Liver transplant

Liver transplant: Surgery to remove a diseased liver and replace it with a healthy liver (or part of one) from a donor.
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Liver transplant: Intervention for end-stage liver disease
Find out what's involved in a liver transplant, from registering for the transplant and waiting for a donor to having the surgery and following a post-transplant medical regimen.
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Intestine and Multivisceral Transplantation Center
What is a liver transplant?
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Liver transplants have become common operations worldwide.
The healthy liver is usually obtained from a donor who has recently died, but has not suffered liver injury.
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Liver transplantation may be indicated in the following patients:
Those who have developed life-threatening cirrhosis and who have a life expectancy of more than 12 years.
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Liver transplants have become increasingly successful in appropriate cases. A developing technique is to split one liver between two recipients - both livers regenerate fully within a month.
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A liver transplant is the ultimate treatment for cirrhosis. If the cause of the cirrhosis, such as alcohol abuse, can be removed or controlled and if you are healthy enough, a transplant is an option. But liver transplants are very expensive.
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Klintmalm GB: Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: a registry report of the impact of tumor characteristics on outcome. Ann Surg 228 (4): 479-90, 1998. [PUBMED Abstract] ...
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For a few cases, a liver transplant may be considered. There also are several experimental treatment methods.
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CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil [MMF]) capsules and tablets Indication: use in combination with cyclosporine and corticosteroids to prevent organ rejection in patients undergoing allogenic kidney, heart, or liver transplantation.
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Rarely, rapid liver failure develops, which may need a life-saving liver transplant.
Treatment
The majority of people with hepatitis B don't need specific treatment other than rest and they eventually make a full recovery.
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The disease is irreversible, and if you can't stop drinking, cirrhosis may eventually require you to have a liver transplant. This condition can also lead to death.
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If the disease progresses to the point at which the liver begins to fail (end stage liver disease), the only treatment is liver transplantation.
Hepatitis C is an increasing public health concern in the United States and throughout the world.
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For GSD cases in which dietary therapy is ineffective, organ transplantation may be the only viable alternative. Liver transplants have been effective in reversing the symptoms of GSD IV.
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Bleeding esophageal varices are a serious complication of liver disease and carry a poor prognosis (probable outcome). Liver transplantation should be considered for patients with bleeding varices from liver disease.
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In rare cases, short-term (acute) hepatitis B progresses rapidly to liver failure, a life-threatening condition called fulminant hepatitis. For some people, liver transplantation offers the only hope for survival.
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The outcome varies. Corticosteroid therapy may slow the disease progression. Autoimmune hepatitis can progress to cirrhosis and require liver transplant, however.
Complications: ...
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EMMET KEEFFE, MD: Fortunately, more than 99 percent of hepatitis A goes on to recovery. But one or two cases per 1,000, roughly, will go on to a severe course that will lead to death if there's not a liver transplant.
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if possible, to avoid further damage, and preventing or treating complications. Care is mostly supportive, often including a specialized diet, diuretics (water pills), vitamins, and abstinence from alcohol. For some patients, a liver transplant is ...
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