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View article: Intrauterine high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy during pregnancy for women with a history of pregnancy ending in documented neonatal haemochromatosis (NH001): study protocol
Intrauterine high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy during pregnancy for women with a history of pregnancy ending in documented neonatal haemochromatosis (NH001): study protocol Open
Introduction Neonatal haemochromatosis, considered to be a gestational alloimmune liver disease (NH-GALD), is a rare but serious disease that results in fulminant hepatic failure. The recurrence rate of NH-GALD in a subsequent infant of a …
View article: Impact of donor BMI on donor safety and recipient survival in living liver transplantation: A propensity score matching analysis
Impact of donor BMI on donor safety and recipient survival in living liver transplantation: A propensity score matching analysis Open
View article: Night‐Time Chronotherapy with Methylprednisolone Prevents an Acute Rejection in Pediatric Patients with Liver Transplantation: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Night‐Time Chronotherapy with Methylprednisolone Prevents an Acute Rejection in Pediatric Patients with Liver Transplantation: A Randomized Clinical Trial Open
While endogenous cortisol secretion rises in the early morning, the number of lymphocytes in the blood is higher at night, thus exhibiting an antiphase pattern to cortisol secretion. Therefore, compared with the daytime, the infiltration o…
View article: Successful Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation with Median Sternotomy for Budd–Chiari Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Successful Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation with Median Sternotomy for Budd–Chiari Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Open
This case report highlights the potential utility of median sternotomy during LT for BCS, particularly for cases with concerns regarding thrombus migration from the suprahepatic IVC, the need for rapid thrombectomy in the event of pulmonar…
View article: A Novel Tissue Microarray Method Using Double-Sided Adhesive Tape Enables High-Resolution Spatial Transcriptomics from Liver Needle Biopsies
A Novel Tissue Microarray Method Using Double-Sided Adhesive Tape Enables High-Resolution Spatial Transcriptomics from Liver Needle Biopsies Open
View article: Liver resection volume-dependent pancreatic strain following living donor hepatectomy
Liver resection volume-dependent pancreatic strain following living donor hepatectomy Open
The liver and pancreas work together to recover homeostasis after hepatectomy. This study aimed to investigate the effect of liver resection volume on the pancreas. We collected clinical data from 336 living liver donors. They were categor…
View article: Rapid blood cell recovery with immunosuppressive therapy combined with romiplostim in a patient with very severe hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia who underwent liver transplantation
Rapid blood cell recovery with immunosuppressive therapy combined with romiplostim in a patient with very severe hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia who underwent liver transplantation Open
Patients with hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia (HAA) who undergo living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) have a poor prognosis with infectious and bleeding complications. Immunosuppressive therapy (IST) combined with thrombopoietin (…
View article: The Impact of Liver Resection Volume on Pancreatic Function: Novel Insights into Acute Liver-Pancreas Crosstalk After Hepatectomy
The Impact of Liver Resection Volume on Pancreatic Function: Novel Insights into Acute Liver-Pancreas Crosstalk After Hepatectomy Open
The liver and pancreas work together to recover homeostasis after hepatectomy. This study aimed to investigate the effect of liver resection volume on the pancreas. We collected clinical data from 338 living liver donors. They were categor…
View article: Status of 18 pediatric cases of COVID-19 post-liver transplantation
Status of 18 pediatric cases of COVID-19 post-liver transplantation Open
We describe our experience with COVID-19 after pediatric liver transplantation (LT). In this study, we analyzed 18 of 196 children who contracted COVID-19 after LT during outpatient follow-up at our department. The severity of COVID-19 was…
View article: Hepatolithiasis After Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Pediatric Patients: Mechanism, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis
Hepatolithiasis After Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Pediatric Patients: Mechanism, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis Open
There is little information about the outcomes of pediatric patients with hepatolithiasis after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We retrospectively reviewed hepatolithiasis after pediatric LDLT. Between May 2001 and December 2020…
View article: Outcomes After Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Pediatric Patients with Inherited Metabolic Diseases
Outcomes After Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Pediatric Patients with Inherited Metabolic Diseases Open
BACKGROUND There is no consensus about the long-term prognosis of pediatric patients with a variety of rare liver diseases but with inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs). We retrospectively reviewed the developmental outcomes of patients wit…
View article: Successful living donor liver transplantation for liver failure due to maternal T cell engraftment following cord blood transplantation in X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disease: Case report
Successful living donor liver transplantation for liver failure due to maternal T cell engraftment following cord blood transplantation in X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disease: Case report Open
Maternal T cells from perinatal transplacental passage have been identified in up to 40% of patients with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Although engrafted maternal T cells sometimes injure newborn tissue, liver failure due to ma…
View article: Antithrombin III treatment for portal vein thrombosis after living donor liver transplantation: a case report
Antithrombin III treatment for portal vein thrombosis after living donor liver transplantation: a case report Open
Background There have been no reports on the effectiveness of the administration of antithrombin III (AT III) for post-transplant portal vein thrombosis (PVT). We herein report a case of post-transplant PVT that was resolved by AT III trea…
View article: Pregnancy Outcomes Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience in Japan
Pregnancy Outcomes Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience in Japan Open
BACKGROUND The number of pregnancies after liver transplantation (LT) is increasing; however, the safety and incidence of complications associated with these pregnancies are still unclear. In this report, we retrospectively assessed the in…
View article: Interventional radiology treatment for vascular and biliary complications following pediatric living donor liver transplantation - a retrospective study
Interventional radiology treatment for vascular and biliary complications following pediatric living donor liver transplantation - a retrospective study Open
There are few long-term outcome reports for interventional radiology (IVR) treatments for vascular and biliary complications following pediatric living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Herein, we presented our institution's experience a…
View article: Rescue case of low birth weight infant with acute hepatic failure
Rescue case of low birth weight infant with acute hepatic failure Open
The patient was 1594 g and 323/7 gestational wk at birth. At the age of 11 d, she developed acute liver failure due to gestational alloimmune liver disease. Exchange transfusion and high-dose gamma globulin therapy were initiate…
View article: Longterm outcome of rendezvous technique for hepaticojejunal anastomotic obstruction after pediatric living donor liver transplantation
Longterm outcome of rendezvous technique for hepaticojejunal anastomotic obstruction after pediatric living donor liver transplantation Open
[The copyright line for this article was changed on March 13, 2020 after original online publication.] Hironori Yamamoto consults for and received grants from Fujifilm Corp. Yukihiro Sanada is responsible for the study design. Yukihiro San…
View article: Immunohistochemical evaluation for outflow reconstruction using opened round ligament in living donor right posterior sector graft liver transplantation: A case report
Immunohistochemical evaluation for outflow reconstruction using opened round ligament in living donor right posterior sector graft liver transplantation: A case report Open
Utilizing the opened round ligament as venous grafts during liver transplantation is useful but controversial, and there are no pathological analyses of this procedure. Herein, we describe the first reported case of a pathological analysis…
View article: Pediatric living donor liver transplantation for congenital hepatic fibrosis using a mother’s graft with von Meyenburg complex: A case report
Pediatric living donor liver transplantation for congenital hepatic fibrosis using a mother’s graft with von Meyenburg complex: A case report Open
This is the first report of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF) using a mother's graft with von Meyenburg complex. A 6-year-old girl with CHF, who suffered from recurrent gastrointestinal bleedin…
View article: Successful rescue of disseminated varicella infection with multiple organ failure in a pediatric living donor liver transplant recipient: a case report and literature review
Successful rescue of disseminated varicella infection with multiple organ failure in a pediatric living donor liver transplant recipient: a case report and literature review Open