PHYSIOTHERAPY PERSPECTIVE FOR LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT IN POST-OPERATIVE PHASE- A CASE STUDY

Kuldeep Deka, Pranjal Gogoi, Dr. Pranjal Deka

Abstract


Liver transplantation, a life saving surgical procedure for patients with end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure, initiates a cascade of pathophysiological
responses, potentially causing post-operative pulmonary complications and functional dependency. Early post-operative physiotherapy
aims to avoid those complications and also to improve the functional status of the patient. Therefore, this case study describe the course and effect of
physiotherapeutic measures for a patient of 54 years who undergone living donor liver transplantation in a tertiary care hospital. Understanding the
effectiveness of physiotherapeutic treatment in early post-operative transplantation surgery will help the physiotherapists to gain fundamental
knowledge, which will help them to select the appropriate respiratory and functional exercise for patient with liver transplantation.


Keywords


Post-operative pulmonary complication, liver transplant surgery, physiotherapy, ambulation, activities of daily living.

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