Tsan‐Shiun Lin, Yuan‐Cheng Chiang, Chao‐Long Chen, Allan M. Concejero, Yu‐Fan Cheng, Chih‐Chi Wang, Shih‐Ho Wang, Yueh‐Wei Liu, Chin‐Hsiang Yang, Chee‐Chien Yong – 28 October 2009 – The objective of this study was to describe the relationship between intimal dissection (ID) in the recipient hepatic artery (HA) and transarterial embolization (TAE) and highlight the reconstructive methods for the different types of ID encountered in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Fifty‐four patients with hepatocellular carcinoma underwent LDLT.

Andrea Vannucci, Vladimir Krejci, Ivan Kangrga – 28 October 2009

Charbel Sandroussi, Michael Crawford, David S. Lockwood, Patrick Tang, James P. Gallagher, Henry Pleass, Simone I. Strasser, Nicholas A. Shackel, Geoffrey W. McCaughan, Deborah J. Verran – 28 October 2009 – The outcomes of right lobe split (RLS) liver transplantation are variable in adult recipients. This report is an analysis of outcomes of our initial 5‐year experience with the right lobe trisegment split graft.

Deok‐Bog Moon, Sung‐Gyu Lee, Shin Hwang, Ki‐Hun Kim, Chul‐Soo Ahn, Tae‐Yong Ha, Gi‐Won Song, Dong‐Hwan Jung, Gi‐Young Ko, Kyu‐Bo Sung – 28 October 2009 – Splenic artery aneurysms (SAAs), occurring in 7% to 17% of patients with cirrhosis, often result in catastrophic rupture after liver transplantation. We had experienced 3 cases of ruptured SAAs after adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), and we then performed this study to find risk factors for coexisting SAAs in liver transplant candidates with cirrhosis and to propose ideal approaches for them.

Satheesh Nair, Jason M. Vanatta, Jihad Arteh, James D. Eason – 28 October 2009 – Obesity, diabetes, and prior abdominal surgery are generally considered to increase the risk of liver transplantation. The aim of the present study was to define the effects of these factors on the immediate outcome after transplantation. Two hundred twenty‐one consecutive liver transplants were analyzed. Twenty‐eight patients were excluded.

Mathijs P. Hendriks, Geert J. Wanten, Joost P. H. Drenth – 28 October 2009

Toshimi Kaido, Hiroto Egawa, Hiroaki Tsuji, Eishi Ashihara, Taira Maekawa, Shinji Uemoto – 28 October 2009 – Adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) was developed against the background of a scarcity of deceased donors and has a number of disadvantages leading to in‐hospital mortality, such as marginal donors and grafts and recipients suffering from severe conditions. We have thus developed surgical and medical innovations to overcome these disadvantages. The present study analyzes the causes of death and factors affecting in‐hospital mortality in adult recipients of LDLT.

Claude B. Sirlin – 28 October 2009

David Mulligan – 28 October 2009

Chinsu Liu, Che‐Chuan Loong, Chenn‐Yuan Hsia, Hsin‐Lin Tsai, Chou‐Fu Wei – 28 October 2009