Evaluation of the treatment of the hepatocarcinoma nodules in the patients in waiting list for liver transplant.

Objective: to compare the outcome of liver transplantation for hepatocarcinoma in submitted or not to locoregional treatment and downstaging regarding survival and risk of recurrence in transplant waiting list patients.

Methods: retrospective study of patients with hepatocarcinoma undergoing liver transplantation in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, between January 2007 and December 2011, from a deceased donor. The sample consisted of 414 patients.

Use of fibrinogen and thrombin sponge in pediatric split liver transplantation.

Purpose:: To analyze the use of this sponge in pediatric patients undergoing split-liver transplantation.

Methods:: Retrospective study, including 35 pediatric patients undergoing split-liver transplantation, divided into two groups according to the use of the sponge: 18 patients in Group A (no sponge) and 17 in Group B (with sponge).

Results:: The characteristics of recipients and donors were similar.