PMID: 15381947Sep 24, 2004Paper

Liver transplantation in patients with cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections

Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra
J F Lucena, J I Herrero

Abstract

Liver cirrhosis main related to hepatitis C virus constitutes the main indication of liver transplantation in Europe and the USA, representing as many as 50% of the indications in adults, while cirrhosis associated with hepatitis B virus represents around 10%. The indications for transplantation in patients with infection by both viruses are fulminant hepatitis, decompensated cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Both injections may relapse after transplantation. The evolution of the relapse in the graft is variable and can include non-significant alterations of the liver junction tests, chronic active hepatitis and cirrhosis. Less frequently, a particularly severe form called "fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis" can develop, which rapidly evolve to graft failure. The immunoglobin against the B virus and lamivudine reduce the risk of reinfection. The principal factor associated with reinfection is active viral replication before the transplantation, thus it is considered a contraindication for liver transplantation. INF-alpha has been used in the treatment of hepatitis B virus reinfection with discouraging results. More recently, lamivudine and adefovir have been used. Post-transplantation recurrence of hepatitis C is universal ...Continue Reading

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