[The bioartificial liver--an alternative in the treatment of acute liver failure].
One of the therapeutic approaches in acute liver failure is the use of an artificial system replacing hepatic function--bioartificial liver. Its application is the most perspective in fulminant liver failure during preparation for transplantation of the liver (so-called bridge to transplantation) or in case of a non-functioning hepatic graft, and to reduce the mortality and morbidity of patients with acute liver failure where transplantation is not indicated or where a suitable graft was not found. The authors discuss briefly the construction of these systems, analyze different indications of treatment and its results, obscure questions and perspectives of further development.
Smrzová
J
J
Interní gastroenterologická klinika FN, Brno.
Lata
J
J
Simánek
V
V
Ulrichová
J
J
D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000628:therapy*; D019164:Liver, Artificial