Novel Insights into Liver Transplantation Surgery
A special issue of Surgeries (ISSN 2673-4095).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2026) | Viewed by 1408
Editors
Interests: liver; surgery; liver transplantation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Liver transplantation is a life-saving procedure and a cornerstone of modern hepatobiliary and transplant surgery. Continuous advancements in surgical techniques, perioperative management, immunosuppression, and organ preservation have significantly improved graft survival and patient outcomes. This Special Issue, titled “Novel Insights into Liver Transplantation Surgery”, focuses on emerging surgical strategies, technological innovations, and multidisciplinary approaches that enhance outcomes and quality of life for transplant recipients.
The scope of this Special Issue includes recent developments in donor and recipient selection, advances in operative techniques, and innovations in perioperative and postoperative care. Particular emphasis is placed on living donor liver transplantation, extended-criteria donor utilization, machine perfusion technologies, and strategies to mitigate complications and improve long-term graft function.
We invite submissions that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Advances in liver transplantation surgical techniques, including living donor and split liver transplantation;
- Innovations in organ preservation and machine perfusion technologies (normothermic and hypothermic perfusion);
- Use of extended-criteria and marginal donors, including outcomes and risk mitigation strategies;
- Preoperative evaluation, recipient optimization, and donor selection in liver transplantation;
- Integration of liver transplantation with complex hepatobiliary and vascular surgical procedures;
- Postoperative management, including immunosuppression strategies, prevention and management of complications, and long-term follow-up;
- Role of minimally invasive and robotic approaches in donor hepatectomy and liver transplantation;
- Ethical considerations, allocation policies, and future directions in liver transplantation.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary and emerging concepts in liver transplantation surgery, emphasizing innovative approaches that improve graft survival, reduce complications, and enhance long-term patient outcomes and quality of life.
Dr. Maheswaran Pitchaimuthu
Dr. Amit Nair
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- liver transplantation
- organ preservation
- machine perfusion technologies
- preoperative evaluation
- recipient optimization
- donor selection
- postoperative management
- surgical techniques
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