Jessica A. Howell, Kumar Visvanathan – 29 July 2009

Jeffrey B. Halldorson, Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam, Jorge D. Reyes, James D. Perkins – 29 July 2009 – The impact of surgeon fatigue on patient outcomes has not been previously studied. In order to assess the relationship of surgeon workload to patient outcome, we analyzed the impact of the interval between liver transplants and the cumulative number of liver transplants in a week on patient outcome. The outcomes of 390 liver transplants performed between 2003 and 2006 at the University of Washington Medical Center were analyzed.

Valeer J. Desmet – 29 July 2009 – An informal review is presented by the author of his 50 years of involvement in practice and research in hepatopathology. Some background for the author's attitude and meandering pathway into his professional career serves as introduction to a short discussion of the main topics of his interest and expertise. Histogenesis of liver cancer was the theme of early work for a Ph.D. thesis, the results of which were lost into oblivion due to local rules and circumstances, but were rescued three decades later.

Anna S. Lok – 29 July 2009

Michael R. Lucey, Douglas E. Schaubel, Mary K. Guidinger, Santiago Tome, Robert M. Merion – 29 July 2009 – Disease‐specific analysis of liver transplant survival benefit, which encompasses both pre‐ and posttransplant events, has not been reported.

George Mells, Caroline Mann, Stefan Hubscher, James Neuberger – 29 July 2009 – As outcomes from liver transplantation have improved, attention has focused on long‐term outcomes: patient and graft survival is affected by many factors, including the consequences of both overimmunosuppression (eg, renal failure and cancer) and underimmunosuppression (eg, rejection). The use of protocol (rather than event‐driven) biopsies of the liver allograft, except for those grafted for HCV infection, has been largely abandoned.

Lars Pape, Karen Olsson, Claus Petersen, Reinhard von Wasilewski, Michael Melter – 29 July 2009 – Biliary atresia (BA) is the leading indication for liver transplantation (LTx) during childhood. Predictive markers for progression are lacking. We investigated the correlation between quantified fibrosis of the liver at the time of Kasai hepatic portoenterostomy (KPE) and the clinical course. Liver tissue was obtained at the time of KPE in 53 children and stained with Picrosirius red. The mean volume of fibrosis per number of periportal fields (Vfib) and the Ishak score were calculated.

Sander Kersten, Michael Müller – 29 July 2009

Arian Laurence, Paul Klennerman – 29 July 2009

Juan Berenguer, Julio Álvarez‐Pellicer, Pilar Miralles Martín, José López‐Aldeguer, Miguel Angel Von‐Wichmann, Carmen Quereda, Josep Mallolas, José Sanz, Cristina Tural, José María Bellón, Juan González‐García, The GESIDA3603/5607 Study Group – 29 July 2009 – Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection modifies the natural history of chronic hepatitis C, thus promoting more rapid progression to cirrhosis and end‐stage liver disease.