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Reversibility of minimal hepatic encephalopathy following liver transplantation in Egyptian cirrhotic patients.


ABSTRACT: AIM:To evaluate the reversibility of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) following liver transplantation (LT) in Egyptian cirrhotic patients. METHODS:This prospective study included twenty patients with biopsy-proven liver cirrhosis listed for LT and twenty age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects. All underwent neuro-psychiatric examination, laboratory investigations, radiological studies and psychometric tests including trail making test A (TMT A), TMT B, digit symbol test and serial dotting test. The psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES) was calculated for patients to diagnose MHE. Psychometric tests were repeated six months following LT in the cirrhotic patient group. RESULTS:Before LT, psychometric tests showed highly significant deficits in cirrhotic patients in comparison to controls (P < 0.001). There was a statistically significant improvement in test values in the patient group after LT; however, their values were still significantly worse than those of the controls (P < 0.001). The PHES detected MHE in 16 patients (80%) before LT with a median value of -7 ± 3.5. The median PHES value was significantly improved following LT, reaching -4.5 ± 5 (P < 0.001), and the number of patients with MHE decreased to 11 (55%). The pre-transplant model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score ? 15 was significantly related to the presence of post-transplant MHE (P = 0.005). More patients in whom reversal of MHE was observed had a pre-transplant MELD score < 15. CONCLUSION:Reversal of MHE in cirrhotic patients could be achieved by LT, especially in those with a MELD score < 15.

SUBMITTER: Osman MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5084057 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reversibility of minimal hepatic encephalopathy following liver transplantation in Egyptian cirrhotic patients.

Osman Mahmoud A MA   Sayed Moataz M MM   Mansour Khaled A KA   Saleh Shereen A SA   Ibrahim Wesam A WA   Abdelhakam Sara M SM   Bahaa Mohamed M   Yousry Wael A WA   Elbaz Hosam S HS   Mikhail Reginia N RN   Hassan Azza M AM   Elsayed Ehab H EH   Mahmoud Dalia A DA  

World journal of hepatology 20161001 30


<h4>Aim</h4>To evaluate the reversibility of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) following liver transplantation (LT) in Egyptian cirrhotic patients.<h4>Methods</h4>This prospective study included twenty patients with biopsy-proven liver cirrhosis listed for LT and twenty age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects. All underwent neuro-psychiatric examination, laboratory investigations, radiological studies and psychometric tests including trail making test A (TMT A), TMT B, digit symbol test  ...[more]

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