Disease Recurrence After Liver Transplantation Natural History, Treatment and Survival /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thuluvath, Paul J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Hepatology.; Primary care (Medicine).; Surgical transplantation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Transplant Surgery.; Primary Care Medicine.

As there is a high incidence of disease recurrence after liver transplantation, this volume is designed around the need for a reference text dealing exclusively with this problem. The book places special emphasis on pre- and post-transplant predictors of recurrence, severity assessment, prophylaxis,...

Table of Contents:

• Overview: Disease Recurrence After Liver Transplantation
• Hepatitis B Recurrence: Major Milestones and Current Status
• HCV Recurrence: Predictors and Outcomes after Liver Transplantation
• Treatment of Recurrent Hepatitis C
• Recurrence of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Following Liver Transplantation
• Recurrence of Autoimmune Hepatitis after Liver Transplantation
• Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Transplantation, and Recurrence of Disease
• Recurrence of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis after Liver Transplantation
• Recurrence of Metabolic Disorders after Liver Transplantation
• Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Post Liver Transplantation
• Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Following Liver Transplantation within Milan Criteria
• Recurrence of HCC When Transplanted Outside Milan Criteria
• Role of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Treatment in HCC Recurrence after Liver Transplantation
• Cholangiocarcinoma
• Recurrent Non-hepatic and De-novo Malignancies after Liver Transplantation
• Recurrence of Disease after Liver Transplantation in the Pediatric Population
• Disease Recurrence after Liver Transplantation: Quality of Life and Cost of Retransplantation.