Liver transplantation in patients with hepatic iron overload: Favorable or unfavorable outcome?
β Scribed by Emmet B. Keeffe
- Book ID
- 111721241
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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Patients with hepatic iron overload who undergo orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) have a worse 1-year survival than those who undergo transplantation for other indications; the long-term outcome in this population is unknown. The purpose of this study is to report long-term follow-up after OLT
Invasive fungal infection is a serious complication of orthotopic liver transplantation, but its risk factors remain incompletely defined. Iron overload has already been associated with increased risk of fungal infections, but it has not yet been assessed as a risk factor in liver transplantation. W