[Interdisciplinary evaluation for liver transplantation: the Bern concept].
Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is the therapy of choice for a variety of end-stage liver diseases. The 5 year survival rate for electively operated patients with non malignant liver disease is exceeding 70%. Crucial for patient management is the early referral of the patient to a liver transplant center where an interdisciplinary evaluation of the patient is undertaken during a short hospital stay. The diagnosis will be confirmed, the operability assessed, contraindications excluded and the conservative treatment improved. A timely operation is of extreme importance and is based on an estimation of the severity and the dynamics of the liver disease. The liver transplantation should be performed early in a patient with a preserved liver function in order to achieve the best results.
Renzulli
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Klinik für Viszerale und Transplantationschirurgie, Inselspital, Universität Bern.
Seiler
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Naef
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Bischoff
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Büchler
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D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000401:mortality; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D013557:Switzerland