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The average life expectancy for an adult liver transplant recipient is 22.2 years, as reported by the National Institutes of Health based on a study outlined in the journal Gut. The survival time... The average life expectancy for an adult liver transplant recipient is 22.2 years, as reported by the National Institutes of Health based on a study outlined in the journal Gut.
Some conditions that could make a liver transplant necessary are birth defects of the liver or bile duct, chronic liver infections like hepatitis, or drug and alcohol damage. The liver can be preserved outside of the body for 4 to 16 hours. Transplants are blood typed and matched for the size and weight of donor. A donated liver can sometimes be split between two recipients, so one donor can be the source of two liver transplants.