Lucknow, 20 August, 2026: Lucknow Medanta has recently performed its 100th liver transplant. This is the largest number of liver transplants done by a single centre in central/eastern UP.  Dr. AS Soin, Chairman and Chief Liver Transplant Surgeon, said this is a big achievement for the state of Uttar Pradesh as well as a big relief for local patients as they don’t have to travel out of state for getting a liver transplant as state of the art facilities for liver transplant are available in Medanta Lucknow.

These transplants were performed in patients as young as 3 years of age and as old as 66 years old, which again is the youngest patient and the oldest patient to undergo a liver transplant in central/eastern UP. Medanta is known to develop many innovative techniques in liver transplant. 

Dr. Prashant Bhangui, Senior Director, Liver Transplant Surgery said most of the patients (30) were from Lucknow, followed by Gorakhpur (16), while the rest were from Varanasi, Prayagraj, Ayodhya, Kanpur, Unnao, Mathura and other cities, covering the whole of central and eastern UP. Medanta Lucknow has also performed a liver transplant for a patient from Yemen -- the first international patient to have a successful transplant in the region. This achievement opens door to medical tourism in UP.  

Dr. Abhai Verma, Director, Gastroenterology at Medanta Lucknow said transplants were also done for patients suffering from liver cancer and Hepatitis B & C. Liver transplant can be the only possible cure for advanced liver cancer and lead to complete cure for cancer. 

Medanta Lucknow has all advanced technologies (Trans arterial radio embolization, Trans arterial chemo embolization, PET CT, External beam radiotherapy etc.) to take care of even advanced liver cancer including those which seem to have involved vessels (Portal vein). Acute liver failure (14%) which mostly happens in children and young adults.

Dr. Kamal Yadav, Senior Consultant, Liver Transplant Surgery at Medanta Lucknow stated that most advanced robotic technology is now available to liver donors at Medanta Lucknow. More than 17 surgeries have been done with the help of robotics. Robotic surgery causes less scar and less pain thus improving both patient comfort and cosmesis.

Alcohol abuse was the main condition leading to liver damage in 26% patients. This was followed by MASLD (fatty liver and its complications) in 24 % patients. Dr Vivek Gupta, Senior Consultant and Liver Transplant Surgeon at Medanta Lucknow said fatty liver and diabetes is projected to be the largest cause of damaged liver by the year 2050. A healthy lifestyle, exercise, and managing diabeties and cholesterol can avoid liver damage in such patients.