19 October 2005

Abraham Shaked – 19 October 2005

Katsuhiro Asonuma, Hideaki Okajima, Mikako Ueno, Takayuki Takeichi, Manuel E. Zeledon Ramirez, Yukihiro Inomata – 19 October 2005 – Duct‐to‐duct biliary reconstruction has been introduced in adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). In right‐lobe grafts, however, the presence of two or three separated bile duct orifices is not rare and makes an alternative approach for reconstruction necessary. We used the cystic duct for one of the anastomoses in biliary reconstruction for 5 right‐lobe living donor liver transplants with two separated ducts.

Alan Wilkinson, Phuong‐Thu Pham – 19 October 2005

Paul J. Thuluvath – 19 October 2005

Santiago J. Muñoz, Hisham ElGenaidi – 19 October 2005

Andrew Cameron, Ronald W. Busuttil – 19 October 2005

Wagner C. Marujo, Flavio Takaoka, Rita M. A. Moura, Fernando L. Pandullo, Andre R. Morrone, Marcelo M. Linhares, Alexandre Teruya, Isaac Altikes – 19 October 2005 – Hydrothorax is a frequent finding in patients with end‐stage liver disease. During the hepatectomy phase of liver transplantation, it is often needed to evacuate large pleural effusions. The acute expansion of the collapsed lung can cause reexpansion pulmonary edema with variable clinical significance. However, this complication has rarely been reported after liver transplantation.

Koichi Tanaka, John Lake, Federico Villamil, Gary Levy, Paul Marotta, Sergio Mies, Bernard de Hemptinne, Christian Moench – 19 October 2005 – New immunosuppressive agents and regimens should be evaluated specifically in living donor liver transplant patients due to potential clinical and pharmacokinetic differences between deceased donor and living donor transplant recipients.

Maud Bessems, Benedict M. Doorschodt, Jan van Marle, Heleen Vreeling, Alfred J. Meijer, Thomas M. van Gulik – 19 October 2005 – Waiting lists for transplantation have stimulated interest in the use of non‐heart‐beating donor (NHBD) organs. Recent studies on organ preservation have shown advantages of machine perfusion (MP) over cold storage (CS). To supply the liver with specific nutrients during MP, the preservation solution Polysol was developed. The aim of our study was to compare CS in University of Wisconsin solution (UW) with MP using UW‐gluconate (UW‐G) or Polysol in an NHBD model.