BONE MINERAL DENSITY AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Abstract

Bone mineral density (BMD) was estimated twice in 18 recipents of ortotopic liver transplantation. There was decreased BMD in axial so as in peripheral skeleton in early time and in vertebral or hip Ward triangle in late time following transplantation being lower in primary biliary cirrosis then in cirrosis following chronic virus hepatitis despite tacrolimus immunosupression without prednisolon. Tacrolimus immunosupression with prednisolon in primary biliary cirrosis patients in late postoperative time was associated with hard BMD lowering which correlated with glucocorticoid therapy duration and prednisolon cumulative dosis.

Keywords

• liver transplantation
• bone mineral density
• primary biliary cirrosis
• chronic viral hepatitis