Lucas McCormack, Pierre‐Alain Clavien – 21 January 2005

See Ching Chan, Chung Mau Lo, Chi Leung Liu, Sheung Tat Fan – 21 January 2005

Anil S. Paramesh, Ralph B. Fairchild, Theresa M. Quinn, Fred Leya, Magdalene George, David H. Van Thiel – 21 January 2005 – A 53‐year‐old male with hepatitis C cirrhosis, who had been refused liver transplantation because of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC), underwent nonsurgical septal ablation using alcohol with resolution of his ventricular outflow obstruction. This patient was able to subsequently undergo a successful deceased donor liver transplantation. This is the first reported case of alcohol induced septal ablation being performed in a cirrhotic patient with HC.

Baburao Koneru, Adrian Fisher, Yan He, Kenneth M. Klein, Joan Skurnick, Dorian J. Wilson, Andrew N. de la Torre, Anand Merchant, Rakesh Arora, Arun K. Samanta – 21 January 2005 – Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) has the potential to decrease graft injury and morbidity after liver transplantation. We prospectively investigated the safety and efficacy of 5 minutes of IPC induced by hilar clamping in local deceased donor livers randomized 1 : 1 to standard (STD) recovery (N = 28) or IPC (N = 34).

Sammy Saab, Ayman B. Ibrahim, Alexander Shpaner, Zobair M. Younossi, Cindy Lee, Francisco Durazo, Steven Han, Karl Esrason, Victor Wu, Jonathan Hiatt, Douglas G. Farmer, R. Mark Ghobrial, Curtis Holt, Hasan Yersiz, Leonard I. Goldstein, Myron J. Tong, Ronald W. Busuttil – 21 January 2005 – Previous studies have demonstrated an association between Child Turcotte‐Pugh (CTP) class and impaired quality of life. However, the relationship between the model for end‐stage liver disease (MELD) score and quality of life (QOL) has not been well studied.

Pratima Sharma, Jorge Rakela – 21 January 2005

Richard B. Freeman – 21 January 2005

Brian D. Shames, Luis A. Fernandez, Hans W. Sollinger, L. Thomas Chin, Anthony M. D'Alessandro, Stuart J. Knechtle, Michael R. Lucey, Reza Hafez, Alexandru I. Musat, Munci Kalayoglu – 21 January 2005 – Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome is a rare complication of pregnancy that is associated with preeclampsia and may result in rupture of the liver. Although there have been case reports of liver transplantation for HELLP syndrome, the outcomes of transplantation for this rare indication have not been reported.

Michael G. Dulitz, Andre M. De Wolf, Hak Wong, Chris Wray, Saadia Sherwani, Josh Herborn, Robert L. Sufit, Alan J. Koffron – 21 January 2005 – We present a case of brachial plexus injury in a living‐related liver donor, most likely caused by compression of the plexus between the 1st rib and clavicle, the result of rib retraction for surgical exposure. (Liver Transpl 2005;11:233–235.)

Jai Young Cho, Kyung‐Suk Suh, Choon Hyuck Kwon, Nam‐Joon Yi, Soo Youn Cho, Ja‐June Jang, Se Hyung Kim, Kuhn Uk Lee – 21 January 2005 – The aim of this study was to assess histologic changes in steatotic grafts, regenerative capacity, and the outcome of steatotic grafts in living‐donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Between September 2002 and February 2004, 55 cases of LDLT with a liver biopsy performed on the 10th postoperative day were enrolled.