Liver Transplantation


Indications

  • for End-stage organ failure

Due to

  • chronic liver disease
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis
  • Chronic hepatitis B
    • poor prognosis
  • chronic hepatitis C
    • better prognosis even though reinfection occurs
  • autoimmune hepatitis
  • alcoholic liver disease
    • if managed to stop drinking
  • Primary metabolic disorders
    • Wilson's
    • alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
  • Fulminant hepatitis
    • Hep B
    • Paracetamol overdose

Contra-indications

  • metastatic malignancy
  • HIV infections
  • Anatomical complications

 


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