Open AccessORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE COMPLICATING AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
Author(s) -
Suzanne Norris,
Órla Crosbie,
G. McEntee,
Oscar Traynor,
Niamh Nolan,
Sean McCann,
John E. Hegarty
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199705270-00026
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatic veno occlusive disease , transplantation , surgery , liver transplantation , complication , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Veno-occlusive disease of the liver is a serious and often life-threatening complication after bone marrow transplantation. Although risk factors for the development of veno-occlusive disease have been postulated, there is no precise method for accurately identifying those patients who are at risk and for whom early intervention and treatment would have maximum potential benefit. Liver transplantation has been advocated as a treatment for veno-occlusive disease in selected patients.