A Review of Hepatitis B Management in Pre- and Post-Liver Transplant Recipients~!2009-08-01~!2010-03-15~!2010-04-14~!

A Review of Hepatitis B Management in Pre- and Post-Liver Transplant Recipients

Liver transplantation was approved for treatment of decompensated cirrhosis in the United States in 1983. Hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses are the leading causes of liver transplantation for viral hepatitis and hepatitis B is also an important cause of liver transplantation for called acute liver failure) due to either acute hepatitis B or an acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B. Howeve...

Management of hepatitis B in liver transplant recipients.

Advances in hepatitis B virus (HBV) antiviral prophylaxis have dramatically improved graft and patient survival for patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatitis B related end-stage liver disease. In particular, the availability of hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIg) in combination with nucleos(t)ide analogues such as lamivudine and adefovir, have transformed outcomes. The availability...

Management of Hepatitis C Post-liver Transplantation: a Comprehensive Review

Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a common cause of chronic liver disease, and HCV-related cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma are the leading causes for liver transplantation in the Western world. Recurrent infection of the transplanted liver allograft is universal in patients with detectable HCV viremia at the time of transplant and can cause a spectrum of disease, ranging from asy...

Management of Hepatitis C in the Pre- and Post-Transplant Setting: Then and Now

The prevalence and accelerated course of recurrent hepatitis C infection after liver transplantation is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Use of dual therapy with interferon/ribavirin or triple therapy with first-generation NS3/4 protease inhibitors for the treatment of hepatitis C in cirrhotic and post-transplant patients has yielded only modest sustained virologic response ...

A review of adult and pediatric post-transplant liver pathology.