Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation for Hepatorenal Syndrome

Among various complications of end-stage liver disease, hepatorenal syndrome has the highest mortality. Patients with both end-stage liver disease and end-stage renal disease are candidates for combined liver-kidney transplantation. However, patients with cirrhosis with decompensation presenting in...

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Autores principales: Kanubhai Sutariya, V., Tank, A., Ramanlal Modi, P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Avicenna Organ Transplantation Institute 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4545308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26306160
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description Among various complications of end-stage liver disease, hepatorenal syndrome has the highest mortality. Patients with both end-stage liver disease and end-stage renal disease are candidates for combined liver-kidney transplantation. However, patients with cirrhosis with decompensation presenting in the form of hepatorenal syndrome, are also likely candidates for the procedure. Herein, we present a patient who underwent combined liver-kidney transplantation for hepatorenal syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-45453082015-08-24 Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation for Hepatorenal Syndrome Kanubhai Sutariya, V. Tank, A. Ramanlal Modi, P. Int J Organ Transplant Med Case Report Among various complications of end-stage liver disease, hepatorenal syndrome has the highest mortality. Patients with both end-stage liver disease and end-stage renal disease are candidates for combined liver-kidney transplantation. However, patients with cirrhosis with decompensation presenting in the form of hepatorenal syndrome, are also likely candidates for the procedure. Herein, we present a patient who underwent combined liver-kidney transplantation for hepatorenal syndrome. Avicenna Organ Transplantation Institute 2015 2015-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4545308/ /pubmed/26306160 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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