Autoimmune hepatitis surgery: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
=== Transplantation === | ===Liver Transplantation === | ||
Liver transplantation is indicated : | |||
*In a patient in which medical therapy is failed | |||
*In decompensated cirrhosis | |||
*Fulminant hepatic failure | |||
Transplantation has also had impressive results with five-year survival rates between 92 and 100%, however AH can recur in the transplanted liver despite aggressive immunosuppression. | Transplantation has also had impressive results with five-year survival rates between 92 and 100%, however AH can recur in the transplanted liver despite aggressive immunosuppression. | ||
Revision as of 04:10, 20 December 2017
|
Autoimmune hepatitis Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Autoimmune hepatitis surgery On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Autoimmune hepatitis surgery |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Autoimmune hepatitis surgery |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: :Manpreet Kaur, MD [2]
Overview
Surgery
Liver Transplantation
Liver transplantation is indicated :
- In a patient in which medical therapy is failed
- In decompensated cirrhosis
- Fulminant hepatic failure
Transplantation has also had impressive results with five-year survival rates between 92 and 100%, however AH can recur in the transplanted liver despite aggressive immunosuppression.