Split liver transplantation: Report of right and left graft outcomes from a multicenter Argentinean group

Esteban Halac, Marcelo Dip, Emilio Quiñonez, Fernando Alvarez, Johana Leiva Espinoza, Pablo Romero, Franco Nievas, Rafael Maurette, Carlos Luque, Daniel Matus, Paz Surraco, Martin Fauda, Lucas McCormack, Francisco J. Mattera, Gabriel Gondolesi, Oscar Imventarza – 15 September 2015 – Grafts from split livers (SLs) constitute an accepted approach to expand the donor pool. Over the last 5 years, most Argentinean centers have shown significant interest in increasing the use of this technique.

Natural killer cell phenotype modulation and natural killer/T‐cell interplay in nucleos(t)ide analogue‐treated hepatitis e antigen‐negative patients with chronic hepatitis B

Carolina Boni, Pietro Lampertico, Lavinia Talamona, Tiziana Giuberti, Federica Invernizzi, Valeria Barili, Paola Fisicaro, Marzia Rossi, Maria Cristina Cavallo, Andrea Vecchi, Giuseppe Pedrazzi, Arianna Alfieri, Massimo Colombo, Gabriele Missale, Carlo Ferrari – 11 September 2015 – Natural killer (NK) and hepatitis B virus (HBV)‐specific T cells are functionally impaired in chronic hepatitis B (CHB).

Functional impairment in older liver transplantation candidates: From the functional assessment in liver transplantation study

Connie W. Wang, Kenneth E. Covinsky, Sandy Feng, Hilary Hayssen, Dorry L. Segev, Jennifer C. Lai – 11 September 2015 – The emerging epidemic of older patients with cirrhosis has led to a sharp increase in the number of ≥65 year olds considering liver transplantation (LT). However, clinicians lack objective measures to risk stratify older patients. We aimed to determine whether the short physical performance battery (SPPB), a well‐validated geriatric measure of physical function, has greater prognostic value in older versus younger LT candidates.

Excellent outcomes of liver transplantation using severely steatotic grafts from brain‐dead donors

Tiffany C. L. Wong, James Y. Y. Fung, Kenneth S. H. Chok, Tan To Cheung, Albert C. Y. Chan, William W. Sharr, Wing Chiu Dai, See Ching Chan, Chung Mau Lo – 11 September 2015 – Liver grafts with macrovesicular steatosis of >60% are considered unsuitable for deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) because of the unacceptably high risk of primary nonfunction (PNF) and graft loss. This study reports our experience in using such grafts from brain‐dead donors. Prospectively collected data of DDLT recipient outcomes from 1991 to 2013 were retrospectively analyzed.

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