India has emerged as one of the world’s leading destinations for liver transplantation, performing over 2,500 liver transplants annually — among the highest volumes globally. With predominantly living-donor liver transplant (LDLT) programmes (due to limited deceased-donor availability), Indian centres have built unmatched experience in complex living-donor surgery, paediatric liver transplant, and ABO-incompatible transplants — at USD 22,000–30,000 versus USD 500,000+ in the USA.
Types of Liver Transplant Available in India
- Living-Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) — most common; partial liver from a related donor
- Deceased-Donor Liver Transplant (DDLT) — limited by donor availability
- ABO-Incompatible Liver Transplant — for cases without matched donor
- Paediatric Liver Transplant
- Auxiliary Liver Transplant (rare, specific indications)
- Combined Liver-Kidney Transplant
Indications for Liver Transplant
- End-stage liver disease (cirrhosis from Hepatitis B/C, NASH, alcoholic liver disease)
- Acute liver failure
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (within transplant criteria)
- Paediatric biliary atresia and metabolic liver diseases
- Autoimmune liver disease (PBC, PSC, AIH)
Cost of Liver Transplant in India (USD)
- Living-donor liver transplant: USD 22,000–30,000
- ABO-incompatible liver transplant: USD 28,000–38,000
- Paediatric liver transplant: USD 22,000–32,000
- Deceased-donor liver transplant: USD 24,000–32,000
Top Liver Transplant Centres in India
- Medanta – The Medicity — one of India’s highest-volume liver transplant centres
- Apollo Indraprastha, New Delhi
- BLK Max, New Delhi
- Fortis Healthcare
- Max Hospitals
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