Medical News: HIV No Barrier to Liver Transplant - in Gastroenterology, Liver Transplantation from MedPage Today
"People with HIV do just as well as others after a liver transplant -- as long as they don't have hepatitis C as well, researchers said in Copenhagen.
In one of the few studies with data on long-term outcomes, those with HIV had one- and five-year survival rates of 86.5% and 74% respectively, according to John O'Grady, M.D., of Kings College Hospital in London.
By comparison, HIV-negative liver transplant patients in the prospective UK Transplant Database had rates of 87.1% and 78%, which were not significantly different, Dr. O'Grady reported at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver."
In one of the few studies with data on long-term outcomes, those with HIV had one- and five-year survival rates of 86.5% and 74% respectively, according to John O'Grady, M.D., of Kings College Hospital in London.
By comparison, HIV-negative liver transplant patients in the prospective UK Transplant Database had rates of 87.1% and 78%, which were not significantly different, Dr. O'Grady reported at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver."
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