Prediction of progression‐free survival in patients presenting with hepatocellular carcinoma within the Milan criteria

Massimo De Giorgio, Stefano Vezzoli, Eric Cohen, Elia Armellini, Maria Grazia Lucà, Giulianna Verga, Domenico Pinelli, Roberto Nani, Maria Grazia Valsecchi, Laura Antolini, Michele Colledan, Stefano Fagiuoli, Mario Strazzabosco – 8 February 2010 – Transplantation is the treatment of choice for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) meeting the Milan criteria. HCC and chronic liver diseases have distinct natural histories for which an equitable transplant policy must account.

Morphometric and simulation analyses of right hepatic vein reconstruction in adult living donor liver transplantation using right lobe grafts

Shin Hwang, Sung‐Gyu Lee, Chul‐Soo Ahn, Deok‐Bog Moon, Ki‐Hun Kim, Kyu‐Bo Sung, Gi‐Young Ko, Tae‐Yong Ha, Gi‐Won Song, Dong‐Hwan Jung, Dong‐Il Gwon, Kyoung‐Won Kim, Nam‐Kyu Choi, Kwan‐Woo Kim, Young‐Dong Yu, Gil‐Chun Park – 8 February 2010 – The incidence of clinically significant right hepatic vein (RHV) stenosis after adult living donor liver transplantation has been higher than expected. In this study, an assessment of the risk factors for the development of RHV stenosis in this context was undertaken.

Left lobe adult‐to‐adult living donor liver transplantation: Small grafts and hemiportocaval shunts in the prevention of small‐for‐size syndrome

Jean F. Botha, Alan N. Langnas, B. Daniel Campos, Wendy J. Grant, Christopher E. Freise, Nancy L. Ascher, David F. Mercer, John P. Roberts – 8 February 2010 – Adult‐to‐adult living donor liver transplantation (AA‐LDLT) has better outcomes when a graft weight to recipient weight ratio (GW/RW) > 0.8 is selected. A smaller GW/RW may result in small‐for‐size syndrome (SFSS). Portal inflow modulation seems to effectively prevent SFSS. Donor right hepatectomy is associated with greater morbidity and mortality than left hepatectomy.

Addition of carvedilol to University Wisconsin solution improves rat steatotic and nonsteatotic liver preservation

Ismail Ben Mosbah, Joan Roselló‐Catafau, Izabel Alfany‐Fernandez, Antoni Rimola, Pera Puig Parellada, Maria Teresa Mitjavila, Antonin Lojek, Hassen Ben Abdennebi, Olivier Boillot, Juan Rodés, Carmen Peralta – 26 January 2010 – Here we examine the effect of adding carvedilol (CVD) to University of Wisconsin (UW) solution on the preservation of steatotic and nonsteatotic livers during cold ischemia and after normothermic reperfusion. We used an isolated perfused rat liver model. The following protocols were evaluated. Protocol 1 concerned the effect of CVD after cold ischemia.

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