[Viral hepatitis C and organ transplantation]

Vnitr Lek. 2017 Fall;63(7-8):531-534.
[Article in Czech]

Abstract

At the Centre for Cardiovascular and Transplantation Surgery, Brno (CKTCH), a total of 638 liver transplantations were performed from the beginning of the transplantation programme on 2/2 1983 to 1/1 2017. Of the overall number of 638 transplantations indicated based on cirrhosis with chronic hepatitis C (HCV), 68 patients (11 %) underwent liver transplantation. Patients with HCV diagnosis were treated both while on the waiting list and after liver transplantation (LT). There was interferon as well as interferon-free therapy used during the treatment. 15 patients received interferon therapy after LT with only 2 of them achieving a sustained virological response 2/15 (13 %). 28 patients received interferon-free therapy after LT. A sustained virological response (SVR 12) was reached by 26/28 (93 %) patients.Key words: liver transplantation - viral hepatitis C.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / complications
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / surgery*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / virology
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sustained Virologic Response
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents