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Liver Transplantation in Children With Propionic Acidemia: Medium‐Term Outcomes by Curnock, Richard, Heaton, Nigel D., Vilca‐Melendez, Hector, Dhawan, Anil, Hadzic, Nedim, Vara, Roshni

“…Liver transplantation (LT) for patients with propionic acidemia (PA) is an emerging therapeutic option. We present a retrospective review of patients with PA…”
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Outflow obstruction after liver transplantation by Cortes‐Cerisuelo, Miriam, Vilca‐Melendez, Hector, Heaton, Nigel

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Outcomes of Liver Transplantation in Small Infants by Yamamoto, Hidekazu, Khorsandi, Shirin E., Cortes‐Cerisuelo, Miriam, Kawano, Yoichi, Dhawan, Anil, McCall, John, Vilca‐Melendez, Hector, Rela, Mohamed, Heaton, Nigel

“…Liver transplantation (LT) for small infants remains challenging because of the demands related to graft selection, surgical technique, and perioperative…”
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The difficult abdominal closure after paediatric intestinal transplantation: Use of abdominal rectus muscle fascia and literature review by Cassar, Noel, Cortes‐Cerisuelo, Miriam, Bambridge, Carly, Ali, Amir, Heaton, Nigel, Vilca‐Melendez, Hector

“…Primary abdominal wall closure after intestinal and multivisceral transplantation may not be possible because of loss of abdominal domain and/or graft…”
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Improved survival in children with HPS: Experience from two high volume liver transplant centers across continents by Shanmugam, Naresh, Hakeem, Abdul Rahman, Valamparampil, Joseph J., Aldouri, Ahmed, Bansal, Mehak, Reddy, Mettu Srinivas, Thiruchunapalli, Deepashree, Vilca‐Melendez, Hector, Baker, Alastair, Dhawan, Anil, Heaton, Nigel, Rela, Mohamed, Deep, Akash

“…Background Severe HPS increases morbidity and mortality after LT in children. We reviewed the combined experience of LT for HPS in children from two LT centers…”
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Is size the only determinant of delayed abdominal closure in pediatric liver transplant? by Khorsandi, Shirin Elizabeth, Day, Arthur William Raven, Cortes, Miriam, Deep, Akash, Dhawan, Anil, Vilca‐Melendez, Hector, Heaton, Nigel

“…The aim was to determine the factors associated with the use of delayed abdominal closure in pediatric liver transplantation (LT) and whether this affected…”
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Presentation, diagnosis, and management of early hepatic venous outflow complications in whole cadaveric liver transplant by Khorsandi, Shirin Elizabeth, Athale, Anuja, Vilca‐Melendez, Hector, Jassem, Wayel, Prachalias, Andreas, Srinivasan, Parthi, Rela, Mohamed, Heaton, Nigel

“…Early hepatic venous outflow obstruction (HVOO) can be a devastating complication leading to graft loss after liver transplantation (LT). A retrospective study…”
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Liver transplantation for neonatal‐onset citrullinemia by Vara, Roshni, Dhawan, Anil, Deheragoda, Maesha, Grünewald, Stephanie, Pierre, Germaine, Heaton, Nigel D, Vilca‐Melendez, Hector, Hadžić, Nedim

“…Citrullinemia or ASS deficiency in its classical form presents in the neonatal period with poor feeding, hyperammonemia, encephalopathy, seizures, and if…”
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Diaphragmatic hernia after liver transplantation in children: Case series and review of the literature by Cortes, Miriam, Tapuria, Niteen, Khorsandi, Shirin Elizabeth, Ibars, Eugenia Pareja, Vilca‐Melendez, Hector, Rela, Mohamed, Heaton, Nigel D.

“…A diaphragmatic hernia (DH) is a rare complication of pediatric liver transplantation (LT), with multiple factors implicated in the pathophysiology. It is a…”
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An institutional experience of pre-emptive liver transplantation for pediatric primary hyperoxaluria type 1 by Khorsandi, Shirin Elizabeth, Samyn, Marianne, Hassan, Akhila, Vilca-Melendez, Hector, Waller, Simon, Shroff, Rukshana, Koffman, Geoff, Van't Hoff, William, Baker, Alastair, Dhawan, Anil, Heaton, Nigel

“…Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is an inherited metabolic disease that culminates in ESRF. Pre‐emptive liver transplantation (pLTx) treats the metabolic…”
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Organ Transplantation in Kuwait and the Recent Initiation of a Liver Program by Jamal, Mohammad, AlMahmeed, Husain, AlGhanem, Mansour, AlMatooq, Maen, Sadek, Adnan, AlMousawi, Mustafa, Al-Sabah, Salman, Vilca Melendez, Hector, Rela, Mohamed, Heaton, Nigel, Jassem, Wayel

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The use of temporary portocaval shunt as a technical aid in auxiliary orthotopic liver transplantation by Cortes, Miriam, Vilca‐Melendez, Hector, Heaton, Nigel

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and pediatric liver transplantation, “a step too far?”: Results of a single‐center experience by Nandhabalan, Prashanth, Loveridge, Robert, Patel, Sameer, Willars, Christopher, Best, Thomas, Vercueil, Andre, Vilca‐Melendez, Hector, Deep, Akash, Heaton, Nigel, Auzinger, Georg

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The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Patients: Initial Results of the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Association’s International Survey by Segovia, Maria, Fernandez, Maria Florencia, Rumbo, Carolina, Zanfi, Chiara, Herlenius, Gustaf, Testro, Adam, Sharkey, Lisa, Braun, Felix, Jafri, Syed-Mohammed, Vilca Melendez, Hector, Sanchez Claria, Rodrigo, Ceulemans, Laurens J., Hibi, Taizo, Solar, Hector, Ramisch, Diego, Noel, Gillian, Yap, Jason, Dijkstra, Gerard, Schiano, Thomas, Friend, Peter, Lacaille, Florence, Sudan, Debra, Mazariegos, George, Horslen, Simon, Gondolesi, Gabriel E.

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Fingerprinting of human bile during liver transplantation by capillary electrophoresis by Papaspyridonos, Konstantina, Garcia-Perez, Isabel, Angulo, Santiago, Domann, Paula J, Vilca-Melendez, Hector, Heaton, Nigel, Murphy, Gerard M, Holmes, Elaine, Barbas, Coral, Legido-Quigley, Cristina

“…Increasing rates of success in liver transplantation have increased the number of cases considered. However, liver post-transplant graft dysfunction of liver…”
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Auxiliary Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure in Children by FARAJ, Walid, DAR, Faisal, BARTLETT, Adam, VILCA MELENDEZ, Hector, MARANGONI, Gabriele, MUKHERJI, Deborah, MIELI VERGANI, Georgina, DHAWAN, Anil, HEATON, Nigel, RELA, Mohamed

“…The aim of this study is to present the largest experience of auxiliary liver transplantation for acute liver failure (ALF) in children over the past 19 years…”
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Massive ascites and the heterozygous alpha 1 antitrypsin (α1AT) living related donor liver in the homozygous child by Khorsandi, Shirin E., Thompson, Richard, Vilca‐Melendez, Hector, Dhawan, Anil, Heaton, Nigel

“…The following is a short report on the use of a heterozygous (PiMZ) alpha 1 antitrypsin (α1AT) living related donor liver in a homozygous (PiZ) child that was…”
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Pancreatoblastoma: A rare indication for liver transplantation in children by Mercadal-Hally, Maria, Vaidya, Sucheta, Vilca-Melendez, Hector, Heaton, Nigel, Dhawan, Anil, Grammatikopoulos, Tassos

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Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia in Adulthood: Single-Centre Surgical Experience by Cortes-Cerisuelo, Miriam, Boumpoureka, Christina, Cassar, Noel, Joshi, Deepak, Samyn, Marianne, Heneghan, Michael, Menon, Krishna, Prachalias, Andreas, Srinivasan, Parthi, Jassem, Wayel, Vilca-Melendez, Hector, Dhawan, Anil, Heaton, Nigel D.

“…Background: Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common indicator for liver transplant (LT) in children, however, approximately 22% will reach adulthood with their…”
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The microRNA Expression Profile in Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) Livers and Its Ability to Identify Primary Non Function by Khorsandi, Shirin Elizabeth, Quaglia, Alberto, Salehi, Siamak, Jassem, Wayel, Vilca-Melendez, Hector, Prachalias, Andreas, Srinivasan, Parthi, Heaton, Nigel

“…Donation after cardiac death (DCD) livers are marginal organs for transplant and their use is associated with a higher risk of primary non function (PNF) or…”
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