Liver transplantation for fulminant and subacute viral hepatic failure in adults.
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.
Van de Stadt
J
J
Department of Digestive Surgery, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Gelin
M
M
Bourgeois
N
N
De Prez
C
C
Adler
M
M
Lambilliotte
J P
JP
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents