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{{Primary biliary cirrhosis}} | {{Primary biliary cirrhosis}} | ||
{{CMG}}; {{AE}} | {{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{SH}} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The mainstay of treatment for primary [[Primary biliary cirrhosis|primarybiliary cirrhosis]] is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either decompensated [[cirrhosis]] and endstage [[liver failure]] who do not show any improvement with medical therapy. | |||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
*The mainstay of treatment for [[Primary biliary cirrhosis|primarybiliary cirrhosis]] is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either: | |||
* | **Decompensated [[cirrhosis]] | ||
**Endstage [[liver failure]] | |||
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==Indications== | ==Indications== |
Revision as of 14:48, 6 February 2018
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dildar Hussain, MBBS [2]
Overview
The mainstay of treatment for primary primarybiliary cirrhosis is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either decompensated cirrhosis and endstage liver failure who do not show any improvement with medical therapy.
Surgery
- The mainstay of treatment for primarybiliary cirrhosis is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:
- Decompensated cirrhosis
- Endstage liver failure