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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Wilson's disease. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with acute hepatitis and unresponsive to the medical therapy. Liver transplantation is recommended in patients with acute liver failure. | Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Wilson's disease. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with [[acute hepatitis]] and unresponsive to the medical therapy. [[Liver transplantation]] is recommended in patients with acute liver failure. | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
* Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Wilson's disease. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with acute hepatitis and unresponsive to the medical therapy. | * Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Wilson's disease. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with [[acute hepatitis]] and patients unresponsive to the medical therapy.<ref name="pmid8655953">{{cite journal| author=Bellary S, Hassanein T, Van Thiel DH| title=Liver transplantation for Wilson's disease. | journal=J Hepatol | year= 1995 | volume= 23 | issue= 4 | pages= 373-81 | pmid=8655953 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8655953 }}</ref> | ||
* [[Liver transplantation]] is the surgical option for the patients with Wilson's disease and have acute liver failure. Liver transplant may be curative against Wilson's disease and has shown good outcome in patients with acute liver failure. | * [[Liver transplantation]] is the surgical option for the patients with Wilson's disease and have acute liver failure. [[Liver transplant]] may be curative against Wilson's disease and has shown good outcome in patients with acute liver failure.<ref name="urlwww.aasld.org">{{cite web |url=https://www.aasld.org/sites/default/files/guideline_documents/Wilson%20Disease2009.pdf |title=www.aasld.org |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="pmid22340672">{{cite journal| author=European Association for Study of Liver| title=EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Wilson's disease. | journal=J Hepatol | year= 2012 | volume= 56 | issue= 3 | pages= 671-85 | pmid=22340672 | doi=10.1016/j.jhep.2011.11.007 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22340672 }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]
Overview
Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Wilson's disease. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with acute hepatitis and unresponsive to the medical therapy. Liver transplantation is recommended in patients with acute liver failure.
Surgery
- Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with Wilson's disease. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with acute hepatitis and patients unresponsive to the medical therapy.[1]
- Liver transplantation is the surgical option for the patients with Wilson's disease and have acute liver failure. Liver transplant may be curative against Wilson's disease and has shown good outcome in patients with acute liver failure.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Bellary S, Hassanein T, Van Thiel DH (1995). "Liver transplantation for Wilson's disease". J Hepatol. 23 (4): 373–81. PMID 8655953.
- ↑ "www.aasld.org" (PDF).
- ↑ European Association for Study of Liver (2012). "EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Wilson's disease". J Hepatol. 56 (3): 671–85. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2011.11.007. PMID 22340672.