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101 Evaluation of domino liver transplantations in Germany Transplant International, April 17, 2013 Review Article

102 Liver Transplantation for Neuroendocrine Tumors in Europe-Results and Trends in Patient Selection: A 213-Case European Liver Transplant Registry Study Annals of Surgery, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article

103 Long-term follow-up of endoscopic therapy in stenosis of the bilio-biliary anastomosis associated with orthotopic liver transplantation Liver Transplantation, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article

104 Interventional Radiological Treatment of Perihepatic Vascular Stenosis or Occlusion in Pediatric Patients After Liver Transplantation Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, April 15, 2013 Clinical Article

105 Echocardiography for detection of portopulmonary hypertension in liver transplantation candidates: Analysis of cutoff values Liver Transplantation, April 15, 2013 Clinical Article

106 Hypogammaglobulinemia in the early period after liver transplantation in children Clinical Transplantation, April 15, 2013 Review Article

107 Liver Transplantation in Alcoholic Patients: Impact of an Alcohol Addiction Unit Within a Liver Transplant Center Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, April 12, 2013 Clinical Article

108 Prevention of De Novo Hepatitis B in Recipients of Core Antibody-Positive Livers With Lamivudine and Other Nucleos(t)ides: A 12-Year Experience Transplantation, April 10, 2013 Clinical Article

109 Contrast-enhanced sonography for screening of vascular complication in recipients following living donor liver transplantation Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, April 10, 2013 Clinical Article

110 Postoperative delirium in the intensive care unit predicts worse outcomes in liver transplant recipients Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, April 9, 2013 Clinical Article

111 Hepatitis B-core antibody positive donors in liver transplantation and their impact on graft survival: Evidence from the Liver Match cohort study Journal of Hepatology, April 8, 2013 Clinical Article

112 Results of single-center screening for chronic hepatitis E in children after liver transplantation and report on successful treatment with ribavirin Pediatric Transplantation, April 8, 2013 Review Article

113 Liver transplantation in hepatitis B core negative recipients using livers from hepatitis B core positive donor: 13 years experience Liver Transplantation, April 8, 2013 Review Article

114 A Case of Undulating Fevers and Elevated Liver Tests after Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation Seminars in Liver Disease, April 8, 2013

115 Improved Post-Transplant Survival in the United States for Patients with Cholangiocarcinoma After 2000 Digestive Diseases and Sciences, April 5, 2013 Clinical Article

116 Role of anhepatic time in endothelial-related coagulation in liver transplantation Full Text Minerva Anestesiologica, April 5, 2013 Clinical Article

117 Prospective multi-center clinical trial of immunosuppressive drug withdrawal in stable adult liver transplant recipients Hepatology, April 4, 2013 Clinical Article

118 Clinical predictors of post liver transplant new onset heart failure Liver Transplantation, April 4, 2013 Clinical Article

119 De Novo Donor-Specific HLA Antibodies Decrease Patient and Graft Survival in Liver Transplant Recipients American Journal of Transplantation, April 4, 2013 Review Article

120 Post-transplantation sequential entecavir monotherapy following 1-year combination therapy with hepatitis B immunoglobulin Journal of Gastroenterology, April 3, 2013 Clinical Article

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What is the best strategy for CRC screening?

As published in the NEJM, researchers in the COLONPREV study (Spain) have reported that fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is as effective as colonoscopy in the detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). The study population was 50-69 years of age and comprised of 26,703 subjects who underwent a one-time colonoscopy and 26,599 subjects who underwent FIT every 2 years. The primary outcome measure was CRC deaths at 10 years. Participation in screening was greater in the FIT group than the colonoscopy group (34.2% vs. 24.6%). Detection of CRC was similar between the two groups (0.1%). Advanced and non-advanced adenomas were detected more frequently in the colonoscopy group than the FIT group (1.9% vs. 0.9% [OR=2.3] and 4.2% vs. 0.4% [OR=9.8], respectively).

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PPIs increase risk of Clostridium difficile infection

Based on a meta-analysis involving 30 observational studies and 202,965 patients, proton pump inhibitor therapy has been shown to significantly increase the risk of infection with Clostridium difficile (OR = 2.15).

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Metformin improves survival in patients with DM and CRC

In a single institution study involving 424 patients with DM and CRC, those patients treated with metformin had a 30% improvement in OS compared with patients not treated with metformin. Specifically, the metformin-treated patients had a mean survival of 76.9 months compared to 56.9 months.

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1 Biliary cast syndrome post liver transplantation: Risk factors and outcome Liver International, April 2, 2013 Review Article

2 Opportunistic viral infections in intestinal transplantation Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, April 17, 2013 Review Article

3 Oral vasodilator therapy in patients with moderate to severe portopulmonary hypertension as a bridge to liver transplantation European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, March 8, 2013 Review Article

4 Screening colonoscopy in liver transplant candidates: risks and findings Clinical Transplantation, February 8, 2013

5 Late Acute Liver Allograft Rejection; A Study of Its Natural History and Graft Survival in the Current Era Transplantation, April 3, 2013 Review Article

6 Outcome of routine use of microsurgical biliary reconstruction in pediatric living donor liver transplantation Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences, April 19, 2013

7 Digital image analysis of collagen assessment of progression of fibrosis in recurrent HCV after liver transplantation Journal of Hepatology, April 23, 2013 Review Article

8 Liver transplantation using grafts of living donors with isolated unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia: a matched case-control study Transplant International, April 3, 2013 Review Article

9 Cytomegalovirus infection-associated fulminant hepatitis in an immunocompetent adult requiring emergency living-donor liver transplantation: report of a case Surgery Today, March 22, 2013

10 Intravenous silibinin monotherapy shows significant antiviral activity in HCV-infected patients in the peri-transplantation period Journal of Hepatology, March 6, 2013 Review Article

11 Age-related Macular Degeneration and Modification of Systemic Complement Factor H Production Through Liver Transplantation Ophthalmology, April 25, 2013 Review Article

12 Outcomes After Liver Transplantation in Patients Achieving a Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score of 40 or Higher Transplantation, February 11, 2013 Review Article

13 Liver transplantation in cystic fibrosis: A report from Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Childrens Hospital Pediatric Transplantation, April 1, 2013 Review Article

14 A Retrospective Study of the Framingham Cardiovascular Risk Scores in a Liver Transplant Population Transplantation Proceedings, February 7, 2013 Clinical Guideline
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15 Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Younger Patients Has an Equivocal Survival Advantage as Compared With Resection Transplantation Proceedings, February 8, 2013 Review Article

16 Prospective multi-center clinical trial of immunosuppressive drug withdrawal in stable adult liver transplant recipients Hepatology, April 4, 2013

17 The significance of hepatitis B virus core-related antigen and covalently closed circular DNA levels as markers of HBV re-infection after liver transplantation Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, March 1, 2013

18 A randomized trial of emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate after hepatitis B immunoglobulin withdrawal post-liver transplant Liver Transplantation, March 19, 2013 Review Article

19 Effect of autotransfusion system on tumor recurrence and survival in hepatocellular carcinoma patients World Journal of Gastroenterology, April 2, 2013 Free full text Review Article

20 Interventional Radiological Treatment of Perihepatic Vascular Stenosis or Occlusion in Pediatric Patients After Liver Transplantation Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, April 15, 2013

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Gastroenterology - Transplant News & Articles

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What is the best strategy for CRC screening?

PPIs increase risk of Clostridium difficile infection

Metformin improves survival in patients with DM and CRC

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