Abstract: Objective To investigate the effects of umbilical cord blood stem cell transplantation and treatment of adefovir dipivoxil combined with lamivudine in patients with decompensated hepatitis B cirrhosis. Methods Total of 56 cases with decompensated hepatitis B cirrhosis received adefovir dipivoxil tablets 10 mg/d and lamivudine tablets 100 mg/d. The 100 ml of suspension liquid of umbilical cord blood stem cell [with single cells (15~35) × 10^9 /L] by intravenous infusion for once a week with continuous 3 times. After treatment, liver function tests (ALT, AST, ALB, TBil and DBil) and viral serology were compared. ResultsSerum markers of liver function before and after treatment of 56 cases were significantly different (P < 0.05), HBV DNA load were significantly different (P < 0.05). Conclusions The umbilical cord blood stem cell transplantation and treatment of adefovir dipivoxil combined with lamivudine in decompensated hepatitis B cirrhosis can significantly inhibit the rapid HBV DNA replication, reducing viral load, effectively reducing liver inflammation and liver necrosis injury, also promoting regeneration of liver cells, and accelerating the recovery of liver function.
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