Timing and benefit of liver transplantation in acute liver failure
✍ Scribed by O’Grady, John
- Book ID
- 122242707
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 917 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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rthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is the treat-0 ment of choice in selected patients with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). The results of OLT for FHF, though inferior to those for chronic liver disease, have shown significant improvement over recent years, with a majority of patients making a fu
The majority of patients with acute liver failure (ALF) die waiting for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). No other treatment modality is shown to improve survival. This study was conducted to assess the safety and feasibility of hepatocyte transplantation (HT) and subsequent engraftment and fu