EFFECT OF ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION ON RECOVERY OF HEPATIC MYELOPATHY
- VernacularTitle:肝脏移植对肝性脊髓病恢复的影响
- Author:
Bingyi SHI
;
Guosheng DU
;
Hailong JIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hepatic myeclopathy;
liver transplantation
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
2001;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Hepatic myelopathy is a rare disease with high mortality. There has been no report of an effective treatment to date. In order to evaluate the beneficial effect of orthotopic liver transplantation in patient with hepatic myelopathy. One patient, who was suffering from hepatie myelopathy complicating hepatic pathology, underwent liver transplantation in 2002 was studied. The muscle strength of the patient’s extremities was carefully assessed both pre-operatively and postoperatively. It was found that symptoms and signs of hepatic myelopathy were improved, especially the muscle strength recovered from 1-2 degree to 3-4 degree half a year after the operation. Therefore it is our belief that liver transplantation might be beneficial to patients who are suffering from hepatic myelopathy as a complication of the hepatic disease.
