Liver transplantation for hepatitis B and C virus-related cirrhosis: mid-term results.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is almost universal; cirrhosis develops in up to 30% of cases. Currently there is interest in the midterm outcomes of HCV patients with concomitant hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among OLT recipients. We therefore retrospectively analyzed our database of patients who underwent OLT for HCV-HBV-related cirrhosis. Between April 1992 and December 2008, 350 patients underwent OLT, including 20 (5.7%) transplanted for HBV-HCV cirrhosis. We assessed patient and graft survivals at 1 and 5 years, as well as the progression of fibrosis. Protocol liver biopsies were available yearly after OLT. The survival curves were analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier approach and chronic hepatitis evaluated according to the Ishak scoring system. At a median follow-up of 68.4 +/- 53 months, the 1- and 5-year patient and graft survival rates were 80% and 70%, respectively. The 5-year fibrosis progression rate was 0.17 +/- 0.08 units of fibrosis. The only patient who developed histologic cirrhosis within 10 years of follow-up showed a lamivudine-resistant HBV recurrence. Patients transplanted for HBV-HCV coinfection showed a lower fibrosis progression rate compared with HCV monoinfected subjects.
Transplant Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. tomanzia@libero.it
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D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006085:Graft Survival; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality / Q000502:physiology*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D007136:Immunoglobulins; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine; D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone; D016559:Tacrolimus; C045213:hepatitis B hyperimmune globulin