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    Liver Transplantation: Volume 20, Issue 4

    401-506
    April 2014
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Original Articles

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Sarcopenia is a prognostic factor in living donor liver transplantation

Toshiro Masuda,  Ken Shirabe,  Toru Ikegami,  Norifumi Harimoto,  Tomoharu Yoshizumi,  Yuji Soejima,  Hideaki Uchiyama,  Tetsuo Ikeda,  Hideo Baba,  Yoshihiko Maehara, 
  • Pages: 401-407
  • First Published: 20 December 2013
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Clinical outcomes of living donor liver transplantation for patients 65 years old or older with preserved performance status

Toru Ikegami,  Yuki Bekki,  Daisuke Imai,  Tomoharu Yoshizumi,  Mizuki Ninomiya,  Hiromitsu Hayashi,  Yo-Ichi Yamashita,  Hideaki Uchiyama,  Ken Shirabe,  Yoshihiko Maehara, 
  • Pages: 408-415
  • First Published: 14 January 2014
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Written informed consent for living liver donor evaluation: Compliance with centers for medicare and medicaid services and organ procurement and transplantation network guidelines and alibi offers

Carrie Thiessen,  Yunsoo A. Kim,  Peter S. Yoo,  Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos,  David Mulligan,  Sanjay Kulkarni, 
  • Pages: 416-424
  • First Published: 10 January 2014
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Operative outcomes of adult living donor liver transplantation and deceased donor liver transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ping Wan,  Xin Yu,  Qiang Xia, 
  • Pages: 425-436
  • First Published: 30 January 2014
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Clinical implications of preoperative and intraoperative liver biopsies for evaluating donor steatosis in living related liver transplantation

Mi-Jung Jun,  Ju Hyun Shim,  So Yeon Kim,  Nieun Seo,  Kang Mo Kim,  Young-Suk Lim,  Han Chu Lee,  Eunsil Yu,  Sung-Gyu Lee, 
  • Pages: 437-445
  • First Published: 30 January 2014
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National assessment of early biliary complications following liver transplantation: Incidence and outcomes

David A. Axelrod,  Krista L. Lentine,  Huiling Xiao,  Nino Dzebisashvilli,  Mark Schnitzler,  Janet E. Tuttle-Newhall,  Dorry L. Segev, 
  • Pages: 446-456
  • First Published: 30 January 2014
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Duct-to-duct reconstruction in liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis is associated with fewer biliary complications in comparison with hepaticojejunostomy

Michael E. Sutton,  Rico D. Bense,  Ton Lisman,  Eric J. van der Jagt,  Aad P. van den Berg,  Robert J. Porte, 
  • Pages: 457-463
  • First Published: 24 January 2014
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Long-term outcomes after liver transplantation for deoxyguanosine kinase deficiency: A single-center experience and a review of the literature

Enke Grabhorn,  Konstantinos Tsiakas,  Uta Herden,  Lutz Fischer,  Peter Freisinger,  Thorsten Marquardt,  Rainer Ganschow,  Andrea Briem-Richter,  René Santer, 
  • Pages: 464-472
  • First Published: 30 January 2014
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Effect of pure microsteatosis on transplant outcomes after living donor liver transplantation: A matched case-control study

Sangbin Han,  Justin Sangwook Ko,  Gheeyoung Kwon,  Cheolkeun Park,  Sanghoon Lee,  Jongman Kim,  Gaabsoo Kim,  Choonhyuck David Kwon,  Misook Gwak,  Sangyun Ha, 
  • Pages: 473-482
  • First Published: 14 January 2014
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Changing etiologies and outcomes of acute liver failure: Perspectives from 6 transplant centers in Argentina

Manuel Mendizabal,  Sebastián Marciano,  María G. Videla,  Margarita Anders,  Alina Zerega,  Domingo C. Balderramo,  Débora Chan,  Martín Barrabino,  Octavio Gil,  Ricardo Mastai,  Silvina Yantorno,  Adrián Gadano,  Marcelo O. Silva, 
  • Pages: 483-489
  • First Published: 14 January 2014

Letters From the Frontline

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Raising-flap technique for outflow reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation

Long-Bin Jeng M.D.,  Ashok Thorat M.D.,  Ping-Chun Li M.D.,  Ming-Li Li M.D.,  Horng-Ren Yang M.D.,  Chun-Chieh Yeh M.D.,  Te-Hung Chen M.D.,  Chia-Hao Hsu M.D.,  Shih-Chao Hsu M.D.,  Kin-Shing Poon M.D., 
  • Pages: 490-492
  • First Published: 18 December 2013
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Fatal massive infectious gas gangrene in a liver transplant recipient

Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri M.D.,  Michel Rayar M.D.,  Laurent Sulpice M.D.,  Pauline Houssel-Debry M.D.,  Karim Boudjema M.D., Ph.D., 
  • Pages: 493-494
  • First Published: 10 January 2014

Letters to the Editors

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Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma with allografts from donors after circulatory death: Is the tumor recurrence genuinely increased?

Hynek Mergental M.D., Ph.D.,  Firas Zahr Eldeen M.D.,  Paolo Muiesan M.D.,  Darius Mirza M.D., 
  • Page: 495
  • First Published: 30 January 2014
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Kristopher Croome M.D., M.S., F.R.C.S.C.,  Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro M.D., 
  • Page: 496
  • First Published: 31 January 2014
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Attitudes of italian liver transplantation centers toward the eligibility of controversial candidates

Lucio Caccamo M.D., Ph.D.,  Barbara Antonelli M.D.,  Giorgio Rossi M.D., 
  • Pages: 497-498
  • First Published: 23 December 2013
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Katharine Secunda M.D.,  Josh Levitsky M.D., M.S., 
  • Page: 499
  • First Published: 30 January 2014
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Can we go further in translational medicine with silver-standard criteria for early allograft dysfunction?

Cleber R. Kruel M.D.,  Aljamir Chedid M.D.,  Tomaz Grezzana-Filho M.D.,  Ian Leipnitz M.D., 
  • Pages: 500-501
  • First Published: 07 January 2014
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Is the aerobic capacity at the time of cardiopulmonary exercise testing useful in predicting survival following liver transplantation?

Rebecca Young MBBS, MRCP,  Nick Murphy MBBS, FRCA, DipICM,  Ahmed M. Elsharkawy MBBS, MRCP, PhD, 
  • Page: 502
  • First Published: 30 January 2014
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William Bernal M.D.,  Julia Wendon M.B., Ch.B., 
  • Page: 503
  • First Published: 25 February 2014
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Muscle mass and mortality in chronic liver disease: The impact of testosterone

Marie Sinclair M.D.,  Peter W. Angus M.D.,  Mathis Grossmann M.D.,  Paul J. Gow M.D., 
  • Pages: 504-505
  • First Published: 20 December 2013
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Andrea DiMartini M.D.,  Mary Amanda Dew Ph.D., 
  • Page: 506
  • First Published: 03 February 2014