Computed tomography liver volumetry using 3‐dimensional image data in living donor liver transplantation: Effects of the slice thickness on the volume calculation

Masatoshi Hori, Kenji Suzuki, Mark L. Epstein, Richard L. Baron – 17 August 2011 – The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the slice thickness and the calculated volume in computed tomography (CT) liver volumetry through the comparison of the results from images [including 3‐dimensional (3D) images] with various slice thicknesses. Twenty potential adult liver donors (12 men and 8 women) with a mean age of 39 years (range = 24‐64 years) underwent CT with a 64‐section multidetector row CT scanner after the intravenous injection of a contrast material.

Patients with non–[18F]fludeoxyglucose‐avid advanced hepatocellular carcinoma on clinical staging may achieve long‐term recurrence‐free survival after liver transplantation

Arno Kornberg, Bernadett Küpper, Andrea Tannapfel, Peter Büchler, Babette Krause, Ulrike Witt, Dietmar Gottschild, Helmut Friess – 17 August 2011 – There is increasing evidence that a relevant number of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) exceeding the Milan criteria may benefit from liver transplantation (LT). We retrospectively analyzed the prognostic significance of [18F]fludeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) for identifying appropriate LT candidates with advanced HCC on clinical staging. Between 1995 and 2008, 111 patients with HCC were listed for LT.

A randomized, multicenter study comparing steroid‐free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis C

Göran B. Klintmalm, Gary L. Davis, Lewis Teperman, George J. Netto, Kenneth Washburn, Stephen M. Rudich, Elizabeth A. Pomfret, Hugo E. Vargas, Robert Brown, Devin Eckhoff, Timothy L. Pruett, John Roberts, David C. Mulligan, Michael R. Charlton, Thomas G. Heffron, John M. Ham, David D. Douglas, Linda Sher, Prabhakar K. Baliga, Milan Kinkhabwala, Baburao Koneru, Michael Abecassis, Michael Millis, Linda W. Jennings, Carlos G.

Ductular reactions in human liver: Diversity at the interface

Annette S. H. Gouw, Andrew D. Clouston, Neil D. Theise – 16 August 2011 – Interest in hepatic ductular reactions (DRs) has risen in recent years because of a greater appreciation of their potential roles in regeneration, fibrogenesis, and carcinogenesis. However, confusion exists because there is significant, but often unappreciated diversity at the tissue, cellular, and subcellular levels in DRs of different diseases and stages of disease.

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