Changing pattern of biliary complications in an evolving liver transplant unit

Ashwin Rammohan, Sanjay Govil, Joy Vargese, Venugopal Kota, Mettu S. Reddy, Mohamed Rela – 2 February 2017 – Biliary complications (BCs) remain a significant cause of morbidity following liver transplantation (LT). This series of 640 LT recipients with a blend of living and deceased donor transplants was analyzed to determine the incidence, risk factors, management protocol, and outcomes in these patients. Review of a prospectively collected database of transplant recipients operated between August 2009 and June 2016 was performed.

Apolipoprotein(a) inhibits hepatitis C virus entry through interaction with infectious particles

Catarina Oliveira, Carole Fournier, Véronique Descamps, Virginie Morel, Corey A. Scipione, Rocco Romagnuolo, Marlys L. Koschinsky, Agnès Boullier, Paulo Marcelo, Jean‐Marc Domon, Etienne Brochot, Gilles Duverlie, Catherine Francois, Sandrine Castelain, Francois Helle – 2 February 2017 – The development of different cell culture models has greatly contributed to increased understanding of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) life cycle. However, it is still challenging to grow HCV clinical isolates in cell culture.

Safety and efficacy of transhepatic and transsplenic access for endovascular management of portal vein complications after liver transplantation

Joon‐Young Ohm, Gi‐Young Ko, Kyu‐Bo Sung, Dong‐Il Gwon, Heung Kyu Ko – 2 February 2017 – The purpose of this article is to evaluate and compare the safety and efficacy of endovascular management of the portal vein (PV) via percutaneous transsplenic access versus percutaneous transhepatic access in liver transplantation (LT) recipients. A total of 18 patients who underwent endovascular management of PV via percutaneous transhepatic (n = 8) and transsplenic (n = 10) access were enrolled.

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