Primary biliary cirrhosis surgery: Difference between revisions
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==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
*The mainstay of treatment for [[Primary biliary cirrhosis|primarybiliary cirrhosis]] is medical therapy. Liver transplantation is usually reserved for patients with either: | *The mainstay of treatment for [[Primary biliary cirrhosis|primarybiliary cirrhosis]] is medical therapy. [[Liver transplantation]] is usually reserved for patients with either: | ||
**Decompensated [[cirrhosis]] | **Decompensated [[cirrhosis]] | ||
**Endstage [[liver failure]] | **Endstage [[liver failure]] | ||
==Indications== | ==Indications== | ||
Indications for liver transplantation include: | Indications for [[liver transplantation]] include: | ||
*Decompensated [[cirrhosis]] | *Decompensated [[cirrhosis]] | ||
*Endstage [[liver failure]]: | *Endstage [[liver failure]]: | ||
** | **Acute [[jaundice]] | ||
**Refractory [[ascites]] | **Refractory [[ascites]] | ||
**Recurrent [[spontaneous bacterial peritonitis]] | **Recurrent [[spontaneous bacterial peritonitis]] |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dildar Hussain, MBBS [2]
Overview
The mainstay of treatment for primary primarybiliary cirrhosis is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either decompensated cirrhosis and endstage liver failure who do not show any improvement with medical therapy.
Surgery
- The mainstay of treatment for primarybiliary cirrhosis is medical therapy. Liver transplantation is usually reserved for patients with either:
- Decompensated cirrhosis
- Endstage liver failure
Indications
Indications for liver transplantation include:
- Decompensated cirrhosis
- Endstage liver failure:
- Acute jaundice
- Refractory ascites
- Recurrent spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
- Recurrent variceal hemorrhage
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Hepatorenal syndrome type I
- Hepatocellular carcinoma