What does a Liver Transplant surgeon do?

Liver transplant surgeons are specially trained doctors who perform the surgery and provide care before and after the transplant.

Which tests/ investigations are generally required by the liver transplant surgeon?

Investigations like Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of abdomen or pelvis, Computed tomography (CT) scan of abdomen or pelvis, Dobutamine stress echocardiogram (DSE), Ultrasound, Electrocardiogram, Colonoscopy, Mammogram, and blood tests.

Can you get a liver transplant if you are an alcoholic?

You can get but in there is poor prognosis.

What are matching creiterion for liver donor and liver recipient?

For the liver donor, criteria includes a compatible blood type and body size having no serious medical condition such as liver disease, diabetes, heart disease, or cancer and should be aged between 18 to 60 and for liver recipient a OPTN's computer system is followed which matches the donor's organs to potential recipients.

How long can you live after a liver transplant?

Usually, about 75% of people who undergo liver transplant live for at least five years.

Dr Sonal Asthana , Liver Transplant Surgeon in Kochi, India - Appointment

Dr Sonal Asthana

Liver Transplant Surgeon

Senior Consultant
MBBS , MS , MS , MSc , Fellowship

24 years of overall experience

Works at Aster CMI Hospital (Hebbel) Bangalore

About Dr Sonal Asthana

Dr Sonal Asthana is one of the most coveted surgeons in the field of Hepato Pancreato Biliary and Multi-organ Transplant Surgery.
He has a thriving experience of 16+years & has been trained at some of the best institutes in the United Kingdom, Canada and India.
Dr Asthana has completed his MBBS and MS from the eminent JIPMER College, Pondicherry. Following which he did a sub-speciality training in Surgical Oncology from AIIMS, Delhi.
He has completed an American Society of transplant surgeons -accredited fellowship at the University of Alberta hospital, Edmonton Canada.
Dr Asthana has competed a training on Hepatobiliary Surgery and Multi-organ transplantation from Liver Unit at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds, UK.
He has had comprehensive training in all aspects of complex liver, biliary, and pancreatic surgery as well as training in liver, kidney, whole-organ pancreas, small bowel and clinical islet-cell transplantation.
Dr Sonal Asthana is associated with the Aster Integrated Liver Care Program at Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore and Aster Medcity, Kochi.
Dr Asthana’s fields of special interest include management of Hepatitis C, Post-Transplant Immunosuppression, Transplant Epidemiology, Ischemia Reperfusion and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
He can be followed at LinkedIn https://in.linkedin.com/in/sonalasthana

Paper Published

Performed by Dr Sonal Asthana

Dr. Asthana has an extensive research background with more than 40 publications and scientific articles, numerous abstracts and presentations at national and international meetings to his credit.

His research has been supported by competitive grant funding from government and industry.

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