Yuki Imaoka, Masahiro Ohira, Ryosuke Nakano, Seiichi Shimizu, Shintaro Kuroda, Hiroyuki Tahara, Kentaro Ide, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Hideki Ohdan – 18 July 2018 – Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) is known as a risk factor of coronary artery disease, stroke, hyperphosphatemia, chronic inflammation, diabetes, and decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate. However, the clinical implications of incidental AAC findings in liver transplantation (LT) have not been evaluated in terms of posttransplantation survival and complications.

Eva‐Doreen Pfister, André Karch, René Adam, Wojciech G. Polak, Vincent Karam, Darius Mirza, John O’Grady, Jürgen Klempnauer, Raymond Reding, Piotr Kalicinski, Ahmet Coker, Pavel Trunecka, Ibrahim Astarcioglu, Emmanual Jacquemin, Johann Pratschke, Andreas Paul, Irinel Popescu, Stefan Schneeberger, Oliver Boillot, Lutz Fischer, Rafael T.

Abhilash Koratala, Kawther F. Alquadan – 18 July 2018

Friedrich Foerster, Peter R. Galle – 18 July 2018

Michael L. Schilsky – 18 July 2018

Michael J. Vinikoor, Edford Sinkala, Belinda Chihota, Annie Kanunga, Gilles Wandeler – 18 July 2018

Olivier Sérée, Mario Altieri, Elodie Guillaume, Rémy De Mil, Thierry Lobbedez, Philip Robinson, Philippe Segol, Ephrem Salamé, Armand Abergel, Olivier Boillot, Filomena Conti, Olivier Chazouillères, Maryline Debette‐Gratien, Dominique Debray, Géraldine Hery, Sébastien Dharancy, François Durand, Christophe Duvoux, Claire Francoz, Jean Gugenheim, Jean Hardwigsen, Pauline Houssel‐Debry, Emmanuel Jacquemin, Nassim Kamar, Marianne Latournerie, Pascal Lebray, Vincent Leroy, Alessandra Mazzola, Martine Neau‐Cransac, Georges‐Philippe Pageaux, Sylvie Radenne, Faouzi Saliba, Didier Samuel, Claire Van

Choon Hyuck David Kwon, Gyu‐Seong Choi, Jong Man Kim, Chan Woo Cho, Jinsoo Rhu, Gaab Soo Kim, Dong Hyun Sinn, Jae‐Won Joh – 18 July 2018 – Even after 2 decades of experience in laparoscopic hepatectomy, data on purely laparoscopic approach for donor hepatectomy in adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) are limited. We report our initial experience of a purely laparoscopic approach for donor hepatectomy for adult recipients to explore its potential application in the management of donors.

Eva Román, Cristina Gely, Montse Flavià, Maria Poca, Edilmar Alvarado, Víctor Vargas, Carlos Guarner, Germán Soriano – 17 July 2018

Xueqiong Zhou, Ying Wen, Ye Tian, Meiling He, Xiangyu Ke, Zhizhou Huang, Yangfan He, Lixia Liu, Annette Scharf, Meiting Lu, Guowei Zhang, Yaotang Deng, Yuxia Yan, Matthias P. Mayer, Xuemei Chen, Fei Zou – 17 July 2018 – B‐cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl‐2)‐associated transcription factor 1 (Bclaf1) is known to be involved in diverse biological processes, but, to date, there has been no evidence for any functional role of Bclaf1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression.