Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Hanns‐Ulrich Marschall, Hannes Hagström, Jonas Höijer, Olof Stephansson – 27 June 2017 – Liver biopsy is an important procedure in the investigation of liver disease. We examined pregnancy outcomes in women who underwent liver biopsy during pregnancy. In a nationwide population‐based cohort study we linked data from the Swedish Medical Birth Registry (for births between 1992 and 2011) with those from the Swedish Patient Registry. We identified 23 pregnancies exposed to liver biopsy.

Hannelie Korf, Schalk van der Merwe – 27 June 2017

Harrys A. Torres, Jeff Hosry, Parag Mahale, Minas P. Economides, Ying Jiang, Anna S. Lok – 27 June 2017 – Hepatitis C virus (HCV) reactivation in patients receiving cancer treatment has been reported in retrospective studies. We sought to determine prospectively the incidence, predictors, and clinical significance of HCV reactivation during cancer treatment. HCV‐infected patients receiving cancer treatment at our institution between November 2012 and July 2016 were studied.

Andreas Umgelter, Alexander Hapfelmeier, Wouter Kopp, Marieke van Rosmalen, Xavier Rogiers, Markus Guba, for the Eurotransplant Liver Advisory Committee – 26 June 2017 – The sickest‐first principle in donor‐liver allocation can be implemented by allocating organs to patients with cirrhosis with the highest Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores. For patients with other risk factors, standard exceptions (SEs) and nonstandard exceptions (NSEs) have been developed.

John O'Grady – 26 June 2017

Mitchell W. Ross, Matteo Cescon, Roberta Angelico, Enzo Andorno, Giorgio Rossi, Antonio Pinna, Luciano Carlis, Umberto Baccarani, Umberto Cillo, Michele Colledan, Vincenzo Mazzaferro, Giuseppe Tisone, Massimo Rossi, Fabio Tuzzolino, Duilio Pagano, Salvatore Gruttadauria, George Mazariegos, Bruno Gridelli, Marco Spada – 26 June 2017 – Split‐liver transplantation has been proposed as an alternative to whole liver (WL) transplantation to expand the donor pool, but studies comparing adult longterm outcomes between the 2 methods are conflicting and limited.

Meghan E. Sise – 26 June 2017

Ka Wing Ma, Kenneth S. H. Chok, Albert C. Y. Chan, Henry S. C. Tam, Wing Chiu Dai, Tan To Cheung, James Y. Y. Fung, Chung Mau Lo – 26 June 2017 – The objective of this article is to derive a more accurate and easy‐to‐use formula for finding estimated standard liver volume (ESLV) using novel computed tomography (CT) measurement parameters. New formulas for ESLV have been emerging that aim to improve the accuracy of estimation. However, many of these formulas contain body surface area measurements and logarithms in the equations that lead to a more complicated calculation.

Mohammed Al Sebayel, Faisal Abaalkhail, Saleh Al Abbad, Hamad AlBahili, Hussien Elsiesy, Maha Aleid, Waleed Al‐Hamoudi – 26 June 2017 – The first liver transplantation (LT) in Saudi Arabia was performed in 1991; however, it was not until 1994 that the first structured LT program was launched. Until 1997, all LTs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) were deceased donor liver transplantations.

Shinya Okumura, Tadahiro Uemura, Xiangdong Zhao, Yuki Masano, Tatsuaki Tsuruyama, Yasuhiro Fujimoto, Taku Iida, Shintaro Yagi, Dmitri Bezinover, Bruce Spiess, Toshimi Kaido, Shinji Uemoto – 26 June 2017 – The outcomes of liver transplantation (LT) from donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors remain poor due to severe warm ischemia injury. Perfluorocarbon (PFC) is a novel compound with high oxygen carrying capacity.