Spanish society of liver transplantation (SETH) consensus recommendations on hepatitis C virus and liver transplantation

Liver Int. 2012 May;32(5):712-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2011.02731.x. Epub 2012 Jan 4.

Abstract

In November 2010, the Spanish Society of Liver Transplantation (Sociedad Española de Trasplante Hepático, SETH) held a consensus conference. One of the topics of debate was liver transplantation in patients with hepatitis C. This document reviews (i) the natural history of post-transplant hepatitis C, (ii) factors associated with post-transplant prognosis in patients with hepatitis C, (iii) the role of immunosuppression in the evolution of recurrent hepatitis C and response to antiviral therapy, (iv) antiviral therapy, both before and after transplantation, (v) follow-up of patients with recurrent hepatitis C and (vi) the role of retransplantation.

Publication types

  • Consensus Development Conference
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Graft Rejection / drug therapy
  • Graft Survival / physiology
  • Hepacivirus / physiology*
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / drug therapy
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / surgery*
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / virology
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Prognosis
  • Recurrence
  • Reoperation

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents