Is Ischemic Preconditioning a Useful Therapeutic Strategy in Liver Transplantation? Results from the First Pilot Study in Mexico.

Background And Aims: The protective effect of ischemic preconditioning (IP) in liver transplantation (LT) has been studied with controversial results. We undertook this study to investigate whether IP of cadaveric donor livers is protective to allografts.

Methods: IP (LT + IP, n = 6) was induced by 10-min hilar clamping.

[Posttransplant relapse in non viral hepatopathies].

Objective: We describe the recurrence of non-viral liver disease after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).

Methods And Results: We studied 39 patients who received an OLT for non-viral chronic liver disease. Six (15.