Hepatitis C surgery
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Hepatitis C |
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Hepatitis C surgery On the Web |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Surgery is not recommended in hepatitis C infection. Liver transplantation may be required in patients with chronic hepatitis C whose disease is complicated by end-stage liver disease. Acute hepatitis C infection may rarely be complicated by fulminant liver failure and patients may also require liver transplantation.
Surgery
The treatment of hepatitis C usually does not involve surgical procedures. Select cases in which surgery is required involves complications of end stage liver diease, as well as severe decompensated liver failure requiring liver transplantation.[1]
References
- ↑ World Health Organization (WHO) 2014. Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection.http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/hepatitis/hepatitis-c-guidelines/en/. Accessed online on July 24,2014.