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The Asian Liver Program at Pfleger Liver Institute at UCLA

The UCLA Asian Liver Program is the only program of its kind in Southern California home to the fastest-growing population of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. UCLA Asian Liver Program physicians treat all forms of hepatitis and other diseases of the liver, 胆囊和胆管. 和肝病专家一起, 外科，诊断和介入放射学, 该程序提供了全方位的诊断, 医疗和外科护理.

皇冠hga025大学洛杉矶分校, we have a healthcare team comprised of hepatologists and language-sensitive personnel to provide healthcare and treatment for Asian Americans with chronic hepatitis or with liver cancer. 

肝脏病学

肝病学项目 offers the latest diagnostic and therapeutic modulation for adult patients with all forms of liver disease, and is an integral part of the UCLA Liver Transplant Program and the Pfleger Liver Institute. 治疗的疾病包括:  

• 乙型肝炎
• 丙型肝炎
• 肝癌
• Cirrohosis

乙型肝炎
乙型肝炎 virus is the primary cause of liver disease in Asians. 在美国, chronic hepatitis B is the leading cause of liver cancer, and is the second-leading cause for liver transplantation.  While there is no cure for hepatitis B, there is a vaccine that prevents infection.  Unfortunately, many susceptible people are not receiving vaccination to prevent this serious disease.

• 沉默的杀手—— A significant portion of patients who are chronically infected with hepatitis B are unaware of their illness which will progress and cause major health problems such as liver failure and liver cancer.
• 的症状, Many patients with chronic hepatitis B do not have symptoms and feel healthy. 当症状出现时, it is often in the late stage of liver disease when treatment may be less effective.
• 早期诊断—— 如果未经处理的, it is estimated that hepatitis B will lead to cirrhoses or liver cancer in as many as 1 in 4 individuals.
• 乙型肝炎筛检 --  Screening is done by performing a simple and inexpensive blood test, 乙型肝炎表面抗原.

外科手术

UCLA surgeons have extensive experience with resective surgery (surgery to remove damaged tissue), and now offer minimally invasive (laparoscopic) procedures to treat conditions related to the liver and biliary tracts. 在经验丰富的外科医生手中, laparoscopic surgery can produce excellent outcomes with less surgical trauma, 疼痛减轻，恢复更快.

可以通过手术治疗的疾病包括:

• Primary cancers of the liver caused by hepatitis B or hepatitis C
• Other cancers of the liver, including metastatic tumors to the liver (most commonly from the colon)
• 胆囊癌和胆管癌
• 肝脏和胆管的良性病变
• Bile obstruction or restriction due to previous parasitic infection, 在亚洲常见的是什么, 或者胆管癌
• 门脉高压. Shunting procedures can provide a full or partial diversion of blood flow from the portal system to stop acute gastrointestinal bleeding or prevent re-bleeding in patients with portalhypertension advanced liver disease

肝移植

UCLA has one of the most-experienced and successful liver transplant programs in the world. UCLA has been a leader in developing new surgical techniques that make the most-effective use of donor organs, 供应有限的资源. 皇冠hga025大学洛杉矶分校的外科医生已经完成了近5例手术,000 liver transplants for end-stage liver diseases and for primary cancers of the liver. Long-term outcomes for the procedure have been excellent.

UCLA's expertise in liver transplantation extends to post-transplant care and adjuvant therapy. The UCLA program is at the forefront of clinical research, offering patients access to the latest advancements in immunosuppressive therapy as well as treatments for liver-transplant complications.

诊断和放射学服务

介入放射学

Procedures performed by interventional radiologists are increasingly being used in the care of patients with cancer. 这些受过专门训练的医生使用x光, ultrasound or other imaging techniques to guide small tubes, 称为导管, 和微型工具直接到达疾病部位. Interventional radiology procedures for patients with cancer include new approaches for treatment, relieving symptoms and diagnosing cancer without surgical biopsy.

介入放射学程序

化疗栓塞术

什么是化疗栓塞? 化疗栓塞术 is a combination of chemotherapy and a procedure called embolization to treat cancer, 最常见的是肝脏.

• Chemotherapy is a treatment that involves taking anti-cancer drugs by mouth or intravenously.
• An embolization is a minimally invasive treatment in which blood vessels or malformations within blood vessels are occluded, 或者被封锁.

Cheoembolization过程: In chemoembolization, anti-cancer drugs are injected directly into a cancerous tumor. 除了, synthetic material called an embolic agent is placed inside the blood vessels that supply blood to the tumor, 防止血液流向病变组织.

肿瘤消融

什么是射频消融术? Radiofrequency ablation, sometimes referred to as RFA, is a minimally invasive treatment for cancer. It is an image-guided technique that heats and destroys cancer cells. 

在射频消融中, imaging techniques such as ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) are used to help guide a needle electrode into a cancerous tumor. High-frequency electrical currents are then passed through the electrode, 产生热量，破坏异常细胞.