Retro-pancreatic pull-through reconstruction of the hypoplastic portal vein using the autologous mesosystemic shunt vessel in adult living donor liver transplantation: a case report.

Background: In liver transplant patients with hypoplastic portal vein (PV), when the narrowed segment is extended too deep into the dorsal side of the pancreas, it is difficult and dangerous to reconstruct the interposition graft from the upper part of the pancreas. Herein, we present a case of PV reconstruction with the autologous mesosystemic shunt vessel from the caudal side of the pancreas in a situation where the narrowed PV was deep, and we discuss the technical details.

Case Presentation: A 25-year-old woman presented with cholestatic liver cirrhosis due to biliary atresia after Kasai procedure.

Long-term Catch-up Growth and Risk Factors for Short Adult Height After Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Study.

Background: Children requiring liver transplantation generally have severe growth retardation. Recipients experience posttransplantation catch-up growth, although some show short adult heights. We aimed to determine decades-long catch-up growth trends and risk factors for short adult height following liver transplantation.

De Novo Malignancy After Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Single-Center Long-Term Experience.

Background: The incidence of de novo malignancy (DNM) after liver transplantation (LT) is reported to be 3.1% to 14.4%.

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava in a pediatric case: a case report and literature review.

Background: Leiomyosarcoma is classified as a soft tissue sarcoma. In adults, leiomyosarcoma is the most common malignancy affecting the vascular system; however, vascular leiomyosarcoma in children is extremely rare as most pediatric soft tissue tumors are rhabdomyosarcomas. The survival rate is very low, and incomplete resection is a poor prognostic factor.

Late-onset Chronic Kidney Disease Over 2 Decades After Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Single-center, Retrospective Study.

Background: Although chronic kidney disease (CKD) after liver transplantation (LTx) is a common complication in adults, its long-term significance after pediatric LTx remains unclear. We examined the decades-long transition of renal function and revealed the risk factors for late-onset CKD after pediatric LTx in a single-center retrospective cohort of 117 pediatric LTx recipients who survived >5 y.

Methods: The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and CKD stages were calculated using serum creatinine.

Segmental Hepatic Steatosis Due to Portal Vein Stricture After Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Case Report.

Background And Objective: Liver transplantation (LT) is the gold-standard treatment for end-stage liver disease; however, late-onset complications such as fatty liver can occur in the absence of metabolic comorbidities. We report a unique case of post-transplant hepatic steatosis developing in only a part of the liver graft.

Case Report: A 1-year-old boy underwent ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) with a left lateral liver graft donated from his mother for biliary atresia.

Glucose Management during Insulinoma Resection Using Real-Time Subcutaneous Continuous Glucose Monitoring.

Insulinoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor that causes hypoglycemia due to unregulated insulin secretion. Blood glucose management during insulinoma resection is therefore challenging. We present a case in which real-time subcutaneous continuous glucose monitoring (SCGM) in combination with intermittent blood glucose measurement was used for glycemic control during surgery for insulinoma resection.

A new procedure for temporary auxiliary partial liver transplantation using living donor graft for patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy.

To introduce duct-to-duct biliary anastomosis to conventional temporary auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation (APOLT) using living donor graft for patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy, we modified the conventional APOLT procedure in a manner characterized by the use of the recipient's common hepatic duct for biliary reconstruction and the preservation of the right posterior section alone for the certain placement of a tube into the corresponding biliary tree for external biliary drainage (modified APOLT). This procedure was performed in 3 patients without biliary complications. No complications associated with the external drainage tube occurred.

Clinicopathological features of hepatitis C virus disease after living donor liver transplantation: relationship with in situ hybridisation data.

Aims: Recurrent hepatitis is a significant complication after liver transplantation for hepatitis C virus (HCV) disease. To evaluate responsiveness to treatment of HCV disease after liver transplantation, in situ hybridisation (ISH) was employed.

Methods: Sense and anti-sense probes for HCV were synthesised, and ISH studies were performed on 19 liver biopsy specimens from 19 recipients who had undergone living donor liver transplantation for HCV disease.

Prognosis of adult patients transplanted with liver grafts < 35% of their standard liver volume.

We have previously reported that a graft volume (GV) > 30% of the recipient's standard liver volume (SLV) can meet the recipient's metabolic demands. Here we report our experience with adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation using left side grafts < 35% of the recipient's SLV. Of 143 adult living donor liver transplants, 13 auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplants, 8 right side grafts, and 2 retransplantation cases were excluded.

Risk factors contributing to hepatic artery thrombosis following living-donor liver transplantation.

Background/purpose: This study was carried out to investigate the risk factors contributing to hepatic artery thrombosis in living-donor liver transplantation.

Methods: Two hundred and twenty-two recipients (113 adults and 109 children) of living-donor liver transplantation were the subjects of this study. The diagnosis of hepatic artery thrombosis was made by color-Doppler ultrasonography and/or hepatic angiography.

[Weekly paclitaxel therapy for locoregional lymph node recurrence of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer].

We treated 7 patients with locoregional lymph node recurrence of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer with weekly paclitaxel (TXL) therapy. TXL was administered by 30-minute infusion at a dose of 80 mg/m2 after short premedication every week on an outpatient basis. Administration was continued for 3 weeks with a 1 week rest.

Temporary auxiliary liver transplantation from a living donor to an adult recipient with familial amyloid polyneuropathy.

A 33-year-old patient with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) underwent temporary auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation (APOLT) from a living donor with a small-for-size graft. The auxiliary left lobar graft, which weighed only 230 g, was orthotopically transplanted after resection of the recipient's left lobe. The right portal vein was transected to induce compensatory hypertrophy of the left lobar graft.