Liver Transplantation and PSC video
We've uploaded the latest video from our Information Day at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. This is a great overview of liver transplantation for PSC, covering:
- How common is liver transplant for PSC in the UK?
- When do doctors think about referring someone for liver transplant assessment?
- Problems with cirrhosis
- Recurrent episodes of cholangitis
- Persistently elevated bilirubin
- Other considerations
- What is the process for getting on the liver transplant waiting list?
- What does the hospital do for the patient while on the waiting list to keep them as fit as possible?
- Recurrent PSC after transplantation (especially choices made about IBD surgery)
- National Liver Offering Scheme
- Donation after brain death
- Donation after circulatory death Liver offering arrangements -
- Transplant Benefit Score (21 recipient factors, 7 donor factors)
- Living Donor Liver Transplant
- Cholangiocarcinoma/PSC and liver transplant
- Niggles and pains after liver transplantation
Other videos from this Information Day can be found in our events pages.