Michelle Carbonneau, Louise A. Jensen, Vincent G. Bain, Karen Kelly, Glenda Meeberg, Puneeta Tandon – 28 October 2009 – Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a leading indication for liver transplantation. Our center has randomly checked blood alcohol levels (BALs) in ALD patients on the waiting list since 2004. We aimed to identify the incidence and predictors of inactivation on the transplant list due to alcohol use and to determine the utility of BAL‐screening in this process.

Mario Traina, Ilaria Tarantino, Luca Barresi, Riccardo Volpes, Salvatore Gruttadauria, Ioannis Petridis, Bruno Gridelli – 28 October 2009 – After liver transplantation, the most common biliary complication is the anastomotic stricture, which is followed by biliary leakage. Studies have focused on the endoscopic treatment of biliary complications in transplanted patients with duct‐to‐duct reconstruction, showing a success rate of 70% to 80% after orthotopic liver transplantation and of 60% after living‐related liver transplantation.

Zuo‐Jin Liu, Jian‐Ping Gong, Lv‐Nan Yan – 28 October 2009 – The aim of this study was to derive a simple equation to enable the extent of hepatic macrovesicular steatosis (HMS) to be predicted quantitatively from data obtained noninvasively and hence avoid unnecessary liver biopsies. One hundred sixty‐seven potential living liver donors and 45 subjects suspected of having nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) underwent percutaneous liver biopsy to evaluate HMS quantitatively.

Sammy Saab, Melina Yeganeh, Kelvin Nguyen, Francisco Durazo, Steven Han, Hasan Yersiz, Douglas G. Farmer, Leonard I. Goldstein, Myron J. Tong, Ronald W. Busuttil – 28 October 2009 – Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reinfection and recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) are associated with increased graft failure and reduced patient survival. We evaluated the effects of both HCC recurrence and HBV reinfection on the long‐term survival of these patients after OLT.

Susan Holtzman, Lesley Adcock, Derek A. Dubay, George Therapondos, Arash Kashfi, Sarah Greenwood, Eberhard L. Renner, David R. Grant, Gary A. Levy, Susan E. Abbey – 28 October 2009 – The ability to inform prospective donors of the psychosocial risks of living liver donation is currently limited by the scant empirical literature. The present study was designed to examine donor perceptions of the impact of donation on financial, vocational, and interpersonal life domains and identify demographic and clinical factors related to longer recovery times and greater life interference.

Frank V. Schiødt, Raymond T. Chung, Michael L. Schilsky, J. Eileen Hay, Erik Christensen, William M. Lee – 28 October 2009 – Older age is considered a poor prognostic factor in acute liver failure (ALF) and may still be considered a relative contraindication for liver transplantation for ALF. We aimed to evaluate the impact of older age, defined as age ≥ 60 years, on outcomes in patients with ALF. One thousand one hundred twenty‐six consecutive prospective patients from the US Acute Liver Failure Study Group registry were studied. The median age was 38 years (range, 15–81 years).

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.