Juli Busquets, Juan Figueras, Teresa Serrano, Jaume Torras, Emilio Ramos, Antonio Rafecas, Juan Fabregat, Carmen Lama, Xavier Xiol, Carme Baliellas, Eduardo Jaurrieta – 30 December 2003 – Biliary complications after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) may occur because of preservation injury (PI). In this study, we examine findings on routine reperfusion biopsy specimens in relation to the occurrence of biliary complications and graft outcome. From 1997 to 2000, a total of 193 OLTs were performed in our center.

Michael Tan, Antonio Di Carlo, Patrick Robinson, Jean I. Tchervenkov, Jeffrey S.T. Barkun, Peter Metrakos – 30 December 2003 – Because of the increasing gap in the number of patients awaiting organ transplantation and the supply of organ donors, reevaluation of donor criteria is an important issue in clinical transplantation. It has become necessary to make maximal use of the currently available donor pool.

Nicholas Onaca, Ruud A.F. Krom – 30 December 2003

Mario Rizzetto – 30 December 2003

Henkie P. Tan, Jay S. Markowitz, Robert A. Montgomery, William T. Merritt, Andrew S. Klein, Paul J. Thuluvath, F. Fred Poordad, Warren R. Maley, Bradford Winters, Seda B. Akinci, Sean P. Gaine – 30 December 2003 – Portopulmonary hypertension (PPHTN) is no longer an absolute contraindication to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The pre‐OLT management of patients with PPHTN requires early diagnosis and chronic therapy with intravenous epoprostenol to decrease pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR).

Eelco F.M. Wijdicks – 30 December 2003 – The clinical profile of neurotoxicity caused by immunosuppression has changed. When toxic levels are reached, both cyclosporine and tacrolimus may produce a clinical spectrum that varies from tremor and acute confusional state to status epilepticus and major speech or language abnormalities. Coma has become an unusual manifestation. Magnetic resonance imaging has been better defined, and abnormalities may be more widespread than those in the posterior lobes.

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Menahem Ben‐Haim, Sukru Emre, Thomas M. Fishbein, Patricia A. Sheiner, Carol A. Bodian, Leona Kim‐Schluger, Myron E. Schwartz, Charles M. Miller – 30 December 2003 – The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of the recipient's disease severity on graft size requirements and outcome in adult‐to‐adult living donor liver transplantation. A limiting factor in adult‐to‐adult living donor liver transplantation has been adequacy of graft size. A minimal graft‐recipient weight ratio (GRWR) of 0.8% to 1% has been suggested, without taking the recipient's disease into account.

Christopher E. Avendano, Patrick A. Flume, Prabhakar Baliga, David N. Lewin, Charlie Strange, Adrian Reuben – 30 December 2003 – Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is an infrequent complication of liver cirrhosis. Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has gained increasing acceptance as a treatment modality for HPS, although there have been reports of HPS developing after OLT with documented recurrence of cirrhosis. We describe the case of a 9‐year‐old boy who underwent OLT at 7 months of age because of biliary atresia.

Hasan Yersiz, John F. Renz, Garrett Hisatake, Paulo R. Reichert, Nicholas J. Feduska, Susan Lerner, Douglas G. Farmer, R. Mark Ghobrial, Sunil Geevarghese, Angeles Baquerizo, Pauline Chen, Ronald W. Busuttil – 30 December 2003