Background. The small-for-size (SFS) syndrome is caused by excessive portal inflow into a
small-sized liver graft. Various approaches for portal decompression have been used, but …

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics
and frequency of lymph node metastasis to the splenic hilus in proximal gastric cancer …

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic factors for intrahepatic
recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after curative resection. Methods Of 297 patients …

Background/Purpose Grade C postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF), as defined by
International Study Group of Pancreatic Fistula (ISGPF), is the most life‐threatening complication …

Terminal liver cirrhosis is associated with marked severe portal hypertension, which increases
the risk of intraoperative hemorrhage and graft hyper‐perfusion, especially, in small‐for‐…

A 29-year-old woman who underwent the Fontan procedure at 10 years of age had an
incidental finding of liver masses on abdominal ultrasonography. Subsequent gadolinium …

We investigated the outcome of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) with prior spontaneous
large portasystemic shunts. Thirty‐three patients of 155 patients (21.2%) undergoing …

Purpose Microsurgical reconstruction of the fine hepatic arteries (HA) reduces the chance of
complications in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We reviewed HA reconstructions …

Background and Aim: The mechanism of injury in steatotic liver under pathological conditions
been extensively examined. However, the mechanism of an impaired regeneration is still …

Background. The negative effects of increased donor age on liver transplantation became
evident in deceased donor liver transplantation. In living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), …