Hirofumi Akita, Hayato Hikita, Eigoro Yamanouchi, Shigeru Marubashi, Hiroaki Nagano, Koji Umeshita, Keizo Dono, Shusaku Tsutsui, Norio Hayashi, Morito Monden – 27 December 2007
Shahid Habib, Obaid S. Shaikh – 27 December 2007
Radha K. Dhiman, Ajay Duseja, Yogesh K. Chawla – 27 December 2007
Benno Wölk, Heiner Wedemeyer – 27 December 2007
Geoffrey Nguyen, Paul J. Thuluvath – 27 December 2007
Amir A. Firozvi, Christine H. Lee, Paul H. Hayashi – 27 December 2007 – The effect of patient travel time to a transplant center on outcomes is unknown. We compared outcomes between patients living >3 hours (Group A) vs. ≤3 (Group B) hours drive away. Adult, nonacute liver failure patients entering transplant evaluation from February 27, 2002 to January 31, 2005 were analyzed. Of 166 patients, 126 (75.5%) were listed and 66 (39.5%) received transplantation. Outcomes of interest were >90 days to list, listing, survival while listed, transplantation, and posttransplantation survival.
Farida Millwala, Dorry L. Segev, Paul J. Thuluvath – 27 December 2007 – Caroli's disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by intrahepatic cystic dilatation of the bile ducts that, when progressive, leads to intrahepatic stones, recurrent cholangitis, portal hypertension, cholangiocarcinoma, and liver failure. Liver transplantation is a promising curative option for advanced Caroli's disease.
Richard K. Sterling – 27 December 2007
Thomas R. Riley – 27 December 2007
Tanya Newnham, Winita Hardikar, Katrina Allen, R. Mark Wellard, Charles Hamilton, Peter Angus, Robert Jones, Avihu Boneh – 27 December 2007 – We report successful liver transplantation in a young adult with argininosuccinic aciduria but without cirrhosis. Plasma amino acid profile normalized and brain magnetic resonance spectroscopy indicated improved metabolism after transplantation. The general well‐being of the patient and his quality of life improved.