Liver Cancer Surgeon in Kolkata, West Bengal

Liver Surgery

LIVER DISEASES

• Liver Tumor

• Liver Cancer

• Liver Abscess

• Liver Cysts

• Liver Stones

• Liver Cirrhosis

• Liver Hemangioma

• Liver spots

LIVER SURGERIES

• Liver Resection

• Liver Laparoscopy

• Liver Cyst Surgery

• Liver Stones Surgery

• Liver Hemangioma Enucleation

• Liver Abscess Drainage

• Other Liver Procedures

How is liver surgery performed?

A liver resection is the surgical removal of all or a portion of the liver. It is also referred to as a hepatectomy, full or partial. A complete liver resection is performed in the setting of a transplant a diseased liver is removed from a deceased donor (cadaver).

How long does it take to recover from liver surgery?

Liver resection requires general anesthesia. The operation can take 2 to 5 hours. A blood transfusion is not usually needed for this operation. You may stay in the hospital for 5 to 7 days or as long as 2 weeks after surgery.

What is an ablation of the liver?

Liver Cancer: Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) Radiofrequency ablation, or RFA, is used primarily to shrink or slow down the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma, and is not considered a curative procedure, although survival rates are good. It is used in liver cancer patients who are not good candidates for surgery.

How dangerous is liver surgery?

Only a small number of them are for patients with liver cancer. ... Possible risks and side effects: Like partial hepatectomy, a liver transplant is a major operation with serious risks (bleeding, infection, blood clots, complications from anesthesia, etc.). But there are some additional risks after this surgery.

What is laparoscopic liver resection?

As leaders in minimally invasive (laparoscopic) surgical liver resection, our surgeons can remove certain benign or malignant liver tumors through three or four keyhole-sized incisions.

With the advent of time , laparoscopy has become a very valuable tool to do major Complex Hepatobiliary pancreatic surgeries on the Liver ,Gallbladder , Bile Duct and Pancreas for various disorders like stones, tumors , cancers , chronic diseases, strictures , Jaundice etc . Liver Laparoscopy surgery in Kolkata has also improved drastically over times and now patients coming from accross India and Abroad are frequently getting treated here in Kolkata . It is a skillful surgery needing training , patience and extreme planning to prevent major catastrophic complications and yes these are much safer surgeries now as well.

How dangerous is cancer of the liver?

Regional means the cancer has grown into nearby organs or has spread to nearby lymph nodes, and includes stages IIIC and IVA cancers. For regional stage liver cancer, the 5-year survival rate is about 11%. Distant means that the cancer has spread to distant organs or tissues and is the same as stage IVB.

Can liver cancer be cured with a liver transplant?

A liver transplant is not useful if the cancer has spread out of the liver, because there will be cancer cells left behind in the body after the operation. So the operation would not get rid of all the cancer. You may not be able to have a liver transplant if you have very severe liver cirrhosis.

Can you be cured of liver cancer?

Any liver cancer is difficult to cure. Primary liver cancer is rarely detectable early, when it is most treatable. Secondary or metastatic liver cancer is hard to treat because it has already spread. The liver's complex network of blood vessels and bile ducts makes surgery difficult.

Liver has mostly 2 types of cancers:
1. Primary tumors like benign Adenoma , FNH aka Fibronodular Hyperplasia , Hemangioma or Malignant ones like HCC aka hepatocellular cancers or ICC aka Intra Hepatic Cholangiocarcinoma or rarer tumors like Biliary Cystadenocarcinoma , Lymphoma , Sarcoma etc .
2. Metastasis from various cancers eg Pancreas, Gallbladder, Colorectal, stomach, Oesophagus and other parts of body .

The underlying Liver maybe cirrhotic ie having CLD aka Chronic Liver Disease or normal liver . Accordingly lies the Liver cancer Treatment success rates .

Some maybe operated by Liver resection aka hepatectomy of various types eg right / extended hepatectomy , left / extended hepatectomy or by Liver Transplant aka LTP ( Cadaveric or LDLT aka Living Donor Liver Transplant) Or by other means like TACE TARE RFA MWD aka transarterial chemo embilisation or transarterial radio embolisation or Radio-frequency ablation or microwave therapy Or by Chemotherapy etc.

What happens when you have cancer of the liver?

More than half of all people diagnosed with primary liver cancer have cirrhosis -- a scarring condition of the liver commonly caused by alcohol abuse. Hepatitis B and C and hemochromatosis can cause permanent damage and liver failure. Liver cancer may also be linked to obesity and fatty liver disease.

Is liver cancer fatal?

Staging a cancer helps determine the prognosis of the disease, which is the chance of recovery, and the types of treatment that are most appropriate. In general, only early-stage liver cancer can be cured. ... Metastatic (secondary) liver cancer is cancer that has spread from another part of the body to the liver.

What is the survival rate for liver cancer?

For the 43% of people who are diagnosed at an early stage, the 5-year survival rate is 31%. If liver cancer has spread to surrounding tissues or organs and/or the regional lymph nodes, the 5-year survival rate is 11%. If the cancer has spread to a distant part of the body, the 5-year survival rate is 3%.

How long do you have to live with liver cancer?

Without treatment, the median survival for stage A liver cancer is 3 years. With treatment, between 50 and 70 out of 100 people (between 50 – 70%) will survive for 5 years or more.

What is Liver cystic diseases?

Most commonly Liver cysts can be simple or developmental, infective eg Hydatid cysts , or cystic tumors or part of PCLD ie Polycystic Liver Disease . Most are benign and not much symptomatic. If symptoms or complications then they may need treatment on case to case basis . Diagnosis is by USG , CECT MRI , blood tests etc Treatment can vary between open or laparoscopic cyst deroofing to enucleation to excision to Liver resection . Liver cyst treatment in Kolkata is very commonly done. Results are usually very satisfying in most cases .