Prolonged liver transplantation survival and aging successfully

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Title:	Prolonged liver transplantation survival and aging successfully
Authors:	Francesco Pollicino, Ligia J. Dominguez, Mario Barbagallo
Source:	Geriatric Care, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2023)
Publisher Information:	PAGEPress Publications, 2023.
Publication Year:	2023
Collection:	LCC:Geriatrics
Subject Terms:	aging, liver transplantation, chronic disease, multimorbidity, successful aging, Geriatrics, RC952-954.6
More Details:	The traditional definition of successful aging as the absence of disease, disability, and cognitive impairment is not always applicable to patients with long survival despite complex multimorbidity. This case report details the situation of an 87-year-old man, currently partially self-sufficient and partially autonomous, without cognitive impairment, who has been affected with recurrent right knee osteomyelitis since the age of 6. A diagnosis of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver cirrhosis at 41 led to liver transplantation at 56. The immunosuppressive anti-rejection therapy caused a relapse of chronic osteomyelitis and HCV infection, a major cause of graft loss and shortened survival in HCV liver transplant recipients. Other pathologies were also diagnosed during his lifetime. This patient is an example of aging successfully despite complex multimorbidity and disproves the traditional concept of successful aging formerly described in the literature.
Document Type:	article
File Description:	electronic resource
Language:	English
ISSN:	2465-1109 2465-1397
Relation:	https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/gc/article/view/11066; https://doaj.org/toc/2465-1109; https://doaj.org/toc/2465-1397
DOI:	10.4081/gc.2023.11066
Access URL:	https://doaj.org/article/a999d6c251244880aa9a58a4f1518884
Accession Number:	edsdoj.999d6c251244880aa9a58a4f1518884
Database:	Directory of Open Access Journals

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ISSN:	24651109 24651397
DOI:	10.4081/gc.2023.11066
Published in:	Geriatric Care
Language:	English