Transforming Liver Transplantation: Cutting-Edge Surgical Approaches and Clinical Care
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Gastroenterology & Hepatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2026 | Viewed by 123
Special Issue Editor
Interests: organ transplant; liver transplant; kidney transplant; pancreas transplant; intestine transplant multivisceral transplant; xenotransplant; HPB surgery; liver resection pancreas resection; HCC; CCA; colorectal liver metastsis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Liver transplantation remains the definitive therapy for end-stage liver disease, acute liver failure, and selected hepatic malignancies. Despite major progress in surgical technique and perioperative care, the field continues to face critical challenges, including organ scarcity, increasing recipient complexity, and the need to optimize long‑term graft function. Recent advances in donor management, organ preservation, and intraoperative technologies are reshaping clinical practice and creating new opportunities to improve outcomes across the transplant continuum.
This Special Issue, Transforming Liver Transplantation: Cutting‑Edge Surgical Approaches and Clinical Care, focuses on emerging evidence that is driving the next phase of innovation in transplantation. We welcome original research, clinical studies, and high‑quality reviews that address contemporary surgical strategies, novel preservation platforms, and multidisciplinary perioperative management. Particular interest is given to work that evaluates clinical effectiveness, refines patient selection, enhances graft utilization, or integrates precision tools to support decision‑making. By assembling these contributions, the Special Issue aims to advance evidence‑based practice and support the translation of new technologies into routine clinical care.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Minimally invasive and robotic techniques in liver transplantation;
- Normothermic and hypothermic machine perfusion and other preservation innovations;
- Donor pool expansion, including DCD and extended‑criteria grafts;
- Intraoperative monitoring, hemodynamic optimization, and anesthetic strategies;
- Immunosuppression, tolerance‑oriented approaches, and biomarkers of graft function;
- Prevention and management of early and late post‑transplant complications;
- Clinical applications of artificial intelligence, imaging analytics, and digital platforms.
Dr. Shekhar Gogna
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- liver transplantation
- machine perfusion
- organ preservation
- donor expansion
- immunosuppression
- perioperative management
- surgical innovation
- transplant oncology
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