Hilar early division of the hepatic duct in living donor right hepatectomy: The probe‐and‐clamp technique

Giuliano Testa, Massimo Malagò, Marian Porubsky, Marin Marinov, Howard Sankary, José Oberholzer, Silvio Nadalin, Enrico Benedetti – 24 August 2006 – The division of the hepatic duct is one of the most challenging passages of the donor hepatectomy. We report our experience with the early division, prior to the liver parenchyma resection, of the hepatic duct and the definition of the biliary anatomy with a probe inserted in the proper hepatic duct. From February 2002 to December 2004, 40 donors (25 male, 15 female; mean age 34, range 20‐57) underwent right hepatectomy.

Use of the rendezvous technique in the treatment of biliary anastomotic disruption in a liver transplant recipient

Cüneyt Aytekin, Fatih Boyvat, Uğur Yılmaz, Ali Harman, Mehmet Haberal – 24 August 2006 – In liver transplant recipients, the treatment of a biliary leak resulting from anastomotic disruption usually requires surgical intervention. However, reoperation results in significant morbidity in such patients, whose clinical status may preclude a second surgery. Restoring the integrity of a disrupted biliary anastomosis can be difficult, and in some patients with that complication, neither the percutaneous technique nor the endoscopic approach effectively stents the biliary anastomosis.

Monoclonal antibody HCV‐AbXTL68 in patients undergoing liver transplantation for HCV: Results of a phase 2 randomized study

Thomas D. Schiano, Michael Charlton, Zobair Younossi, Eithan Galun, Timothy Pruett, Ran Tur‐Kaspa, Rachel Eren, Shlomo Dagan, Neil Graham, Paulette V. Williams, John Andrews – 24 August 2006 – A randomized, double‐blind, dose‐escalation study evaluated the safety and efficacy of hepatitis C virus (HCV)‐AbXTL68, a neutralizing, high‐affinity, fully human, anti‐E2 monoclonal antibody, in 24 HCV‐positive patients undergoing liver transplantation.

Influence of genotypes and precore mutations on fulminant or chronic outcome of acute hepatitis B virus infection

Atsushi Ozasa, Yasuhito Tanaka, Etsuro Orito, Masaya Sugiyama, Jong‐Hon Kang, Shuhei Hige, Tomoyuki Kuramitsu, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Eiji Tanaka, Shunichi Okada, Hajime Tokita, Yasuhiro Asahina, Kazuaki Inoue, Shinichi Kakumu, Takeshi Okanoue, Yoshikazu Murawaki, Keisuke Hino, Morikazu Onji, Hiroshi Yatsuhashi, Hiroshi Sakugawa, Yuzo Miyakawa, Ryuzo Ueda, Masashi Mizokami – 26 July 2006 – The outcome of acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is variable, influenced by host and viral factors.

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