An artificial vascular graft is a useful interpositional material for drainage of the right anterior section in living donor liver transplantation

Nam‐Joon Yi, Kyung‐Suk Suh, Hae Won Lee, Eung‐Ho Cho, Woo Young Shin, Jai Young Cho, Kuhn Uk Lee – 30 July 2007 – Congestion in the anterior section in a right liver (RL) without a middle hepatic vein (MHV) may lead to graft dysfunction. To solve this problem, an RL draining MHV branches with autologous or cryopreserved vessels can be introduced. However, these vessels are often unavailable, and their preparation is time‐consuming. An expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) graft may be used for anterior section drainage.

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography in post–orthotopic liver transplant population with Roux‐en‐Y biliary reconstruction

Prabhleen Chahal, Todd H. Baron, John J. Poterucha, Charles B. Rosen – 30 July 2007 – Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) is a well‐established modality for diagnostic and therapeutic maneuvers in pancreaticobiliary disorders. However, it is technically more challenging in patients with postsurgical anatomy like Roux‐en‐Y anastomoses. Its effectiveness in post–orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) patients with Roux‐en‐Y biliary reconstruction has not been reported. We sought to assess the efficacy and safety of ERC in this patient population.

An integrated MELD model including serum sodium and age improves the prediction of early mortality in patients with cirrhosis

Angelo Luca, Berhard Angermayr, Guido Bertolini, Franz Koenig, Giovanni Vizzini, Martin Ploner, Markus Peck‐Radosavljevic, Bruno Gridelli, Jaime Bosch – 30 July 2007 – The Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) is widely used to predict the short‐term mortality in patients with cirrhosis, but potential limitations of this score have been reported. The aim of this study was to improve the score's prognostic accuracy by assessing new objective variables.

The impact of serum sodium concentration on mortality after liver transplantation: A cohort multicenter study

Muhammad F. Dawwas, James D. Lewsey, James M. Neuberger, Alexander E. Gimson – 30 July 2007 – Modification of the current allocation system for donor livers in the United States to incorporate recipient serum sodium concentration ([Na]) has recently been proposed. However, the impact of this parameter on posttransplantation mortality has not been previously examined in a large risk‐adjusted analysis.

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