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ArticleWorld journal of hepatology2017

Is it time to rethink combined liver-kidney transplant in hepatitis C patients with advanced fibrosis?

Niraj James Shah, Mark W Russo

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Article in World journal of hepatology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Niraj James ShahNiraj James Shah, Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, United States.
Mark W RussoNiraj James Shah, Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, United States.
Jackson Memorial Hospital · USUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo reduce hepatic and extrahepatic complications of chronic hepatitis C in kidney transplant recipients.

methodsWe conducted a systematic review of kidney only transplant in patients with hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis.

resultsThe 5 year patient survival of kidney transplant recipients with and without hepatitis C cirrhosis ranged from 31% to 90% and 85% to 92%, respectively. Hepatitis C kidney transplant recipients had lower 10-year survival when compared to hepatitis B patients, 40% and 90% respectively. There were no studies that included patients with virologic cure prior to kidney transplant that reported post-kidney transplant outcomes. There were no studies of direct acting antiviral therapy and effect on patient or graft survival after kidney transplantation.

conclusionData on kidney transplant only in hepatitis C patients that reported inferior outcomes were prior to the development of potent direct acting antiviral. With the development of potent directing acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C with high cure rates studies are needed to determine if patients with hepatitis C, including those with advanced fibrosis, can undergo kidney transplant alone with acceptable long term outcomes.

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Cirrhosis/cirrhoticsGraft outcomesKidney transplantationMeta-analysisMortalityRenal transplantationSystematic review

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PMID28261386
PMCPMC5316849
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