ETHealthworld on the occasion of World Liver Day interacted with experts to understand the role of surgical liver resection in HCC, the medical professionals also addressed the increased incidence of tumours, and recent advances to improve better prognosis in patients.
The pandemic has posed unique challenges for healthcare delivery and the care of liver disease patients was no different. Patients with liver cirrhosis cannot wait indefinitely for a liver transplant as there is a high incidence of complications and a significant risk of dying while waiting.
According to World Health Organization (WHO) data in 2018, 264,193 deaths were reported in India from liver disease, accounting for 3 per cent of all fatalities. As per the WHO, liver disease is India's tenth biggest cause of death. Every fifth Indian is at risk of developing liver disease.
World Liver Day Special.
On the occasion of World Liver Day ETHealthworld's exclusive interaction with Dr Arvinder Singh Soin, Chief Liver Transplant Surgeon & Chairman, Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine Institute, Medanta, Gurugram
On the occasion of World Liver Day, doctors warn that during pandemic many have switched to sedentary lifestyle and developed fatty liver, a silent disease affecting large proportions of patients with diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome.
17-months-old Aashvi Singh went through a liver transplantation on January 5 at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital, Andheri. Aashvi was born with bile atresia, a condition in which bile ducts are blocked.
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