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Surgical treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis

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Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are progressive cholestatic liver diseases of supposed auto-immune etiology. The clinical course is unpredictable and, in many patients, leads to end-stage liver disease or a poor quality of life. Conservative therapy only has a limited effect on the natural history, but orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) offers a definitive therapeutic option.

Retrospective analysis was performed for 38 patients with PBC and 17 patients with PSC who underwent OLT between January 1986 and June 2003 at our institution. Median follow-up after OLT was 72 mo.

Cumulative survival at 5 yr post-OLT was 84% in the PBC group and 73% in the PSC group. Compared with OLT for other benign diseases, actuarial survival rates at 5 and 10 yr post-OLT were significantly better for patients with PBC, whereas there was no difference in survival after OLT for patients with PSC. Survival rate at 5 yr post-OLT was significantly increased for patients with PBC who had a Child-Pugh B liver cirrhosis (93%) compared with those who had Child-Pugh C cirrhosis (60%). Retransplantation rate was 18.2% (resulting from biliary complications in three cases). Surgical techniques had no effect on outcome after OLT in both groups.

We concluded that liver transplantation represents a safe and beneficial therapy for patients with end-stage PBC. Cirrhotic patients with PSC also benefit from OLT, with an outcome comparable to that of liver cirrhosis of other etiologies.

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Loehe, F., Schauer, R.J. Surgical treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. Clinic Rev Allerg Immunol 28, 167–174 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1385/CRIAI:28:2:167

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