Chapter 15

Medical Management of Patients Following Liver Transplantation

Yasuhiro Nakayama and Yukihiro Shimizu

Abstract

Patients with fulminant hepatic failure, decompensated cirrhosis, or hepatocellular carcinoma defined according to the Milan criteria (no single lesion greater than 5 cm or no more than three lesions, the largest ≤ 3 cm) are potential candidates for liver transplantation. The 5-year survival rate after liver transplantation is 70% to 80%.

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