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Many may live for up to 20 years or more after the transplant. A study says 90% of people with transplant survive for at least 1 year, and 70% of people may live for at least 5 years after transplant.
Your chances of a successful liver transplant and long-term survival depend on your particular situation. In general, about 75% of people who undergo liver transplant live for at least five years. That means that for every 100 people who receive a liver transplant for any reason, about 75 will live for five years and 25 will die within five years.
72 percent still alive 5 years after the surgery. 53 percent still alive 20 years after the surgery. Reported survival rate estimates vary depending on the type of information used, as...
How long transplants last: Most patients (75%) will live at least 5 years after a liver transplant. Longest reported: more than 40 years. Longest on record at Ohio State: 34.4 years. Heart. How long transplants last: Median survival is greater than 12.5 years and has gotten better each decade. Longest on record at Ohio State: 32.9 years. Lungs.
For someone with cirrhosis, a liver transplant can add years to their life expectancy. The higher someone’s MELD score is, the more likely they are to die within three months.
According to a study, people who have a liver transplant have an 89% percent chance of living after one year. The five-year survival rate is 75 percent. Sometimes the transplanted liver can...
What’s the average life expectancy after a liver transplant? Some people live for decades after their transplants. But as is true with survival rate estimates, many things can affect how long you’ll live after a liver transplant. Your surgeon is the best person to ask what you can expect.
According to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data, overall patient survival is excellent, reaching 90% at 1 year following deceased donor liver transplantation and 77% at 5 years. [3] .
According to the most recent year computed UNOS/OPTN (2004) national average one-year graft survival at 83%, and patient survival at 87% for patients receiving a deceased donor liver and 92% for those transplanted with an organ from a living donor.
Since the liver is the only organ in the body able to regenerate, or grow back, a transplanted segment of a liver can grow to normal size within a few months. Often, transplanted livers are from people who were registered donors who passed away.