Recovery

Recovery is an important part of healing after undergoing a liver transplant procedure. Your overall wellness depends on a healthy recovery post-surgery. Various parameters of the surgery determine the speed of recovery. It is normal and very common for patients to feel weak, exhausted and uncomfortable afterwards. Surgery can also be physically and emotionally exhausting, even if the pain is under control, and therefore needs the right post-operative care with the guidance of trained and certified experts.

Key stages of Recovery

Liver transplant surgery is a major and a complex procedure that requires a lot of care and precautions afterward. A lot of care under the guidance of medical professionals is required to make sure that the patient is recovering well and the foreign organ has been accepted well by the patient.

Stage 1: Until 3 weeks

  • The initial 3 weeks after a Liver transplant are extremely crucial for you and you will be recovering during this time in a hospital setting.
  • This is the stage when you are most prone to infections and/or post-surgical complications. Therefore, during hospitalization, the doctor keeps an eye on any signs of rejection or any other complications that may possibly arise.
  • You are expected to receive a higher dose of immunosuppressive medicines to reduce the risks of organ rejection.
  • You will initially be on a liquid diet post-operatively and slowly shift to semi-solid and then solid food items.
  • Post-operative tests to measure the blood cell count, liver enzymes and liver function are conducted daily to gauge improvement in clinical status.


Stage 2: Up to 3 months

  • After 3 weeks, you will be discharged from the hospital. However, the schedule for the post-operative tests and their follow-ups with the transplant team continues.
  • You should remain attentive towards some primary indicators of liver rejection, including a fever of 38°C or higher, chills, pain, lethargy, headaches or flu-like symptoms, inflammation or discomfort in the abdomen, vomiting and nausea, breathlessness, and itching.
  • The dosage of anti-rejection medicines is adjusted according to the results of the blood test results.
  • At this stage, you should not lift any heavy weights or run/walk fast during this time.
  • A radiological scan is performed at this stage to confirm that the donor liver has adjusted well and there are no signs of inflammation, infection or fluid accumulation.
  • The recovery can be slow at this stage and is a process that takes its own time to complete before the patient can lead a normal life. This can make you anxious and therefore, it is important that you speak and communicate how you feel.


Stage 3: Up to 6 months

  • At this stage, you are expected to be on track with respect to the recovery phase and would have resumed all normal activities associated with your daily routine.
  • While you are definitely healthier by now, your liver is still growing to its maximum capacity, a process which may take up to a year or more.
  • You may be advised to undergo a routine blood test examination as well as other radiology examinations and follow-up with the specialist. Additionally, you should keep taking immunosuppressants as advised.
  • A collaboration with the treating surgeon and nutritionist is required to lead a healthy life ahead. At this point, the follow-up frequency with the doctor may reduce to once every 3 months and eventually to once every 6 months.


Recovery Package For Liver Transplant Patients

Our care package for a patient who has undergone a liver transplant is designed to keep them at the center of our virtual care and assistance for better and consistent recovery. These packages have been developed by expert liver transplant surgeons considering the need of a patient recovering after the surgical intervention. We have not only focused on roping in some of the best transplant surgeons to provide you with feedback on your progress but we understand how important it is to have the right nutritionist and physiologist by your side guiding you and assisting you through your critical recovery phase.

Recovery Package For Liver Transplant Patients

Starts From  USD  344

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Why MediGence

Founded in 2016, MediGence is bridging the gap in the healthcare industry and providing patients with a single, unique, and seamless platform for all their medical needs.

Virtual Platform

An easy-to-use digital platform to deliver holistic post-operative care.

Reduced Cost With Extra Benefits

Valued based healthcare made accessible at affordable costs

Innovate Post Operative Care Service

Making your journey to recovery easy with expert care

Extended Patient After Care

24*7 assistance and patient support along with many other benefits

HIPAA & GDPR Compliance

Adherence to Data Privacy standards and compliances following HIPAA & GDPR

100000+ Patients

Over 100000+ patients assisted from over 80+ countries

Value Offerings

Our team of healthcare experts have designed and developed a comprehensive virtual care package for patients . You get more value than you expect from our care package.

Nutrition Consulting with the Nutritionist

Eating right at the right time is important for the right recovery. Our nutritionist will create the diet chart and eating schedule for you to eat the right amount of protein and nutrients to fuel your recovery.

Sessions with Psychologist

The role of the psychologist cannot be ignored. Positive thinking does not only change the perspective but positively changes the whole recovery pattern.

Follow up medical tests review and opinion from the specialist

All the follow-up test reports are carefully reviewed and a second opinion is given by our team of experts.

Medicine Delivery

We understand every single phase of recovery and to complement your experience with us, we arrange and dispatch medicines irrespective of your location.

Dedicated Health Case Manager

Your dedicated point of contact who is always available to speak to you to understand your need and to answer any questions that you may have.

Chat Support

Chat support is a great value for our patients. It provides them with the access to connect and chat with their healthcare manager for anything from general queries to queries for specialists.

Consultation with the Gastroenterologist

Our team of surgeons are always around to review your medical test reports and scans to provide you with feedback and further advice about the next course of action.

Care Deliverables

Our team of healthcare experts have designed and developed a comprehensive virtual care package for patients. You get more value than you expect from our care package.

6 Months

Mid Term Care Plan

USD  344

Nutrition Consulting with the Nutritionist

2

Sessions with Psychologist

3

Follow up medical tests review and opinion from the specialist

9

Medicine Delivery

As many times as needed

Dedicated Health Case Manager

Yes

Chat Support

Yes

Consultation with the Gastroenterologist

6

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6 Months

USD  344

Nutrition Consulting with the Nutritionist

2

Sessions with Psychologist

3

Follow up medical tests review and opinion from the specialist

9

Medicine Delivery

As many times as needed

Dedicated Health Case Manager

Yes

Chat Support

Yes

Consultation with the Gastroenterologist

6

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Frequently Asked Questions

Post-operative care services can be accessed virtually on the MediGence platform. Once you purchase one of the care packages, our team of doctors and healthcare experts are available on our platform to offer you all the guidance that you need.

Different care plans have different durations and hence different amounts of sessions that can be availed with a specialist.

It is easy to book and request a consultation with a specialist. You just have to log in on Medigence.com and from your CURED dashboard, you can request to book a consultation with the transplant surgeons, nutritionist, phycologist in 2 simple clicks.

You can cancel the package anytime only if you have not availed of any service as per the deliverable of the care package.

You can renew or upgrade your care package from your CURED dashboard with one simple click.

The average duration for the consultation with the specialist is anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes.

MediGence is partnered with a network of certified, highly skilled, and experienced specialists. Trust is the keystone of all the care delivered by the specialists partnered with MediGence. It comes with an additional seal of verification from MediGence. Only the best facilities, care, and right opinions are shared with the patients.

Patients recovering from Liver transplant require continuous guidance, support and coaching to ensure they remain positive psychologically. Even though home care services are absolutely essential for immobile and critical patients who need physical assistance and 24x7 care and monitoring, the role of virtual care services cannot be ignored in providing them with mental and psychological support, in addition to clinical follow-ups regarding their treatment progress. 
 
In fact, virtual care services are also proven to be beneficial for patients who just had some form of surgery or treatment done. They may be completely mobile, independent and not in the need of home-care services, but the incidence of post-anaesthetic and post-operative psychosis in them is significant, especially in the geriatric population. This is where the role of virtual care services come into play.
 
Fact:Postoperative delirium is a quintessential geriatric complication (Inouyeetal2007). The incidence ranges from 9% to 87% depending on both the patient population and the degree of operative stress (DemeureandFain2006).
 
Moreover, virtual care services are about accessing the medical specialists from different areas of specialization to help you and guide you at every step of your recovery which cannot be fulfilled and delivered by the home care services for patients recovering from Liver transplant. 
 
With our years of experience in assisting patients, it has been our objective to offer the right blend of care services to our patients for assured recovery under the guidance of top medical specialists. A broader overview of value-based Virtual care delivery over Homecare Services.

Care Service

Virtual Care

Home Service




Nursing Service

No

Yes

Access of Gastroenterologist for review and guidance

Yes

No

Assistance in IV, Toileting, Vital Monitoring

No

Yes

Counselling Sessions with Nutritionist

Yes

No

Tele-Physiotherapy sessions to improve the mobility

Yes

No

Sessions with psychiatrist

Yes

No

Sessions with the psychologist

Yes

No


Even though the level of care offered by Virtual care services is different from home care services, when these services are combined, it brings immense benefits to the patients and helps them with better recovery.