title: Liver transplantation for fulminant and subacute viral hepatic failure in adults.
abstract: In our early experience, orthotopic liver transplantation was found to be successful in fulminant and subacute hepatic failure due to viral hepatitis in adults, with 66% 1-year survival rate. In the future, more accurate prognostic criteria would probably improve overall survival rate in acute hepatic failure, by allowing better and earlier selection of patients requiring liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van de Stadt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Prez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lambilliotte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents