Should splenectomy be performed for hepatitis C patients undergoing living-donor liver transplantation?

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Jun;22(6):959-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.04951.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Hepatitis C / complications
  • Hepatitis C / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Living Donors
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Selection
  • Recurrence
  • Splenectomy*
  • Survival Rate
  • Thrombocytopenia / etiology
  • Thrombocytopenia / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome