Loreto Hierro, Ruth Díez‐Dorado, Carmen Díaz, Angela De la Vega, Esteban Frauca, Carmen Camarena, Gema Muñoz‐Bartolo, Ana González de Zárate, Manuel López Santamaría, Paloma Jara – 30 July 2008 – Epstein‐Barr virus (EBV) infection after liver transplantation (LT) is associated with increased risk of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD). Lowering immunosuppression is the current method to prevent PTLD in LT children with a high viral load. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of valganciclovir (VGCV) in children with EBV infection after LT.

Jin Hyoung Kim, Gi‐Young Ko, Kyu‐Bo Sung, Hyun‐Ki Yoon, Dong Il Gwon, Kyung Rae Kim, Sung‐Gyu Lee – 30 July 2008 – Percutaneous transhepatic treatment may be effective in patients with bile leaks after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We therefore evaluated the clinical efficacy of percutaneous transhepatic treatment for biliary leaks in adult‐to‐adult LDLT recipients. Twenty‐three LDLT recipients underwent percutaneous transhepatic treatment to manage bile leaks. The treatment included percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) and drainage of perihepatic biloma.

C. Burcin Taner, Murat Dayangac, Baris Akin, Deniz Balci, Suleyman Uraz, Cihan Duran, Refik Killi, Omer Ayanoglu, Yildiray Yuzer, Yaman Tokat – 30 July 2008 – Living donor liver transplantation is now a common practice in countries in which the availability of cadaveric organs is limited. The preoperative preparation, intraoperative surgical technique, and postoperative care of donors and recipients have evolved in recent years.

Susumu Eguchi, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, Masaaki Hidaka, Koji Hamasaki, Kensuke Miyazaki, Takamitsu Inokuma, Tetsuo Tomonaga, Yoshitsugu Tajima, Tatsuki Ichikawa, Takashi Kanematsu – 30 July 2008

Justin Sang Ko, Mi Sook Gwak, Soo Joo Choi, Gaab Soo Kim, Jie Ae Kim, Mikyung Yang, Sangmin Maria Lee, Hyun Sung Cho, In Sun Chung, Myung Hee Kim – 30 July 2008 – Various volatile anesthetics have been used in hepatectomy in living donors, and their effects on major organs have been extensively evaluated. However, the impact of total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) on postoperative liver and renal functions after large liver resections has been less extensively investigated than that of volatile agents.

Martin Lagging, Nina Langeland, Court Pedersen, Martti Färkkilä, Mads Rauning Buhl, Kristine Mørch, Amar P. Dhillon, Åsa Alsiö, Kristoffer Hellstrand, Johan Westin, Peer Christensen, Peter Leutscher, Gunnar Norkrans – 29 July 2008

Joanne B. Krasnoff, Nathan M. Bass, Patricia L. Painter, Raphael B. Merriman – 29 July 2008

W. Ray Kim, Terry M. Therneau – 29 July 2008

Daniele Prati, Agostino Colli, Laura Porretti – 29 July 2008

Zachary D. Goodman, Hala R. Makhlouf, Lea Liu, William Balistreri, Regino P. Gonzalez‐Peralta, Barbara Haber, Maureen M. Jonas, Parvathi Mohan, Jean P. Molleston, Karen F. Murray, Michael R. Narkewicz, Philip Rosenthal, Lesley J. Smith, Kathleen B. Schwarz – 29 July 2008