The European Liver Transplant Registry (ELTR) currently allows for the analysis of 44,286
liver transplantations (LTs) performed on 39,196 patients in a 13-year period. After an …

Mice containing livers repopulated with human hepatocytes would provide excellent in vivo
models for studies on human liver diseases and hepatotropic viruses, for which no …

Background Mortality after liver transplantation depends on heterogeneous recipient and
donor factors. Our aim was to assess risk of death and to develop models to help predict …

Recently we validated the donor risk index (DRI) as conducted by Feng et al. for the
Eurotransplant region. Although this scoring system is a valid tool for scoring donor liver quality, for …

… Rogiers and Dr. Broelsch for their innovative procedure of splitting the liver in situ for
grafting. Indeed, they transpose to the cadaveric donor the technique used for harvesting …

The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of right portal vein embolization (PVE)
vs. right portal vein ligation (PVL) for induction of hypertrophy of the left lateral liver lobe …

Living donor and split-liver transplantation techniques require the calculation of a standard
liver volume (SLV) as a reference point for the minimal volume necessary for the recipient. …

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The results of liver transplantation for Budd–Chiari syndrome (BCS)
are poorly known and the role and timing of the procedure are still controversial. The aim of …

Background & Aims Machine perfusion is a novel method intended to optimize livers before
transplantation. However, its effect on morbidity within a 1-year period after transplantation …

Cancer-associated stromal fibroblasts (CAFs) are the main cellular constituents of reactive
stroma in primary and metastatic cancer. We analyzed phenotypical characteristics of CAFs …