RT Book, Section
A1 Choi, Catherine
A1 Pyrsopoulos, Nikolaos T.
A2 Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo
A2 Santibañes, Martin de
A2 Santibañes, Eduardo de
SR Print(0)
ID 1180107528
T1 Liver Transplantation in HIV-Infected Patients
T2 Liver Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260462517
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180107528
RD 2024/04/19
AB With  the  introduction  of  combined  antiretroviral  therapy  (cART),  human  immunodeficiency  virus  (HIV)  is  now  considered  a  chronic  illness  and  no  longer  considered  an  absolute  contraindication  to  liver  transplantation  (LT).1As  HIV-infected  patients  live  longer,  liver  transplantation  is  a  reasonable  option  in  those  with  advanced  liver  disease  in  the  ART  era.  Multiple  studies  have  shown  promising  results  in  ART-treated  patients  with  suppressed  HIV  RNA,  stable  CD4  counts,  and  no  significant  increase  in  opportunistic  infections  after  LT.  See  Table  18-1  for  a  generally  accepted  description  for  stable  disease.2