Richard K. Sterling – 27 December 2007

Farida Millwala, Dorry L. Segev, Paul J. Thuluvath – 27 December 2007 – Caroli's disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by intrahepatic cystic dilatation of the bile ducts that, when progressive, leads to intrahepatic stones, recurrent cholangitis, portal hypertension, cholangiocarcinoma, and liver failure. Liver transplantation is a promising curative option for advanced Caroli's disease.

Amir A. Firozvi, Christine H. Lee, Paul H. Hayashi – 27 December 2007 – The effect of patient travel time to a transplant center on outcomes is unknown. We compared outcomes between patients living >3 hours (Group A) vs. ≤3 (Group B) hours drive away. Adult, nonacute liver failure patients entering transplant evaluation from February 27, 2002 to January 31, 2005 were analyzed. Of 166 patients, 126 (75.5%) were listed and 66 (39.5%) received transplantation. Outcomes of interest were >90 days to list, listing, survival while listed, transplantation, and posttransplantation survival.

Geoffrey Nguyen, Paul J. Thuluvath – 27 December 2007

Benno Wölk, Heiner Wedemeyer – 27 December 2007

Radha K. Dhiman, Ajay Duseja, Yogesh K. Chawla – 27 December 2007

Shahid Habib, Obaid S. Shaikh – 27 December 2007

Hirofumi Akita, Hayato Hikita, Eigoro Yamanouchi, Shigeru Marubashi, Hiroaki Nagano, Koji Umeshita, Keizo Dono, Shusaku Tsutsui, Norio Hayashi, Morito Monden – 27 December 2007

Toru Ikegami, Yuji Soejima, Akinobu Taketomi, Hiroto Kayashima, Kensaku Sanefuji, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Noboru Harada, Yo‐Ichi Yamashita, Yoshihiko Maehara – 27 December 2007

Angelo Sangiovanni, Massimo Iavarone – 27 December 2007