Over the course of the last century, organ transplantation has overcome major technical
limitations to become the success it is today. The breakthroughs include developing …

Liver transplantation (LT) is a highly successful treatment for many patients with
nonmalignant and malignant liver diseases. However, there is a worldwide shortage of …

Importance Expansion of donor acceptance criteria for liver transplant increased the risk for
early allograft failure (EAF), and although EAF prediction is pivotal to optimize transplant …

Steatotic liver grafts represent the most common type of “extended criteria” organs that have
been introduced during the last two decades due to the disparity between liver transplant …

Background There is increasing need to expand availability of donor liver grafts, including
steatotic livers. Steatotic liver is associated with poor outcome post-transplantation but with …

We report the evidence-based Italian Association for the Study of Liver guidelines for the
appropriate diagnosis and management of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in …

Liver transplantation has been identified as the most effective treatment for patients with end-
stage liver diseases. However, hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is associated with …

Objective: To integrate the amount of hepatic steatosis in modern liver allocation models.
Background: The aim of this study was to combine the 2 largest liver transplant databases …

Background: Although there is a worldwide need to expand the pool of available liver grafts,
cadaveric livers with severe steatosis (> 60%) are discarded for orthotopic liver …

Linoleic and α-linolenic acids are the fatty acids designated as “essential” since they are not
synthesized by mammalian cells and must be provided in the diet. The recent dietary shift …