What are the complications of liver surgery?

For people, the most serious diseases occur in the most important parts of the body. When they become serious to a certain extent, surgical treatment is required. However, there will still be some complications after surgical treatment, which patients need to pay attention to. The liver is one of the most important organs in our body. If there is a problem with the liver, it needs timely treatment because the liver, which involves hematopoietic function, must be protected. However, once a problem arises and surgery is required, do not delay. So what are the complications of liver surgery?

The liver is the largest organ in the body and a very complex organ. The liver is the second most complex organ after the brain. The liver has five major functions including coagulation, synthesis, detoxification and many more. Among organ transplants, liver transplantation has the most complications.

Among the major organ transplants, liver transplantation is currently considered the most complicated because the liver has many blood vessels. The complexity of liver transplantation lies in the fact that, as mentioned earlier, an in situ transplant must be performed to remove the diseased liver, because the body's coagulation substances are completely in the liver. Patients who have undergone liver transplantation often have poor coagulation mechanisms and often experience severe bleeding. They bleed a lot after surgery and need a large amount of blood transfusions. The liver has more complications than other transplants, such as persistent bleeding after surgery and vascular complications after surgery. Patients who do not study medicine believe that there are more rejection reactions after liver transplantation. The real difficulty of liver transplantation lies in the surgery and the many surgical complications. The liver is an immune-privileged organ, and immune rejection after liver transplantation is the easiest to control, and its incidence is even lower than that of kidney transplantation. Even if rejection occurs, it is easy to control, which is a minor issue.

Currently, the most difficult complication to deal with in liver transplant surgery is serious infection, which is the first, followed by surgical complications, such as postoperative arterial stenosis, postoperative bile duct complications, and bile duct stones.

Causes of postoperative bleeding include loose vascular ligation or detachment during surgery, or liver tissue infection and necrosis; it may also be caused by poor liver function and coagulation dysfunction, resulting in extensive bleeding. After it happens, we should try our best to identify the cause and deal with it in time. If there is bleeding from blood vessels, the sutures on the incision should be removed and re-sutured to stop the bleeding; if there is widespread oozing of blood, gauze strips can be used to block and compress the bleeding. For those with systemic bleeding tendency, coagulation drugs and fresh blood transfusions can be used.

The above is about the complications of liver surgery. After understanding it, you can be mentally prepared, because this type of surgery is relatively critical. For liver diseases, timely surgical treatment is the most effective. After the operation, you need to pay attention to many issues, especially complications, and carry out relevant treatment methods under the guidance of a doctor.