Objective This study reviews the indications, technical aspects, and experience with ex vivo
and in situ split liver transplantation. Background The shortage of cadaveric donor livers is …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a prevalent infection in most developed countries
affecting 1.5–2% of the general population [1]. The natural history of this infection has been …

Why do people purchase health insurance? Many economists would answer that it permits
purchasers to avoid risk of financial loss. This note suggests that health insurance is also …

Why do people buy health insurance? Conventional theory holds that people purchase
insurance because they prefer the certainty of paying a small premium to the risk of getting …

Objective To analyze a single center's 13-year experience with 569 pediatric orthotopic liver
transplants for end-stage liver disease. Summary Background Data Despite advances in …

Background: Among persons who receive solid organ transplants, liver transplant recipients
have the highest incidence of invasive fungal infection; however, no antifungal prophylaxis …

Cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCC) is a biliary malignancy that frequently presents in
advanced unresectable stages. The role of liver transplantation (LT) as a surgical modality is …

Objective The authors determined the long-term outcome of patients undergoing hepatic
retransplantation at their institution. Donor, operative, and recipient factors impacting on …

We evaluated the efficacy of the prophylactic administration of ε-aminocaproic acid and
tranexamic acid for reducing blood product requirements in orthotopic liver transplantation …

Despite current approaches to prophylaxis, cytomegalovirus (CMV) continues to be a
common cause of infection and disease in solid-organ-transplant patients. Thus, we …