CONTROL OF CEREBRAL EDEMA BY TOTAL HEPATECTOMY AND EXTRACORPOREAL LIVER SUPPORT IN FULMINANT HEPATIC-FAILURE

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ROZGA, J [1 ]
PODESTA, L [1 ]
LEPAGE, E [1 ]
HOFFMAN, A [1 ]
MORSIANI, E [1 ]
SHER, L [1 ]
WOOLF, GM [1 ]
MAKOWKA, L [1 ]
DEMETRIOU, AA [1 ]
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[1] CEDARS SINAI MED CTR,LIVER SUPPORT UNIT,8700 BEVERLY BLVD,LOS ANGELES,CA 90048
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10.1016/0140-6736(93)91947-K
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Keeping a patient with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) alive until a donor liver is available for transplantation can be a problem. We describe an 18-year-old woman with paracetamol-induced FHF, who was treated by total hepatectomy, hypothermia, plasma exchange, and extracorporeal liver support. The patient was anhepatic for 14 h. The liver-support system consisted of plasma separation and perfusion through a charcoal filter and a hollow-fibre module seeded with matrix-attached porcine hepatocytes. With artificial liver treatment there was reversal of severe neurological dysfunction, normalisation of intracranial pressure, and decreased serum ammonia. The patient underwent emergency transplantation with an ABO-incompatible liver, followed by transplantation with a compatible organ eight days later. The patient has fully recovered and is neurologically intact.
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