Living donor liver transplantation for congenital absence of the portal vein with situs inversus
Mureo Kasahara, Atsuko Nakagawa, Seisuke Sakamoto, Hideaki Tanaka, Takanobu Shigeta, Akinari Fukuda, Shunsuke Nosaka, Akira Matsui – 28 October 2009
Migration of allosensitizing donor myeloid dendritic cells into recipients after liver transplantation
Brenda M. Bosma, Herold J. Metselaar, Jeroen H. Gerrits, Nicole M. van Besouw, Shanta Mancham, Zwier M. A. Groothuismink, Patrick P. C. Boor, Luc J. W. van der Laan, Hugo W. Tilanus, Ernst J. Kuipers, Jaap Kwekkeboom – 28 October 2009 – It is thought, but there is no evidence, that myeloid dendritic cells (MDCs) of donor origin migrate into the recipient after clinical organ transplantation and sensitize the recipient's immune system by the direct presentation of donor allo‐antigens.
Reply: Severe preprocurement blunt trauma to the liver—Is there a need for back‐table cutdown?
Irma Geenen, Meindert Sosef, Deborah Verran – 28 October 2009
Inferior vena cava replacement in living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma
Chao‐Long Chen, Allan M. Concejero, Chih‐Chi Wang, Shih‐Ho Wang, Yueh‐Wei Liu, Chin‐Hsiang Yang, Chee‐Chien Yong, Tsan‐Shiun Lin – 28 October 2009
Severe preprocurement blunt trauma to the liver: Is there a need for back‐table cutdown?
Gabriel C. Oniscu, Anya Adair, Ernest Hidalgo – 28 October 2009
Endoscopic variceal ligation for primary prophylaxis of esophageal variceal hemorrhage in pre–liver transplant patients
Eu Jin Lim, Paul J. Gow, Peter W. Angus – 28 October 2009 – Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) is widely used to prevent esophageal variceal bleeding in patients with advanced cirrhosis. However, the safety and efficacy of EVL in this setting have not been clearly established. This study included 300 adult patients with cirrhosis on our liver transplant waitlist who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Esophageal varices deemed to be at high risk of bleeding were banded until eradication or transplantation.
Survival of Clostridium perfringens sepsis in a liver transplant recipient
Geraldine C. Diaz, Thomas Boyer, John F. Renz – 28 October 2009 – Clostridium perfringens sepsis following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is a rare but reported complication that historically results in mortality or emergent retransplantation (ReTx).1–7 Complications from C. perfringens emphysematous gastritis have contributed to the death of a healthy live liver donor as well.8 Herein, we describe the first documented survivor of C. perfringens sepsis following OLT managed without laparotomy or emergent ReTx. Liver Transpl 15:1469–1472, 2009. © 2009 AASLD.
Reply: Validation of a new cardiac output monitor
Peter Nissen, Johannes J. Van Lieshout, Srdan Novovic, Morten Bundgaard‐Nielsen, Niels H. Secher – 28 October 2009
ENDO‐GIA staplers for side‐to‐side anastomosis of veins
Chinsu Liu, Che‐Chuan Loong, Chenn‐Yuan Hsia, Hsin‐Lin Tsai, Chou‐Fu Wei – 28 October 2009