Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Patients With Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Experience of a Single Center in a Viral Hepatitis Endemic Area
| Autor: | K. Patsiaoura, Vasilios Papanikolaou, Dionisios Vrochides, Dimitrios Giakoustidis, A. Papagiannis, Ioannis Fouzas, N. Antoniades, E. Zafiriadou, G. Imvrios, D Takoudas, S. Iosifidou, N. Ouzounidis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Liver Cirrhosis
medicine.medical_specialty Carcinoma Hepatocellular Cirrhosis medicine.medical_treatment Liver transplantation Gastroenterology Internal medicine Prevalence Humans Medicine Survival rate Retrospective Studies Transplantation Greece business.industry Liver Neoplasms Hepatitis C Hepatitis B medicine.disease Survival Analysis Liver Transplantation Surgery Treatment Outcome Hepatocellular carcinoma business Liver cancer Viral hepatitis |
| Zdroj: | Transplantation Proceedings. 39:1508-1510 |
| ISSN: | 0041-1345 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.12.039 |
| Popis: | Our center has performed 205 orthotopic liver transplantations (OLT) in 201 patients. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was discovered in 32 (15%) patients, 5 of whom were diagnosed incidentally in recipient explants. The main underlying diagnosis was viral hepatitis (n = 28; 87.5%). Most patients (17; 53.1%) were diagnosed as having Child class B cirrhosis. Single tumors measuring |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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