as hepatic transplantation. This major surgery involves the replacement of a diseased liver with a healthy liver allograft. The technique that is most commonly used by surgeons to perform liver transplant in India is orthotopic transplantation. |
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This technique involves the removal of the original liver and placing of the donor organ in the same anatomic location as that of the native liver. Liver transplant in India is quite a popular and well accepted option for treatment of end stage liver diseases and acute cases of liver failure.
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Liver transplant in India is an accepted treatment that is performed in cases of liver failure or end stage liver diseases. Though in some cases of liver failure, patients can recover by being treated in specialized liver ICUs, but in majority cases liver transplant is the only option for survival.
There are several Indian surgeons, working with some of the leading Indian hospitals, who are transplant experts and have been trained and worked for several years in the world’s most renowned health centers, such as in USA, UK and Japan. Liver transplant in India is performed with high rates of success, by several health centers.
Though liver transplant in India has been started only recently, but due to the growing credibility and the high rates of success of the Indian healthcare sector, its popularity has been growing immensely both among domestic and foreign citizens. |
More importantly, liver transplant can be done efficiently in India at costs that are almost half of that of the western countries.
Apollo hospital in Chennai, Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai, and St.Johns Hospital in Bangalore and CMC Hospital in Vellore are names of some of the hospitals that perform liver transplantation in India. Moreover the Indian Government has recently started issuing medical visa to those who are visiting the country for medical treatment, thus making it easier for patients from abroad.
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