Saturday, January 12, 2008

Liver transplant indications which

In principle, all acute or chronic liver disease to other surgical methods to cure is expected in the short term (six to 12 months) could not avoid death, may consider grafting. In choosing liver transplant recipients, under the original disease the natural course of disease, conventional treatment and prognosis. right now, and the disease is expected to do liver transplants to the results achieved balancing. Liver disease is currently being generated by the patient's symptoms lead to a serious decline in quality of life, liver transplantation as one of the indications. According to incomplete statistics, liver transplantation has been successful for more than 60 of liver disease treatment, based on the nature of the disease can be summarized as follows : (1) caused by various reasons advanced cirrhosis : Hepatitis B as cirrhosis, hepatitis C cirrhosis, alcoholic cirrhosis, Budd - Chiari syndrome. (2) cholestatic diseases : as sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, secondary biliary cirrhosis. other congenital biliary atresia. (3) liver tumors : primary liver cancer (early, no vascular invasion, and other parts of the transfer), the huge liver hemangioma. (4), congenital metabolic disorders : If glycogen storage disease, Wilson's disease, such as nuclear. (5) acute or subacute hepatic failure.

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