Long‐Term Safety and Efficacy of Pure Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy in Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Wan‐Joon Kim, Ki‐Hun Kim, Hwui‐Dong Cho, Jung‐Man Namgoong, Shin Hwang, Jeong‐Ik Park, Sung‐Gyu Lee – 5 October 2020 – Laparoscopic living donor hepatectomy for transplantation has been well established over the past decade. This study aimed to assess its safety and feasibility in pediatric living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) by comparing the surgical and long‐term survival outcomes on both the donor and recipient sides between open and laparoscopic groups.

Epigenome‐Wide Analysis of Methylation Changes in the Sequence of Gallstone Disease, Dysplasia, and Gallbladder Cancer

Johannes Brägelmann, Carol Barahona Ponce, Katherine Marcelain, Stephanie Roessler, Benjamin Goeppert, Ivan Gallegos, Alicia Colombo, Verónica Sanhueza, Erik Morales, María Teresa Rivera, Gonzalo Toro, Alejandro Ortega, Bettina Müller, Fernando Gabler, Dominique Scherer, Melanie Waldenberger, Eva Reischl, Felix Boekstegers, Valentina Garate‐Calderon, Sinan U. Umu, Trine B. Rounge, Odilia Popanda, Justo Lorenzo Bermejo – 5 October 2020

Modeling Outcomes in Children With Biliary Atresia With Native Liver After 2 Years of Age

Veena Venkat, Vicky L. Ng, John C. Magee, Wen Ye, Kieran Hawthorne, Sanjiv Harpavat, Jean P. Molleston, Karen F. Murray, Kasper S. Wang, Nisreen Soufi, Lee M. Bass, Estella M. Alonso, Jorge A. Bezerra, M. Kyle Jensen, Binita M. Kamath, Kathleen M. Loomes, Cara L. Mack, Philip Rosenthal, Benjamin L. Shneider, Robert H. Squires, Ronald J. Sokol, Saul J. Karpen, for the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network – 3 October 2020 – Approximately 50% of infants with biliary atresia (BA) undergoing Kasai portoenterostomy show survival with native liver (SNL) at age 2 years.

Analysis of Survival Benefits of Living Versus Deceased Donor Liver Transplant in High Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease and Hepatorenal Syndrome

Tiffany Cho‐Lam Wong, James Yan‐Yue Fung, Herbert H. Pang, Calvin Ka‐Lam Leung, Hoi‐Fan Li, Sui‐Ling Sin, Ka‐Wing Ma, Brian Wong‐Hoi She, Jeff Wing‐Chiu Dai, Albert Chi‐Yan Chan, Tan‐To Cheung, Chung‐Mau Lo – 2 October 2020

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