Changes in liver acceptance patterns after implementation of Share 35

Kenneth Washburn, Ann Harper, Timothy Baker, Erick Edwards – 5 October 2015 – The Share 35 policy was implemented June 2013. We sought to evaluate liver offer acceptance patterns of centers under this policy. We compared three 1‐year eras (1, 2, and 3) before and 1 era (4) after the implementation date of the Share 35 policy (June 18, 2013). We evaluated all offers for liver‐only recipients including only those offers for livers that were ultimately transplanted. Logistic regression was used to develop a liver acceptance model.

Novel strategy to decrease reperfusion injuries and improve function of cold‐preserved livers using normothermic ex vivo liver perfusion machine

Babak Banan, Zhenyu Xiao, Rao Watson, Min Xu, Jianluo Jia, Gundumi A. Upadhya, Thalachallour Mohanakumar, Yiing Lin, William Chapman – 5 October 2015 – Normothermic extracorporeal liver perfusion (NELP) can decrease ischemia/reperfusion injury to the greatest degree when cold ischemia time is minimized. Warm perfusion of cold‐stored livers results in hepatocellular damage, sinusoidal endothelial cell (SEC) dysfunction, and Kupffer cell activation. However, the logistics of organ procurement mandates a period of cold preservation before NELP.

Biliary strictures and recurrence after liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis: A retrospective multicenter analysis

Tatiana Hildebrand, Nadine Pannicke, Alexander Dechene, Daniel N. Gotthardt, Gabriele Kirchner, Florian P. Reiter, Martina Sterneck, Kerstin Herzer, Henrike Lenzen, Christian Rupp, Hannelore Barg‐Hock, Philipp Leuw, Andreas Teufel, Vincent Zimmer, Frank Lammert, Christoph Sarrazin, Ulrich Spengler, Christian Rust, Michael P. Manns, Christian P. Strassburg, Christoph Schramm, Tobias J.

Novel population‐based study finding higher than reported hepatocellular carcinoma incidence suggests an updated approach is needed

Thai P. Hong, Paul Gow, Michael Fink, Anouk Dev, Stuart Roberts, Amanda Nicoll, John Lubel, Ian Kronborg, Niranjan Arachchi, Marno Ryan, William Kemp, Virginia Knight, Helen Farrugia, Vicky Thursfield, Paul Desmond, Alexander J. Thompson, Sally Bell – 5 October 2015 – Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence is rising rapidly in many developed countries.

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