What Is a Person’s Life Expectancy After a Liver Transplant?
Seventy-two percent of those who receive a liver transplant have a life expectancy of five years or more, states Mayo Clinic. Individual specifics of cases are influential in the outlook following surgery.
In addition to individual circumstances playing a role in survival, notes Mayo Clinic, the number of years a person has to live following the surgery is positively influenced when a living person’s liver is used. The five-year survival rate for those receiving a liver transplant from a living donor is 78 percent. Those who receive a liver transplant from a live donor usually have a shorter waiting period for liver donation.
The transplant surgery itself typically takes no more than 12 hours, according to Mayo Clinic. Liver recipients can expect to be able to go home within a couple of weeks after the transplant.
