Mastering the narrative: Precision reporting of risk and outcomes in liver transplantation

Authors: de Goeij, Femke H.C. ^{1, ∗}, Wehrle, Chase J. ^{2, ∗}, Abassi, Fariba ^{3, 4}, Satish, Sangeeta ^{2, 5}, Zhang, Mingyi ⁵, Panconesi, Rebecca ⁵, Hashimoto, Koji ^{1, 3}, Miller, Charles M. ², Polak, Wojciech G. ¹, Clavien, Pierre-Alain ⁶, de Jonge, Jeroen ¹, Schlegel, Andrea ^{2, 5, ⁎}

Source: In Journal of Hepatology April 2025 82(4):729-743

Long-term outcomes after hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion and transplantation of 1,202 donor livers in a real-world setting (HOPE-REAL study)

Authors: Eden, Janina, Brüggenwirth, Isabel M.A., Berlakovich, Gabriela, Buchholz, Bettina M., Botea, Florin, Camagni, Stefania, Cescon, Matteo, Cillo, Umberto, Colli, Fabio, Compagnon, Philippe, De Carlis, Luciano G., De Carlis, Riccardo, Di Benedetto, Fabrizio, Dingfelder, Jule, Diogo, Dulce, Dondossola, Daniele, Drefs, Moritz, Fronek, Jiri, Germinario, Giuliana, Gringeri, Enrico, Györi, Georg, Kocik, Matej, Küçükerbil, Efrayim H., Koliogiannis, Dionysios, Lam, Hwai-Ding, Lurje, Georg, Magistri, Paolo, Monbaliu, Diethard, Moumni, Mostafa el, Patrono, Damiano, Polak, Wojciech G., Ravaioli, Matteo, Rayar, Michel, Romagnoli, Renato, Sörensen, Gustaf, Uluk, Deniz, Schlegel, Andrea, Porte, Robert J., Dutkowski, Philipp, de Meijer, Vincent E.

Source: In Journal of Hepatology January 2025 82(1):97-106

Benefits and barriers to accreditation of HPB center and fellowship programs in Europe: a strength-weakness-opportunity-and-threats (SWOT) analysis by an E-AHPBA-ESSO-UEMS ad hoc working committee

Authors: Kerem, Mustafa, Sarıbeyoğlu, Kaya, Oliverius, Martin, Ndoma-Egba, Rowland, Dili, Alexandra, Glantzounis, Georgios K., Gulla, Aiste, Trotovšek, Blaž, Soreide, Kjetil, Berrevoet, Frederik, Frigerio, Isabella, Gallagher, Tom, Laukkarinen, Johanna, Gilg, Stefan, Schnitzbauer, Andreas, Stättner, Stefan, Taboada, Cristina D., Polak, Wojciech G., Siriwardena, Ajith K., Besselink, Marc G.

Source: In HPB October 2024 26(10):1254-1260

Type of calcineurin inhibitor and long-term outcomes following liver transplantation in patients with primary biliary cholangitis – an ELTR study

Authors: Mirza, Darius, Heneghan, Michael, Lodge, Peter, Oniscu, Gabriel, Thorburn, Douglas, Allison, Michael, Pratschke, Johann, Manas, Derek, Bennet, William, Line, Pal-Dag, Hot, Emir, Zieniewicz, Krzysztof, Ericzon, Bo Goran, Fronek, Jiri, Klempnauer, Jurgen L., Rasmussen, Allan, Romagnoli, Renato, Nemec, Petr, Nordin, Arno, Paul, Andreas, De Simone, Paolo, Porte, R.J., Berlakovich, Gabriela, Cherqui, Daniel, Pirenne, Jacques, Sokal, Etienne, Rossi, Giorgio, Candinas, Daniel, Bachellier, Philippe, Rummo, Oleg, Boudjema, Karim, Mrzljak, Anna, Soubrane, Olivier, Metselaar, Herold, Schneeberger, Stefan, Navarro, Francis, Berney, Thierry, Duvoux, Christophe, Colledan, Michele, De Carlis, Luciano, Boillot, Olivier, Hardwigsen, Jean, Pruvot, Francois Rene, Suc, Bertrand, Vivarelli, Marco, Clavien, Pierre Alain, Lang, Hauke, Kosieradzki, Maciej, Berrevoet, Frederik, Heyd, Bruno, Cescon, Matteo, Chiche, Laurence, Kochs, Eberhard, Baccarani, Umberto, Detry, Olivier, Bartels, Michael, Rossi, Massimo, Scatton, Olivier, Papanikolaou, Vasileios, Alwayn, Ian, Schemmer, Peter, Senninger, N., Ducerf, Christian, Di Benedetto, Fabrizio, Tisone, Giuseppe, Nadalin, Silvio, Mathe, Zoltan, Ribnikar, Marija, Settmacher, Utz, Becker, Thomas, Silva, Nuno, Daniel, Jorge, Popescu, Irinel, Lucidi, Valerio, Bechstein, Wolf O., Decaens, Thomas, Gugenheim, Jean, Gruttadauria, Salvatore, Zamboni, Frausto, Zeytunlu, Murat, Kalff, Jorg C., Vali, Toomas, Tokat, Yaman, Klar, Ernst, Janek, Julius, Kilic, Murat, Katzarov, Krum, Fisher, Lutz, Buc, Emmanuel, Castagneto, Marco, Unek, Tarkan, Spassov, Lubomir, Stippel, Dirk, Bruns, Christiane, Schlitt, Hans, Salame, Ephrem, Kalicinski, Piotr, Acarli, Koray, van Hooff, Maria C., de Veer, Rozanne C., Karam, Vincent, Adam, Rene, Taimr, Pavel, Polak, Wojciech G., Pashtoun, Hasina, Murad, Sarwa Darwish, Corpechot, Christophe, Oniscu, Gabriel C., Metselaar, Herold J., den Hoed, Caroline M., van der Meer, Adriaan J.

Source: In JHEP Reports August 2024 6(8)

Biliary complications after adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation: An international multicenter study of 3633 cases

Authors: Li, Zhihao, Rammohan, Ashwin, Gunasekaran, Vasanthakumar, Hong, Suyoung, Chih-Yi Chen, Itsuko, Kim, Jongman, Hervera Marquez, Kris Ann, Hsu, Shih-Chao, Kirimker, Elvan Onur, Akamatsu, Nobuhisa, Shaked, Oren, Finotti, Michele, Yeow, Marcus, Genedy, Lara, Dutkowski, Philipp, Nadalin, Silvio, Boehnert, Markus U., Polak, Wojciech G., Bonney, Glenn K., Mathur, Abhishek, Samstein, Benjamin, Emond, Jean C., Testa, Giuliano, Olthoff, Kim M., Rosen, Charles B., Heimbach, Julie K., Taner, Timucin, Wong, Tiffany CL., Lo, Chung-Mau, Hasegawa, Kiyoshi, Balci, Deniz, Cattral, Mark, Sapisochin, Gonzalo, Selzner, Nazia, Jeng, Long-Bin, Broering, Dieter, Joh, Jae-Won, Chen, Chao-Long, Suh, Kyung-Suk, Rela, Mohamed, Clavien, Pierre-Alain

Source: In American Journal of Transplantation July 2024 24(7):1233-1246

An international multicentre evaluation of treatment strategies for combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma✰

Authors: Claasen, Marco P.A.W., Ivanics, Tommy, Beumer, Berend R., de Wilde, Roeland F., Polak, Wojciech G., Sapisochin, Gonzalo, IJzermans, Jan N.M.

Source: In JHEP Reports June 2023 5(6)

Alternative forms of portal vein revascularization in liver transplant recipients with complex portal vein thrombosis

Authors: Fundora, Yiliam, Hessheimer, Amelia J., Del Prete, Luca, Maroni, Lorenzo, Lanari, Jacopo, Barrios, Oriana, Clarysse, Mathias, Gastaca, Mikel, Barrera Gómez, Manuel, Bonadona, Agnès, Janek, Julius, Boscà, Andrea, Álamo Martínez, Jose María, Zozaya, Gabriel, López Garnica, Dolores, Magistri, Paolo, León, Francisco, Magini, Giulia, Patrono, Damiano, Ničovský, Jiří, Hakeem, Abdul Rahman, Nadalin, Silvio, McCormack, Lucas, Palacios, Pilar, Zieniewicz, Krzysztof, Blanco, Gerardo, Nuño, Javier, Pérez Saborido, Baltasar, Echeverri, Juan, Bynon, J. Steve, Martins, Paulo N., López López, Víctor, Dayangac, Murat, Lodge, J. Peter A., Romagnoli, Renato, Toso, Christian, Santoyo, Julio, Di Benedetto, Fabrizio, Gómez-Gavara, Concepción, Rotellar, Fernando, Gómez-Bravo, Miguel Ángel, López Andújar, Rafael, Girard, Edouard, Valdivieso, Andrés, Pirenne, Jacques, Lladó, Laura, Germani, Giacomo, Cescon, Matteo, Hashimoto, Koji, Quintini, Cristiano, Cillo, Umberto, Polak, Wojciech G., Fondevila, Constantino

Source: In Journal of Hepatology April 2023 78(4):794-804

Success, complication, and mortality rates of initial biliary drainage in patients with unresectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma

Authors: Keulen, Anne-Marleen van, Gaspersz, Marcia P., van Vugt, Jeroen L.A., Roos, Eva, Olthof, Pim B., Coelen, Robert J.S., Bruno, Marco J., van Driel, Lydi M.J.W., Voermans, Rogier P., van Eijck, Casper H.J., van Hooft, Jeanin E., van Lienden, Krijn P., de Jonge, Jeroen, Polak, Wojciech G., Poley, Jan-Werner, Pek, Chulja J., Moelker, Adriaan, Willemssen, François E.J.A., van Gulik, Thomas M., Erdmann, Joris I., Hol, L., IJzermans, Jan N.M., Büttner, Stefan, Koerkamp, Bas Groot

Source: In Surgery December 2022 172(6):1606-1613

Core outcome sets and benchmarking complications: Defining best practices for standardized outcome reporting in liver transplantation.

Authors: Wehrle, Chase J., de Goeij, Femke H.C., Zhang, Mingyi, Abbassi, Fariba, Satish, Sangeeta, Jiao, Chunbao, Sun, Keyue, Pinna, Antonio D., Hashimoto, Koji, Miller, Charles, Polak, Wojciech G., Clavien, Pierre-Alain, De Jonge, Jeroen, Schlegel, Andrea

Source: Liver Transplantation; Mar2025, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p395-409, 15p

A multicentre outcome analysis to define global benchmarks for donation after circulatory death liver transplantation

Authors: Alwayn, Ian P.J., van der Berg, Aad P., Carbonaro, Margherita, Claasen, Marco, Daud, Amna, de Meijer, Vincent E., Metselaar, Herold J., Monbaliu, Diethard, Paolucci, Maite, Vets, Sofie, Winter, Erin, Schlegel, Andrea, van Reeven, Marjolein, Croome, Kristopher, Parente, Alessandro, Dolcet, Annalisa, Widmer, Jeannette, Meurisse, Nicolas, De Carlis, Riccardo, Hessheimer, Amelia, Jochmans, Ina, Mueller, Matteo, van Leeuwen, Otto B., Nair, Amit, Tomiyama, Koji, Sherif, Ahmed, Elsharif, Mohamed, Kron, Philipp, van der Helm, Danny, Borja-Cacho, Daniel, Bohorquez, Humberto, Germanova, Desislava, Dondossola, Daniele, Olivieri, Tiziana, Camagni, Stefania, Gorgen, Andre, Patrono, Damiano, Cescon, Matteo, Croome, Sarah, Panconesi, Rebecca, Carvalho, Mauricio Flores, Ravaioli, Matteo, Caicedo, Juan Carlos, Loss, George, Lucidi, Valerio, Sapisochin, Gonzalo, Romagnoli, Renato, Jassem, Wayel, Colledan, Michele, De Carlis, Luciano, Rossi, Giorgio, Di Benedetto, Fabrizio, Miller, Charles M., van Hoek, Bart, Attia, Magdy, Lodge, Peter, Hernandez-Alejandro, Roberto, Detry, Olivier, Quintini, Cristiano, Oniscu, Gabriel C., Fondevila, Constantino, Malagó, Massimo, Pirenne, Jacques, IJzermans, Jan N.M., Porte, Robert J., Dutkowski, Philipp, Taner, C. Burcin, Heaton, Nigel, Clavien, Pierre-Alain, Polak, Wojciech G., Muiesan, Paolo

Source: In Journal of Hepatology February 2022 76(2):371-382

Surgical morbidity in the first year after resection for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma

Authors: van Keulen, Anne-Marleen, Buettner, Stefan, Besselink, Marc G., Busch, Olivier R., van Gulik, Thomas M., Ijzermans, Jan N.M., de Jonge, Jeroen, Polak, Wojciech G., Swijnenburg, Rutger-Jan, Groot Koerkamp, Bas, Erdmann, Joris I., Olthof, Pim B.

Source: In HPB October 2021 23(10):1607-1614

Primary and secondary liver failure after major liver resection for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma

Authors: van Keulen, Anne-Marleen, Buettner, Stefan, Besselink, Marc G., Busch, Olivier R., van Gulik, Thomas M., IJzermans, Jan N.M., de Jonge, Jeroen, Polak, Wojciech G., Swijnenburg, Rutger-Jan, Erdmann, Joris I., Groot Koerkamp, Bas, Olthof, Pim B.

Source: In Surgery October 2021 170(4):1024-1030

Liver transplantation for patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) in Europe: Results of the ELITA/EF-CLIF collaborative study (ECLIS)

Authors: Belli, Luca S. ³⁰, Perricone, Giovanni ³⁰, Viganò, Raffaella ³⁰, Mazzarelli, Chiara ³⁰, De Carlis, Luciano G. ³¹, Lauterio, Andrea ³¹, Giacomoni, Alessandro ³¹, Invernizzi, Federica ³², Donato, Francesca ³², Lampertico, Pietro ³², Iegri, Claudia ³³, Pasulo, Luisa ³³, Fagiuoli, Stefano ³³, Colledan, Michele ³⁴, Morelli, Maria Cristina ³⁵, Vitale, Giovanni ³⁵, Patrono, Damiano ³⁶, Romagnoli, Renato ³⁶, Martini, Silvia ³⁷, Ottobrelli, Antonio ³⁷, Volpes, Riccardo ³⁸, Petridis, Ioannis ³⁸, Piano, Salvatore ³⁹, Angeli, Paolo ³⁹, Cillo, Umberto ⁴⁰, Germani, Giacomo ⁴¹, Burra, Patrizia ⁴¹, Artzner, Thierry ⁴², Bachellier, Philippe ⁴², Addeo, Pietro ⁴², Besch, Camille ⁴², Faitot, Francoise ⁴³, Michard, Baptiste ⁴³, Sacleux, Sophie Caroline ⁴⁴, Coilly, Audrey ⁴⁴, Faouzi, Saliba ⁴⁴, Adam, Rene ⁴⁴, Samuel, Didier ⁴⁴, Duvoux, Christophe ⁴⁵, Radenne, Sylvie ⁴⁶, Lesurtel, Mickael ⁴⁶, Poinsot, Domitille ⁴⁶, Guichon, Celine ⁴⁶, Pageaux, George-Philippe ⁴⁷, Faure, Stéfanie ⁴⁷, Meszaros, Magdalena ⁴⁷, Meunier, Lucy ⁴⁷, Ursic-Bedoya, Josè ⁴⁷, Fondevila, Costantino ⁴⁸, Colmenero, Jorde ⁴⁸, Toapanta, David ⁴⁸, Hernández-Tejero, María ⁴⁸, Berenguer, Marina ⁴⁹, Vinaixa, Carmen ⁴⁹, Polak, Wojciech G. ⁵⁰, Hoed, Caroline den ⁵¹, de Haan, Jubi E. ⁵², Nadalin, Silvio ⁵³, Della Penna, Andrea ⁵³, Uschner, Frank Erhard ⁵⁴, Welker, Martin ⁵⁴, Schnitzbauer, Andreas ⁵⁴, Zeuzem, Stefan ⁵⁴, Bechstein, Wolf ⁵⁴, Trebicka, Jonel ⁵⁴, Toso, Christian ⁵⁵, Goossens, Nicolas ⁵⁵, Raszeja-Wyszomirska, Joanna ⁵⁶, Zieniewicz, Krzysztof ⁵⁶, Bernal, William ⁵⁷, Rabinovich, Liane ⁵⁷, Katarey, Dev ⁵⁸, Agarwal, Banwari ⁵⁸, Jalan, Rajiv ⁵⁸, Conti, Sara ^{5, 6}, Cortesi, Paolo A. ^{5, 6}, Sacleux, Sophie-Caroline ^{7, 8}, Fernandez, Javier ¹², Morelli, Maria C. ¹⁵, Karam, Vincent ²⁴, Adam, René ²⁴, Faitot, François ³, Saliba, Faouzi ^{7, 8}, Uschner, Frank E. ¹¹, Fumagalli, Roberto ²⁷, Arroyo, Vincente ^{28, ‡}

Source: In Journal of Hepatology September 2021 75(3):610-622

Protective Role of Tacrolimus, Deleterious Role of Age and Comorbidities in Liver Transplant Recipients With Covid-19: Results From the ELITA/ELTR Multi-center European Study

Authors: Belli, Luca S., Fondevila, Constantino, Cortesi, Paolo A., Conti, Sara, Karam, Vincent, Adam, Rene, Coilly, Audrey, Ericzon, Bo Goran, Loinaz, Carmelo, Cuervas-Mons, Valentin, Zambelli, Marco, Llado, Laura, Diaz-Fontenla, Fernando, Invernizzi, Federica, Patrono, Damiano, Faitot, Francois, Bhooori, Sherrie, Pirenne, Jacques, Perricone, Giovanni, Magini, Giulia, Castells, Lluis, Detry, Oliver, Cruchaga, Pablo Mart, Colmenero, Jordi, Berrevoet, Frederick, Rodriguez, Gonzalo, Ysebaert, Dirk, Radenne, Sylvie, Metselaar, Herold, Morelli, Cristina, De Carlis, Luciano G., Polak, Wojciech G., Duvoux, Christophe

Source: In Gastroenterology March 2021 160(4):1151-1163

Quality and performance of validated prognostic models for survival after resection of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Büttner, Stefan, Galjart, Boris, Beumer, Berend R., van Vugt, Jeroen L.A., van Eijck, Casper H.J., Polak, Wojciech G., de Jonge, Jeroen, Homs, Marjolein Y.V., van Driel, Lydi M.J.W., Pawlik, Timothy M., Steyerberg, Ewout W., Ijzermans, Jan N.M., Groot Koerkamp, Bas

Source: In HPB January 2021 23(1):25-36

Antiplatelet Prophylaxis Reduces the Risk of Early Hepatic Artery Thrombosis Following Liver Transplantation in High-Risk Patients.

Authors: Minciuna, Iulia, De Jonge, Jeroen, Den Hoed, Caroline, Maan, Raoel, Polak, Wojciech G., Porte, Robert J., Janssen, Harry L. A., Procopet, Bogdan, Darwish Murad, Sarwa

Source: Transplant International; 2025, p1-10, 10p

Subject Terms: HEPATIC artery, GRAFT survival, LIVER transplantation, CIRRHOSIS of the liver, THROMBOSIS

Kidney Transplant Outcome Following Donation After Euthanasia.

Authors: Slagter, Julia S., Kimenai, Hendrikus J. A. N., van de Wetering, Jacqueline, Hagenaars, Hanneke J. A. M., Reinders, Marlies E. J., Polak, Wojciech G., Porte, Robert J., Minnee, Robert C.

Source: JAMA Surgery; Dec2024, Vol. 159 Issue 12, p1347-1353, 7p

The effect of donor body mass index on graft function in liver transplantation: A systematic review

Authors: Takagi, Kosei, de Wilde, Roeland F., Polak, Wojciech G., IJzermans, Jan N.M.

Source: In Transplantation Reviews October 2020 34(4)

Delivery of hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: an European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA) cross-sectional survey

Authors: Balakrishnan, Anita, Lesurtel, Mickael, Siriwardena, Ajith K., Heinrich, Stefan, Serrablo, Alejandro, Besselink, Marc G.H., Erkan, Mert, Andersson, Bodil, Polak, Wojciech G., Laurenzi, Andrea, Olde Damink, Stefan W.M., Berrevoet, Frederik, Frigerio, Isabella, Ramia, Jose M., Gallagher, Thomas K., Warner, Susanne, Shrikhande, Shailesh V., Adam, Rene, Smith, Martin D., Conlon, Kevin C.

Source: In HPB August 2020 22(8):1128-1134

Evaluation of the New American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Manual 8th Edition for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Authors: Gaspersz, Marcia P., Buettner, Stefan, van Vugt, Jeroen L.A., de Jonge, Jeroen, Polak, Wojciech G., Doukas, Michail, Ijzermans, Jan N.M., Koerkamp, Bas Groot, Willemssen, François E.J.A.

Source: In Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery July 2020 24(7):1612-1618