Impact of Prior Bariatric Surgery on Perioperative Liver Transplant Outcomes

Rajab Idriss, Jeanette Hasse, Tiffany Wu, Fatima Khan, Giovanna Saracino, Greg McKenna, Giuliano Testa, James Trotter, Goran Klintmalm, Sumeet K. Asrani – 28 October 2018 – Bariatric surgery (BS) is effective in treating morbid obesity, but the impact of prior BS on candidacy for liver transplantation (LT) is unclear. We examined 78 patients with cirrhosis with prior BS compared with a concurrent cohort of 156 patients matched by age, Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease score, and underlying liver disease.

Hepatology Highlights

Norihiro Imai, Tibor I. Krisko, Zaid H. Tafesh, Catherine Lucero, Michele Alves‐Bezerra, Hayley T. Nicholls, Sandra Steensels, Baran A. Ersoy, Russell Rosenblatt, Robert E. Schwartz, Vikas Gupta, Zurabi Lominadze, Brett E. Fortune – 27 October 2018

Hepatology Highlights

Norihiro Imai, Tibor I. Krisko, Zaid H. Tafesh, Catherine Lucero, Michele Alves‐Bezerra, Hayley T. Nicholls, Sandra Steensels, Baran A. Ersoy, Russell Rosenblatt, Robert E. Schwartz, Vikas Gupta, Zurabi Lominadze, Brett E. Fortune – 27 October 2018

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is Cost‐Effective for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance in High‐Risk Patients With Cirrhosis

Hye‐Lin Kim, Jihyun An, Jae‐A Park, Seung‐Hoo Park, Young‐Suk Lim, Eui‐Kyung Lee – 26 October 2018 – Ultrasonography (US) is generally recommended for the surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients at risk. However, in patients with cirrhosis who have sufficiently high HCC incidence, surveillance using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with liver‐specific contrast showed markedly higher sensitivity in detecting early‐stage HCC than US.

Pilot, Open, Randomized, Prospective Trial for Normothermic Machine Perfusion Evaluation in Liver Transplantation From Older Donors

Davide Ghinolfi, Erion Rreka, Vincenzo De Tata, Maria Franzini, Daniele Pezzati, Vanna Fierabracci, Matilde Masini, Andrea Cacciatoinsilla, Maria Lucia Bindi, Lorella Marselli, Valentina Mazzotti, Riccardo Morganti, Piero Marchetti, Giandomenico Biancofiore, Daniela Campani, Aldo Paolicchi, Paolo De Simone – 26 October 2018 – Ex situ normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) might minimize ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) of liver grafts. In this study, 20 primary liver transplantation recipients of older grafts (≥70 years) were randomized 1:1 to NMP or cold storage (CS) groups.

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