Liver transplantation for status 1: The consequences of good intentions

Sue V. McDiarmid, Nathan P. Goodrich, Ann M. Harper, Robert M. Merion – 24 April 2007 – Status 1 is the listing category reserved for patients awaiting liver transplantation who are at risk of imminent death. This high allocation priority was intended to benefit patients with acute liver failure and children with severe chronic liver failure. However, the status 1 criteria were not well defined.

Stereological evaluation of liver volume in living donor liver transplantation using MDCT via the cavalieri method

Cihan Duran, Bulent Aydinli, Yaman Tokat, Yildiray Yuzer, Mecit Kantarci, Metin Akgun, Kamil Yalcin Polat, Bünyami Unal, Refik Killi, S. Selcuk Atamanalp – 24 April 2007 – In living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), obtaining the precise volume of the graft is very important to decrease volume‐related postoperative complications, especially in cases with suspected small‐for size grafts.

Comparison of two techniques of transarterial chemoembolization before liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: A case‐control study

Sébastien Dharancy, Jeanne Boitard, Thomas Decaens, Géraldine Sergent, Emmanuel Boleslawski, Christophe Duvoux, Claire Vanlemmens, Carole Meyer, Jean Gugenheim, François Durand, Olivier Boillot, Nicole Declerck, Alexandre Louvet, Valérie Canva, Olivier Romano, Olivier Ernst, Philippe Mathurin, François René Pruvot – 10 April 2007 – Supraselective transarterial chemoembolization (STACE) more efficiently targets chemotherapy delivered via the feeding arterial branches of the tumor than does conventional transarterial chemoembolization (TACE).

Early and late outcome of cardiac surgery in patients with liver cirrhosis

Farzan Filsoufi, Sacha P. Salzberg, Parwis B. Rahmanian, Thomas D. Schiano, Hussien Elsiesy, Anthony Squire, David H. Adams – 10 April 2007 – Liver cirrhosis is a major risk factor in general surgery. Few studies have reported on the outcome of cardiac surgery in these patients. Herein we report our recent experience in this high‐risk patient population according to the Child‐Turcotte‐Pugh classification and Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score.

Bacterial translocation during liver transplantation: A randomized trial comparing conventional with venovenous bypass vs. piggyback methods

Edson Abdala, Carlos Eduardo Sandoli Baía, Sérgio Mies, Paulo Celso Bosco Massarollo, Norma de Paula Cavalheiro, Vania Regina Mollo Baía, Conceição Aparecida Félix Inácio, Henry Corazza Sef, Antonio Alci Barone – 29 March 2007 – The aim of this study was to evaluate the bacterial translocation in liver transplantation (LT), comparing the conventional and the piggyback methods. A total of 32 patients were randomized into the 2 groups. Samples of blood were collected from the radial artery, portal vein (PV) and hepatic vein (HV), in up to 120 minutes postreperfusion.

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