15 times a year
Yes, livers can be transplanted.
Kidney transplants, followed by liver transplants, are most common.
If the transplanted liver's function is exactly the same as a normal liver (i.e it's fully working), then some alcohol drunk infrequently won't do any harm (1-3 units). But a transplanted liver does damage more easily and may take slighly longer to filter out alcohol than a normal liver. And if your liver function is not fine (transplanted liver or not) , you should not be drinking .
Yes, part of a living human liver can be transplanted unto another living human - the liver part will grow into a fully functioning liver withing weeks/months.
Kidney and liver are the two most commonly transplanted organs (excluding those which happened before 1950)
== == == == At least 21 different organs -- such as hearts, livers, and kidneys -- been transplanted. I believe in 1954, the first kidney transplant was performed successfully. As for the two most common, that I think would be the kidney again and the cornea in the eye. === ===
Organs and tissues successfully transplanted since 1950 include the heart, liver, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, and corneas. Currently, the most commonly transplanted organs are the kidneys and livers due to the high demand for these organs and the success rates of the procedures.
The most commonly transplanted organs include kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, and pancreas. These organs are often transplanted to patients suffering from organ failure or life-threatening conditions.
The gallbladder is not essential - you can live without it quite easily (like your appendix). So it is never transplanted since it is not necessary. And when having a liver transplant, the gallbladder (both the original and the transplanted) are removed. Nobody with a liver transplant has a gall-bladder.
kidney, liver, heart, eyes, lungs, pancreas, intestine, and thymus
Transplanted, yes. Replaced artificially, no. The unique functions of the liver require that the human body has one that is functioning. This is why livers, or parts of livers, are transplanted in cases of hepatic failure or damage.
Usually around 8 hours, but it varies between 6 - 14.