Surgery in patients with hepatitis.
The results of thirteen major operations performed in twelve patients with various forms of hepatitis are reviewed. five patients succumbed shortly after surgery, four of them with acute yellow atrophy of liver and one following septic shock. In the patients with acute viral hepatitis, associated malignancy is assumed to have contributed to death. One patient with chronic active hepatitis treated by corticosteroids had an uneventful recovery, while two patients with the same disease, to whom corticosteroids were not administered, succumbed to hepatic failure.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012306:Risk; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones