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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview[edit | edit source]

Surgery is not recommended among patients with hepatitis C infection. Liver transplantation may be required in select patients with chronic hepatitis C whose disease is complicated by end-stage liver disease. Acute hepatitis C infection may rarely be complicated by fulminant liver failure and patients may also require liver transplantation.

Surgery[edit | edit source]

The treatment of hepatitis C does not usually involve surgical procedures. Select cases in which surgery is required involve complications of end-stage liver diease such as decompensated liver failure in chronic hepatitis C infection or, rarely, fulminant hepatitis in acute hepatitis C infection. Advanced liver failure requires liver transplantation.^[1]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ World Health Organization (WHO) 2014. Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection.http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/hepatitis/hepatitis-c-guidelines/en/. Accessed online on July 24,2014.

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[who-1] World Health Organization (WHO) 2014. Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection.http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/hepatitis/hepatitis-c-guidelines/en/. Accessed online on July 24,2014.

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