...Santiago Sánchez-Cabús; David Calatayud; Joana Ferrer; Víctor Molina; Mihai-Calin Pavel; Jaime Sampson; David Saavedra; Constantino Fondevila; Josep Fuster; Juan Carlos García-Valdecasas Background: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) entails a significant number of bile duct complications...

...Andreas Andreou; Marcus Bahra; Safak Guel; Benjamin Struecker; Igor M. Sauer; Fritz Klein; Andreas Pascher; Johann Pratschke; Daniel Seehofer Background: Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) beyond the Milan criteria are expected to have inferior outcome after liver transplantation (LT...

...) for the assessment of apoptosis. The assay was carried out following the manufacturer's instructions. Ischemia/reperfusion injury Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition Warm ischemia Kupffer cell depletion Liver transplantation Hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major clinical problem that occurs...

... a liver transplant (LT) in the past, with an end-stage liver disease due to recurrent hepatitis C virus cirrhosis, suffering acute-on-chronic liver failure while on the waiting list for an LT, received HT as a bridge to whole-organ retransplantation. After HT and during intensive care unit admission...

...). The 14 patients with FH were divided into two subgroups depending upon the history of plasma exchange (PE) before their plasma sample collection. The hepatic levels of HMGB1 were measured in tissue samples from 3 patients with FH who underwent living-donor liver transplantation and from 3 healthy living...

...B.-S. Fu; T. Zhang; H. Li; S.-H. Yi; G.-S. Wang; C. Xu; Y. Yang; C.-J. Cai; M.-Q. Lu; G.-H. Chen Background/Aim: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is not a widely accepted indication for liver transplantation (LT). The present study describes our institutional experience with patients who...

... be avoided in cases of malignancy. However, the risks of IBSA might be acceptable in liver transplantation (LT) for selected small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods: In total, 136 recipients of LT with histologically proven HCC in the explanted liver were included in this analysis. With regard...

...Y.B. Wu; Q.M. Huang; J.F. Liu Background: This study aims to establish a stable chronic rejection model for orthotopic liver transplantation in the rat and to describe the pathological features of this model. Methods: The livers from different strains of rats were transplanted in various allogeneic...

...’ immunosuppression in liver transplant recipients with high lab-MELD scores and renal dysfunction at the time of transplantation has the potential to substantially improve short- and long-term outcomes. 3 05 2010 30 09 2010 22 11 2010 © 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel 2010 Copyright / Drug Dosage...

...M. Heuer; R. Reinhardt; G. Kneiseler; P. Würzinger; X. Zou; F. Hua; F. Jian; A. Paul; G.M. Kaiser Introduction: A model of orthotopic liver transplantation in swine was developed to investigate an advanced reperfusion approach. Thereby, we consciously disclaim otherwise commonly practiced...

... on the apoptosis of infiltrating lymphocytes and examine the efficacy of hIL-10 gene transfer in combination with subtherapeutic doses of cyclosporine A (CsA) in a rat liver transplantation model. Methods: Inbred male DA and LEW rats were used for liver donors and recipients, respectively. The rats were divided...

...T. Piardi; M. Audet; M. Odeh; F. Panaro; M. Cag; J. El-ahmar; G.L. Baiocchi; A. Schneider; P. Wolf Introduction: Treatment of a recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after liver transplantation. Surgery has seldom been considered in such a situation because HCC recurrences are generally...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Liver transplantation Liver oxygenation Predictor Dog 21 11 1994 18 01 1996 24 4 2008 European...

...T. Okanoue; M. Kimoto; A. Maki; Y. Usui; N. Nishimura; N. Kobayashi; Y. Kamiyama; K. Ozawa Changes in the composition of serum bile acids were investigated after orthotopic liver transplantation in piglets. Serum levels of all bile acid components rapidly increased during the anhepatic phase...

...D. Zhao; A.M. Wheatley A total of 112 orthotopic liver transplants with (AOLT) and without (NOLT) rearterialization were performed in 2 series using male Lewis rats as donors and recipients. In the first series, the 2-week survival rates were 5/11 (45.5%) in the NOLT group and 22/31 (71...

...T. Morimoto; M. Ukikusa; Y. Taki; K. Koizumi; N. Yokoo; A. Tanaka; M. Noguchi; S. Yamamoto; N. Nitta; Y. Kamiyama; Y. Yamaoka; K. Ozawa To evaluate the function of energy metabolism in allografts after liver transplantation, changes in hepatic energy charge levels, oxidative and phosphorylative...

.... Occlusion of the portal vein Liver transplantation Shock Endotoxemia Disseminated intravascular coagulation Eur. surg. Res. 20: 39-45 (1988) © 1988 S. Karger AG. Basel 0 0 1 4 -3 12X/88/0201 -0039S2.75/0 Prevention of Death following One-Hour Occlusion of the Portal Vein in the Rat F. Filipponi. J...

...J.C. Thies; P.K. Walter; F.A. Zimmermann; G. Dickneite; H.H. Sedlacek; H.E.. Keller; G. Feifel (–) 15-Deoxyspergualin, originally discovered as an antitumoral drug, was shown to have different immunosuppressive effects, when pancreas and orthotopic allogeneic liver transplantations in rats were...

... model for comparison with the posttransplantation reaction in the grafted human liver. 8 07 1980 8 02 1982 18 4 2008 Eur. surg. Res. 14: 428-439 (1982) Postoperative Reactions of Rats after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Model for the Human Response? A Histological...

...A.A. Bom-van Noorloos; J.J. Visser; H.A. Drexhage; S. Meijer; H.F.W. Hoitsma The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of cyclosporin A (CyA) in prolonging graft survival after orthotopic porcine liver transplantation in mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) mismatched couples. CyA was given...