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Long-term results after liver transplantation in adults
E B Haagsma1, I J Klompmaker, R Verwer
1Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. Supplement
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The prospects for patients who survive the first year after liver transplantation are discussed. The 10-year survival for these patients is more than 80%. The quality of life is good, as measured on self-assessment scales. Pregnancy is possible. The main side-effects of drugs concern osteoporosis (corticosteroids), deterioration of renal function (cyclosporine), and de novo malignancies. Recurrence of original disease is at present of clinical importance for Budd-Chiari syndrome and hepatitis B and D. Recurrence of primary biliary cirrhosis is still under discussion.