Indications and Contraindications for Liver Transplantation

Joint Authors

Mehta, Naimish
Varma, Vibha
Kumaran, Vinay
Nundy, Samiran

Source

International Journal of Hepatology

Issue

Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-9, 9 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2011-10-05

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

9

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Patients with chronic liver disease and certain patients with acute liver failure require liver transplantation as a life-saving measure.

Liver transplantation has undergone major improvements, with better selection of candidates for transplantation and allocation of scarce deceased donor organs (according to more objective criteria).

Living donor liver transplantation came into existence to overcome the shortage of donor organs especially in countries where there was virtually no deceased donor programme.

Advances in the technical aspects of the procedure, the intraoperative and postoperative care of both recipients and donors, coupled with the introduction of better immunosuppression protocols, have led to graft and patient survivals of over 90% in most high volume centres.

Controversial areas like transplantation in alcoholic liver disease without abstinence, acute alcoholic hepatitis, and retransplantation for recurrent hepatitis C virus infection require continuing discussion.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Varma, Vibha& Mehta, Naimish& Kumaran, Vinay& Nundy, Samiran. 2011. Indications and Contraindications for Liver Transplantation. International Journal of Hepatology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447361

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Varma, Vibha…[et al.]. Indications and Contraindications for Liver Transplantation. International Journal of Hepatology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Varma, Vibha& Mehta, Naimish& Kumaran, Vinay& Nundy, Samiran. Indications and Contraindications for Liver Transplantation. International Journal of Hepatology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-447361

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-447361