Staffan Wahlin, Nirthiga Srikanthan, Børge Hamre, Pauline Harper, Atle Brun – 28 August 2008 – Erythropoietic protoporphyria is an inherited condition characterized by pronounced solar photosensitivity and in a minority of patients severe liver disease that necessitates liver transplantation for survival. Phototoxic injury to abdominal organs and skin has been reported in several cases of liver transplantation surgery, including a few transplants in which protective light filters were used.

Surakit Pungpapong, David P. Nunes, Murli Krishna, Raouf Nakhleh, Kyle Chambers, Marwan Ghabril, Rolland C. Dickson, Christopher B. Hughes, Jeffery Steers, Justin H. Nguyen, Andrew P. Keaveny – 28 August 2008 – Although recurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) after liver transplantation (LT) is universal, a minority of patients will develop cirrhosis within 5 years of surgery, which places them at risk for allograft failure.

Gi‐Young Ko, Kyu‐Bo Sung, Hyun‐Ki Yoon, Kyung Rae Kim, Dong Il Gwon, Sung Gyu Lee – 28 August 2008 – Endoscopic treatment has largely replaced surgery as the initial treatment for biliary strictures following living donor liver transplantation; however, this treatment is nearly impossible in patients who have previously undergone hepaticojejunostomy (HJ). We therefore retrospectively evaluated the efficacy of percutaneous transhepatic treatment in patients who developed HJ strictures following living donor liver transplantation.

Debbie Rybak, Michael B. Fallon, Michael J. Krowka, Robert S. Brown, Jenna Reinen, Linda Stadheim, Dorothy Faulk, Carrie Nielsen, Nadine Al‐Naamani, Kari Roberts, Steven Zacks, Ted Perry, James Trotter, Steven M. Kawut, Pulmonary Vascular Complications of Liver Disease Study Group – 28 August 2008 – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may cause significant symptoms and have an impact on survival. Smoking is an important risk factor for COPD and is common in candidates for liver transplantation; however, the risk factors for and outcomes of COPD in this population are unknown.

Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, Ariel E. Feldstein, Arthur J. McCullough, Charles Miller, Federico Aucejo, Lisa Yerian, Rocio Lopez, Nizar N. Zein – 28 August 2008 – Although hyperinsulinemia and its associated metabolic syndrome (MS) have been implicated in the progression of hepatic fibrosis in hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients, little is known about the consequences of MS after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The aim of this study was to assess the association between MS and fibrosis progression in patients with recurrent HCV after OLT.

Anne‐Marie Roque‐Afonso, Marie‐Pierre Bralet, Philippe Ichai, Delphine Desbois, Parissa Vaghefi, Denis Castaing, Didier Samuel, Elisabeth Dussaix – 28 August 2008 – A 63‐year‐old woman treated with prednisone for sinusitis developed fulminant liver failure due to a clinically unsuspected primary varicella zoster virus infection. The diagnosis of herpetic hepatitis was made from a liver biopsy, and varicella zoster virus viremia was detected by polymerase chain reaction. She was treated successfully with transplantation and perioperative administration of acyclovir.

Stephen J. Polyak, Chihiro Morishima, Roy Hawke – 28 August 2008

Amedeo Lonardo, Paola Loria – 28 August 2008

Miquel Navasa, Xavier Forns – 28 August 2008

Hiroto Kayashima, Akinobu Taketomi, Yusuke Yonemura, Hideki Ijichi, Noboru Harada, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Yuji Soejima, Kengo Yoshimitsu, Yoshihiko Maehara – 28 August 2008 – In living donor liver transplantation, the estimated graft volume (GV) from young donors tends to be overestimated. One reason for this error may be a decrease in GV due to dehydration by University of Wisconsin (UW) solution. The aim of this study was to clarify (1) the usefulness of an age‐adjusted formula and (2) the correlation between the decrease in GV and donor age.