James D. Perkins – 23 May 2006
Pietro Majno, Vincenzo Mazzaferro – 23 May 2006
Muslim Atiq, Guy W. Neff, Christos Argyropoulos, Mark Schroer, Nyingi Kemmer, Fredrick Weber, Joseph Buell – 23 May 2006
Shin Hwang, Sung‐Gyu Lee, Young‐Joo Lee, Kyu‐Bo Sung, Kwang‐Min Park, Ki‐Hun Kim, Chul‐Soo Ahn, Deok‐Bog Moon, Gyu‐Sam Hwang, Kyung‐Mo Kim, Tae‐Yong Ha, Dong‐Sik Kim, Jae‐Pil Jung, Gi‐Won Song – 23 May 2006 – Serious complications have occurred in a considerable proportion of living donors of liver transplants, but data from a single high‐volume center has rarely been available. We analyzed the medical records of donors and recipients of the first 1,000 living donor liver transplants, performed at Asan Medical Center from December 1994 to June 2005, with a focus on donor safety.
Ashok Jain, Ravi Mohanka, Mark Orloff, Peter Abt, Charlotte Ryan, Adel Bozorgzadeh – 23 May 2006
Yasutsugu Takada, Mikiko Ueda, Takashi Ito, Seisuke Sakamoto, Hironori Haga, Yoji Maetani, Kohei Ogawa, Mureo Kasahara, Fumitaka Oike, Hiroto Egawa, Koichi Tanaka – 23 May 2006 – Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has evolved to represent an important surgical strategy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, due to disadvantages, including donor risks and higher rates of perioperative complications, LDLT has been considered as a second‐line treatment in Japan.
23 May 2006
Yuji Soejima, Akinobu Taketomi, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Hideaki Uchiyama, Noboru Harada, Hideki Ijichi, Yusuke Yonemura, Tetsuo Ikeda, Mitsuo Shimada, Yoshihiko Maehara – 23 May 2006 – Biliary complications, biliary strictures (BS) in particular, continue to be a significant cause of morbidity after LDLT despite technical refinement. In this study, we assessed the incidence of BS and their management in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) with special reference to the type of biliary reconstruction.
Jeong M. Park, Kathleen D. Lake, Robert J. Fontana – 23 May 2006