Changes in the Liver Transplant Waiting List after Expanding to the 'Up-to-Seven' Criteria for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

We aimed to assess changes in the composition of the waiting list for liver transplantation (LT) after expanding from Milan to "up-to-seven" criteria in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A consecutive cohort of 255 LT candidates was stratified in a pre-expansion era (2016-2018; = 149) and a post-expansion era (2019-2021; = 106). The most frequent indication for LT was HCC in both groups (47.

"Super-rapid" Technique in Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Donors: Advantages and Disadvantages.

In recent years, donation after circulatory death (DCD) has increased as an option to overcome the organ donor shortage crisis and to decrease the large number of patients on liver transplant waiting lists. The "super-rapid" technique is now the "gold standard" procurement method because of its availability, reproducibility, low cost, and extensive experience. Recently, extracorporeal support has been implemented, with encouraging results.

Factors Associated With Disease Recurrence in Breast Cancer Patients With Negative Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy.

Introduction: The objective of our study was to assess recurrence after negative sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and to determine the risk factors related to local and distant recurrence in this group of patients.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study from 2006 to 2011. It included 607 patients with early-stage breast cancer and negative SLNB with a 5-year follow-up period.

Prediction model to discard a priori liver allografts.

Background: The use of expanded criteria for donors to expand the donor pool has increased the number of discarded liver grafts in situ. The aim of our study was to elaborate a prediction model to reduce the percentage of liver grafts discarded before the procuring team is sent out.

Methods: We analyzed the donor factors of 244 evaluated candidates for liver donation.