Graft selection strategy in adult‐to‐adult living donor liver transplantation: When both hemiliver grafts meet volumetric criteria

Takeshi Kurihara, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Yoshihiro Yoshida, Toru Ikegami, Shinji Itoh, Norifumi Harimoto, Mizuki Ninomiya, Hideaki Uchiyama, Hirohisa Okabe, Koichi Kimura, Hirofumi Kawanaka, Ken Shirabe, Yoshihiko Maehara – 8 March 2016 – To ensure donor safety in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), the left and caudate lobe (LL) is the preferred graft choice. However, patient prognosis may still be poor even if graft volume (GV) selection criteria are met. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of right lobe (RL) donation when the LL graft selection criteria are met.

The new liver allocation score for transplantation is validated and improved transplant survival benefit in Germany but not in the United Kingdom

Harald Schrem, Moritz Focken, Bridget Gunson, Benedikt Reichert, Darius Mirza, Hans‐Heinrich Kreipe, Desley Neil, Alexander Kaltenborn, Alon Goldis, Christian Krauth, Keith Roberts, Thomas Becker, Jürgen Klempnauer, James Neuberger – 7 March 2016 – Prognostic models for the prediction of 90‐day mortality after transplantation with pretransplant donor and recipient variables are needed to calculate transplant benefit.

Normothermic machine perfusion reduces bile duct injury and improves biliary epithelial function in rat donor livers

Sanna op den Dries, Negin Karimian, Andrie C. Westerkamp, Michael E. Sutton, Michiel Kuipers, Janneke Wiersema‐Buist, Petra J. Ottens, Jeroen Kuipers, Ben N. Giepmans, Henri G. D. Leuvenink, Ton Lisman, Robert J. Porte – 6 March 2016 – Bile duct injury may occur during liver procurement and transplantation, especially in livers from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors. Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) has been shown to reduce hepatic injury compared to static cold storage (SCS). However, it is unknown whether NMP provides better preservation of bile ducts.

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