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when a person reaches a certain stage of liver disease, a liver transplant may be the only way to save the patient's life.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoData from the REMATCH trial, published in 2001, demonstrated ventricular assist to be a viable alternative for patients not eligible for cardiac transplant compared to medical therapy alone.
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What are some less common conditions that may require liver transplantations?
Some lesser conditions that may lead to the need for liver transplantations are selected cancers, other uncommon diseases, and a situation called fulminant liver failure.
What are the statistics for liver transplantations?
As of June 2003, there were 17,239 patients on the UNOS National Transplant Waiting List who were waiting for a liver transplantation.
How often does rejection occur in liver transplantations?
In spite of immunosuppressants, rejection occurs most of the time and requires additional medication.
When do infections usually appear following liver transplantations?
Infections happen in half the patients and often appear during the first week.
In what ways can liver transplantations fail?
Some transplants never work, some succumb to infection, and some suffer immune rejection.
What drug has increased the successes of liver transplantations?
Since the introduction of cyclosporine (a drug that suppresses the immune response that rejects the donor organ), success rates for liver transplantation have reached 85%.
What are the alternatives to hepatectomy?
There are no alternatives because hepatectomies are performed when liver cancer does not respond to other treatments.
What alternatives are there to a liver biopsy?
In some instances, blood tests may provide enough information to health care providers to make an accurate diagnosis
When analyzing alternatives what becomes evident?
list of alternatives
What are the survival rates for lung transplantations?
The survival rate at one year after transplant was 77% for lung transplants and 64% for heart-lung transplants
What is a synonym for liver?
If you mean the body organ, there is no synonym. The old Greek word was 'hepar' from which we get the adjective 'hepatic', meaning pertaining to the liver. If you mean 'a person who lives', this is not a frequently used word, and alternatives would often be descriptions rather than nouns (one who is alive?) but you might say 'dweller' or 'inhabitant' in the sense of one who lives in a particular place.
When was Alternatives created?
Alternatives was created in 1994.
