Living donor liver transplantation for end-stage hepatitis C |
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Authors: | Sugawara Y Kaneko J Akamatsu N Kishi Y Hata S Kokudo N Makuuchi M |
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Affiliation: | a Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Living donor liver transplantation is important for patients with end-stage viral hepatitis because of the shortage of organs from deceased donors. However, preliminary results indicate that living liver donation might be disadvantageous for hepatitis C virus-positive patients. Twenty-seven patients who underwent living donor liver transplantation for hepatitis C virus cirrhosis preemptively received antiviral therapy using interferon-alpha2b and ribavirin, which was started an average of 32 days after the operation and continued for at least 6 months thereafter. The serum hepatitis C virus RNA became negative in the 8 of 16 patients with more than 1 year follow-up. The cumulative 3-year patient survival was 85%, which was comparable to that of hepatitis C virus negative patients (n = 93; 90%). Preemptive antiviral therapy after transplantation may be necessary for satisfactory results after living donor liver transplantation. |
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