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==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
===Liver Transplantation === | ===Liver Transplantation === | ||
Liver transplantation is indicated in the following condition: | Liver transplantation is indicated in the following condition:<ref name="pmid11003612">{{cite journal |vauthors=Reich DJ, Fiel I, Guarrera JV, Emre S, Guy SR, Schwartz ME, Miller CM, Sheiner PA |title=Liver transplantation for autoimmune hepatitis |journal=Hepatology |volume=32 |issue=4 Pt 1 |pages=693–700 |year=2000 |pmid=11003612 |doi=10.1053/jhep.2000.16666 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Medical therapy fails | *Medical therapy fails | ||
*Decompensated chronic liver disease | *Decompensated chronic liver disease | ||
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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 the following condition:[1]
- Medical therapy fails
- Decompensated chronic liver disease
- Fulminant hepatic failure
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- MELD score of >15 or a Child-Pugh score of >10277
Five-year survival rates, following transplantation for AIH, is about 75% AH can recur in the transplanted liver despite aggressive immunosuppression.
References
- ↑ Reich DJ, Fiel I, Guarrera JV, Emre S, Guy SR, Schwartz ME, Miller CM, Sheiner PA (2000). "Liver transplantation for autoimmune hepatitis". Hepatology. 32 (4 Pt 1): 693–700. doi:10.1053/jhep.2000.16666. PMID 11003612.