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Trasplante de hígado - Recovery

Nombres alternativos

Trasplante hepático; Trasplante del hígado

Después del procedimiento:

Si usted recibió un hígado donado, probablemente necesitará permanecer en el hospital durante alrededor de 3 a 7 días. Después de eso, necesitará controles minuciosos por parte de un médico y hacerse exámenes de sangre regulares durante 1 a 2 meses.

El período de la recuperación es de aproximadamente 6 a 12 meses. El equipo que realizó el trasplante le puede solicitar que permanezca cerca del hospital durante los primeros tres meses. Usted necesitará hacerse chequeos médicos regulares, con exámenes de sangre y radiografías durante muchos años.

Convalecencia:

Las personas que reciben un trasplante de hígado pueden rechazar el nuevo órgano. Esto significa que su sistema inmunitario ve el nuevo hígado como una sustancia extraña y trata de destruirlo.

Para evitar el rechazo, casi todos los receptores de trasplantes deben tomar medicamentos que inhiban su respuesta inmunitaria por el resto de sus vidas. Esto se denomina terapia inmunodepresora. Aunque el tratamiento ayuda a prevenir el rechazo al órgano, también pone a las personas en un mayor riesgo de infección y cáncer.

Si usted toma el medicamento inmunodepresor, necesita que le hagan pruebas de detección regulares para cáncer. Los medicamentos también pueden causar hipertensión arterial y colesterol alto e incrementar los riesgos de padecer diabetes.

Un trasplante exitoso requiere el control cuidadoso con el médico. Usted siempre debe tomar el medicamento de acuerdo con las instrucciones.

  • Reviewed last on: 5/4/2010
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Ahmed A, Keeffe EB. Current indications and contraindications for liver transplantation. Clin Liver Dis. 2007;11:227-247.

Martin P, Rosen HR. Liver transplantation. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2010:chap 95.

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