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Liver transplantation in hepatitis delta : South America experience
Lima, Daniel Souza; Murad Júnior, Abdon José; Barreira, Márcio Alencar; Fernandes, Guilherme Cardoso; Coelho, Gustavo Rego; Garcia, José Huygens ParenteBACKGROUND: The Amazon region is one of the main endemic areas of hepatitis delta in the world and the only one related to the presence of genotype 3 of the delta virus. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the profile, mortality and survival of cirrhotic patients submitted to liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis delta virus and compare with those transplanted by hepatitis B virus monoinfection. METHODS: Retrospective,...
Fatores associados com diminuição da sobrevida em 555 transplantes de fígado re...
Coelho, Gustavo RegoIntroduction: Liver transplantation is the only therapeutic option for patients with end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure. Aim: To evaluate the factors that might be associated with decreased graft and patient survival. Methods: All liver transplants performed in the HUWC/FUC from May 18th, 2002 to May 28th, 2011, were analyzed. In this period 555 transplants were performed in 527 patients. Risk fact...
Fatores relacionados à disfunção e não função primária do enxerto no transplant...
Coelho, Gustavo RegoA hepatic insufficiency of the graft after liver transplantation can be defined with Primary Graft Dysfunction (PGD) or Primary Nonfunction (PNF). The Objective of this work is to evaluate the factors related to the donor and the recipient with PGD or PNF in patients submitted to the liver transplant. 176 patients were submitted a liver transplantation in the Walter Cantidio University Hospital of the Federal U...
Liver transplantation in Jehovah’s witnesses patients in a center of northeaste...
Garcia, José Huygens Parente; Coelho, Gustavo Rego; Feitosa Neto, Bartolomeu Alves; Nogueira, Emmanuel Almeida; Teixeira, Cayo César GóisContext - Liver transplantation has been accepted as a therapeutic option for patients with end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure. Currently, Brazil has a well-established public organ transplant program, performing 7,425 solid organs transplants in 2012 alone, among which 1,595 were liver transplants. Jehovah’s Witnesses report 7,6 million members worldwide. For religious reasons they refuse transfus...