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European Liver and Intestine
Transplant Association
www.elita.org
European Liver
Transplant Registry
www.eltr.org
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4th ELITA-ELTR Winter Meeting
April 3 - 5, 2008
Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
Alexander Girardi Congress Hall
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Contents
Welcome Address
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Committees
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Patronages
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Programme Overview
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Scientific Programme
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Young Investigator Award
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5th ELITA – ELTR Winter Meeting
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Scientific Information
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General Information
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Acknowledgements
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Exhibit
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Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It is our pleasure to welcome you to the 4th ELlTA-ELTR Winter Meeting. Since its
foundation in 1993 by the European pioneers in liver transplantation, ELTA has
brought together specialists with a common interest in liver transplantation and
since 2005 in intestinal transplantation. Therefore the name of the society was
changed to ELITA - European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association (www.
elita.org), which represents the liver and intestine transplant community within
ESOT (www.esot.org).
ELITA will continue to be the driving force for maintaining and developing the
European Liver Transplant Registry - ELTR (www.eltr.org) - with audited data
on over 77.000 liver transplants and living donor data base. This has all been
made possible because of the efforts by all contributing transplant centers and
the financial support of industrial sponsors. The 4th ELlTA-ELTR Winter Meeting
aims at bringing together all specialists in liver transplantation and intestinal
transplantation including transplant coordinators and data managers. Lectures
will be held by experts on the most challenging themes such as hepatocellular
carcinoma, hepatitis C and intestinal transplantation. The results of ELTR studies
will be discussed and further research opportunities will be investigated during
the meeting. We are repeating the very positive and stimulating experience
of the previous editions of the Winter Meeting, which is the “My worst case”
session.
Moreover, we are very pleased to communicate that the accepted abstracts are
published in Transplant International, thanks to the important collaboration
with the editor Prof. Ferdinand Mühlbacher.
Moreover, the past members of the ELITA Board will be invited to participate in
the ELITA REUNION which will take place at the Winter Meeting.
Cortina d’Ampezzo is located in the heart of the Dolomites, surrounded by
dramatic sceneries. The Ampezzo Valley has long been considered one of the
most well-known tourist destination in the world and offers a unique opportunity
to combine work and rest through sport, nature and culture. Cortina is dramatic
peaks, amazing hikes, enchanting landscape.
Cortina offers the best available structures for all congress events requirements.
The wide and flexible range of services offered guarantees the highest standards
in congress facilities in a truly exclusive location, with the new Alexander Girardi
Congress Hall to host conferences.
To enforce the enchanting atmosphere that Cortina does create, invited speeches
by transplant pioneers will further sharpen our knowledge.
We wish you a fruitful conference!
Patrizia Burra
ELITA Chairman and Local Organizer
On behalf of ELITA Board Members
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ELITA Board
Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Treasurer Custodian of ELTR
Member Member Member Member Member Member
ELITA – ELTR
WINTER MEETING Chair
Patrizia Burra
Gastroenterology, Multivisceral Transplant Unit
Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences
University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Ph: +39 049 8212892 - Fax +39 049 8218727 [email protected]
ELITA – ELTR WINTER MEETING
Scientific Secretariat
Renè Adam, Paris, France
Patrizia Burra, Padova, Italy
Andrew K.Burroughs, London, United Kingdom
Michele Colledan, Bergamo, Italy
Alfred Königsrainer, Tubingen, Germany
Pietro Majno, Geneva, Switzerland
Darius Mirza, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Michael Olausson, Gotheborg, Sweden
ELITA Secretary
Robert J. Porte
Department of Surgery
Section Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen
The Netherlands - [email protected]
ELITA – ELTR WINTER MEETING
Organizing Secretariat
Annalisa Ponchia
c/o ESOT Office - Corso del Popolo, 8 - 35131 Padova, Italy
Ph: +39 049 3005796 - Fax +39 049 2106306
[email protected]
Local Co-Organizers
Patrizio Bo
Fiorenzo Moret
Francesca Vasoin De Prosperi
Laura Boaretto Tormen
Patrizia Burra, Padova, Italy
Michael Olausson, Gotheborg, Sweden
Robert Porte, Groningen, The Netherlands
Michele Colledan, Bergamo, Italy
Renè Adam, Paris, France
Gabriela A. Berlakovich, Vienna, Austria
Andrew K. Burroughs, London, United Kingdom
Bernard De Hemptinne, Ghent, Belgium
Pietro Majno, Geneva, Switzerland
Paolo Muiesan, London, United Kingdom
Jacques Pirenne, Leuven, Belgium
Committees
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Senato della Repubblica
Regione del Veneto
Comune di Cortina d’Ampezzo
Università degli Studi di Padova
Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia di Padova
Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
ULSS 16 di Padova
ULSS 1 di Belluno
Istituto Codivilla Putti di Cortina
S.I.G.E. Società Italiana di Gastroenterologia
A.I.S.F. Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Fegato
Under the Patronage
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Thursday April, 3
Friday April, 4
Saturday April, 5
08:00
SESSION 2
SESSION 4
ORAL 3
ELTR
Studies
Update on liver transplantation Challenges in
for hepatocellur carcinoma
liver
transplantation
COFFEE BREAK
for HCV
SESSION 2
(continue)
10:00
COFFEE BREAK
ORAL 4
My worst case
SESSION 5
ELTR Studies
09:00
11:00
ORAL 5
Hepatitis C and
Quality of life
ORAL 6
Small Bowel
and Pediatric
Transplantation
CLOSING
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
SESSION 3
OPENING & SESSION 1
How to improve
the results of
small bowel
transplantation
in Europe?
ORAL 1
16:00
Basic Science
ORAL 2
Hepatocellular
Carcinoma
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
GRIFOLS
POSTER OPENING AND
WELCOME COCKTAIL
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
SOCIAL DINNER
21:00
Programme overview
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Thursday, 3 April, 2008
Opening & SESSION 1
Room F 17:00 - 18:40
17:00 Welcome Address and Introduction
Patrizia Burra, Padova, Italy
ELITA Chairman and Local Organizer
Remo Naccarato, Padova, Italy
Ferdinand Mühlbacher, Vienna, Austria
ESOT President
INVITED LECTURES
Chairs:Patrizia Burra, Padova, Italy
Lajos Okolicsanyi, Treviso, Italy
17:10 Neurocognitive changes at high altitude
Giuseppe Sartori, Padova, Italy
17:40 To be an editor of a scientific society journal today
Massimo Colombo, Milan, Italy
18:10 Surgery, transplantation and art
Sir Roy Calne, London, United Kingdom
18:40 Poster Opening and Welcome Cocktail
Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures
Artists: Lucio Caccamo, Sir Roy Calne, Fransiska Könisgrainer, Bea Lerut, Franco
Cimitan and Massimo Nube presented by Santo Stefano Art Gallery in Venice
Scientific Programme
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Friday, 4 April, 2008
SESSION 2
UPDATE ON LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
ROOM F 08:30 - 12:00
Chairs:Massimo Colombo, Milan, Italy
Erica Villa, Modena, Italy
08:30 Need for a scoring system for HCC on cirrhotic liver: what do we have, what do we
need?
Umberto Cillo, Padova, Italy
08:50 Role for imaging techniques in staging HCC before transplantation
Luigi Bolondi, Bologna, Italy
09:10 Management on the waiting list: treatments or prioritisation ?
Ivo Graziadei, Innsbruck, Austria
09:30 Results on extended criteria from the Metroticket Study
Enrico Regalia, Milan, Italy
09:50 Downstaging procedures and their efficacy
Massimo Malagò, London, United Kingdom
10:10 Coffee break
10:30 Living related liver transplantation for HCC. Expanding the limits ? Restricting the
limits?
Pietro Majno, Geneva, Switzerland
10:50 Liver transplantation for HCC in non cirrhotic livers
Robert Porte, Groningen, The Netherlands
11:10 Early/very early HCC and liver transplantation: report from ITALICA (Italian Liver
Cancer)
Fabio Farinati, Padova, Italy
11:30 Immunosuppression after liver transplantation for HCC: results from The Silver Study
Edward Geissler, Regensburg, Germany
11:50 Summary and key points
Pietro Majno, Geneva, Switzerland
Scientific Programme
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SESSION 3
HOW TO IMPROVE THE RESULTS OF SMALL BOWEL TRANSPLANTATION IN
EUROPE?
Room F 16:00 - 18:00
Chairs:Giacomo Carlo Sturniolo, Padova, Italy
Michele Colledan, Bergamo, Italy
16:00 Update from the International registry
Michael Olausson, Gotheborg, Sweden
16:20 Do we need a European Registry on intestinal transplantation? Results from the
European single centers
Gustaf Herlenius, Gotheborg, Sweden
16:40 Bridging procedures before small bowel transplantation
Antonio Pinna, Bologna, Italy
17:00 Infections, late rejection, PTLD, GVHD following small bowel transplantation
Darius Mirza, Birmingham, United Kingdom
17:20 Nutrition and rehabilitation before and after small bowel transplantation
Manila Candusso, Bergamo, Italy
17:40 Stem cell therapy as alternative option to small bowel transplantation
Malcolm Alison, London, United Kingdom
Scientific Programme
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 1 – Basic Science
Room BOITE 16:00 - 17:00
Chairs:Paolo Muiesan, London, United Kingdom
Robert Porte, Groningen, The Netherlands
16:00 O01 MELATONIN PROTECTS FROM HEPATIC REPERFUSION INJURY THROUGH
INHIBITION OF IKK AND JNK PATHWAYS AND MODIFICATION OF CELL
PROLIFERATION
Arash Nickkholgh, Rui Liang, Katrin Hoffmann, Michael Kern, Heinz Schneider, Michael
Sobirey, Markus Zorn, Markus W. Böchler, Peter Schemmer, Dept. of General Surgery,
Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany; Dept. of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls
University, Heidelberg, Germany; HealthEcon AG, Basel, Switzerland; Nutri~Fit GmbH
& Co KG, Mühlen, Germany; Central Laboratory, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg,
Germany
16:12 O02 HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS CAN CONTRIBUTE
TO LIVER REGENERATION IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF CHEMICAL-INDUCED LIVER
INJURY
Chiara Calore, Michela Turetta, Annalisa Masier, Rosa Di Liddo, Tatiana Chioato,
Donatella Pellican, Patrizio Bo, Debora Bizzarro, Silvia Tomat, Francesco P. Russo,
Mariateresa Conconi, Pierpaolo Parnigotto, Patrizia Burra, Dept. of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, University of Padova, Italy; Dept. of Surgical and Gastroenterological
Sciences, University of Padova, Italy; Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, General Hospital,
Cittadella, Padova, Italy 16:24 O03 THE ROLE OF BILE SALT TOXICITY IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF BILE DUCT INJURY
AFTER NON–HEART-BEATING PORCINE LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Marit J. Yska, Diethard Monbaliu, Theo A. Schuurs, Annette SH Gouw, Olivier NH Kahmann,
Dorien S. Visser, Jacques Pirenne, Robert J. Porte, Department of Abdominal Transplant
Surgery and Coordination, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium; Surgical Research
Laboratory, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of
Pathology, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Surgery
and Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
Scientific Programme
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16:36 O04 PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF NATURAL KILLER (NK) CELL PHENOTYPE IN RECURRING
HCV INFECTION FOLLOWING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
B. Oliviero, S. Varchetta, F. Donato, F. Agnelli, G. Rossi, M. Berra, C. Rigamonti, M.
Colombo, D. Mavilio, M. U. Mondelli, Infectious Diseases, IRCCS Fondazione San Matteo
and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation Unit,
IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico-Mangiagalli-Regina Elena, Milan, Italy; Laboratory of
Immunoregulation, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, USA
16:48 O05 HISTOLOGICAL STUDIES IN VARIOUS MODELS OF ACUTE HEPATIC FAILURE
Martin Schenk, Christian Thiel, Karolin Knubben, Alexander Etspueler, Frieder Dechent, Anja
Zeller, Karoline Lehrach, Matthias H. Morgalla, Alfred Königsrainer, Universitätsklinikum
Tübingen, Klinik für Allgemeine, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Klinik für
Neurochirurgie, Tübingen, Germany
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 2 – Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Room BOITE 17:00 - 18:00
Chairs: Bernard de Hemptinne, Ghent, Belgium
Pietro Majno, Geneva, Switzerland
17:00 O06 PREOPERATIVE FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION-BIOPSY IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER
TRANSPLANTATION FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA. WHY USE IT?
Baltasar Perez-Saborido, Santos Jimenez-Galanes Marchán, Juan Carlos Meneu D¡az,
Yiliam Fundora Suarez, Almudena Moreno Elola-Olaso, Maria Donat Garrido, Vanessa
Barra Valencia, Alberto Gimeno Calvo, Carlos Jimenez Romero, Enrique Moreno Gonzalez,
Surgery and Abdominal Organs Transplantation, 12 de Octubre University Hospital,
Madrid, Spain
17:12 O07 VALIDATION OF THE BCLC PROGNOSTIC SYSTEM IN SURGICAL HCC PATIENS. IS
NECESSARY TO MODIFY THE BCLC TREATMENT ALGORITHM?
Alessandro Vitale, Francesco D’Amico, Enrico Gringeri, Michele Valmasoni, Amedeo
Carraio, Paola Violi, Alberto Pauletto, Pasqule Bonsignore, Patrizia Burra, Fabio
Farinati, Francesco Jr D’Amico, Davide F. D’Amico, Umberto Cillo, Istituto Oncologico
Veneto – IRCCS, Unità di Chirurgia Oncologica, Padova, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze
Chirurgiche e Gastroenterologiche-Università di Padova, Unità di Chirurgia Epatobiliare
e Trapianto Epatico, Padova, Italy
17:24 O08 THE IMPACT OF HCC ON 3-YEAR SURVIVAL FOLLOWING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
IN THE MELD ERA
Martina Gambato, Marco Senzolo, Annalisa Masier, Giacomo Germani, Daniele Canova,
Scientific Programme
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Eleonora De Martin, Silvia Tomat, Francesco P. Russo, Alessandro Vitale, Umberto Cillo,
Burra Patrizia, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, Gastroenterology
Unit, Padova, Italy
17:36 O09 CALCINEURIN INHIBITORS AND HCC RECURRENCE AFTER LT
Marco Vivarelli, Alessandro Cucchetti, Giuliano La Barba, Massimo Del Gaudio, Matteo
Ravaioli, Matteo Cescon, Augusto Lauro, Gian Luca Grazi, Antonio D. Pinna, Surgery and
Transplantation, University of Bologna, Policlinico S.Orsola, Bologna, Italy
17:48 O10 RECURRENT cccDNA POSITIVE HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA 10 YEARS AFTER
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Ilaria Lenci, Giuseppe Tisone, Laura Tariciotti, Daniele Di Paolo, Marco Ciotti, Fabio
Marcuccilli, Carlo F. Perno, Mario Angelico, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation Center,
Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy; Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Tor Vergata
University, Rome, Italy
GRIFOLS Corporate Satellite Symposium
Room F 18:00 - 19:00
OPTIMIZING PROPHYLAXIS WITH IMMUNOGLOBULINS AFTER LIVER
TRANSPLANTATION
Chairs:Patrizia Burra, Padova, Italy
Ivo Graziadei, Innsbruck, Austria
18:00 Immunoglobulins and the prevention of HBV recurrence: an update
Patrizia Burra, Padova, Italy
18:15 Fixed schedule prophylaxis with intramuscular immunoglobulins: background,
efficacy and implications for practice.
Alessandro Franchello, Turin, Italy
18:30Intramuscular versus intravenous route: How, when and why?
Stefano Fagiuoli, Bergamo, Italy
18:45 Panel discussion and conclusions
WINTER MEETING & ELITA REUNION DINNER
LECTURE
20:30 The past history and new prospectives for ELITA
Paul Mc Master, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Scientific Programme
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Saturday, 5 April, 2008
SESSION 4
CHALLENGES IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR HCV
ROOM F 08:30 - 11:00
Chairs:Stefano Fagiuoli, Bergamo, Italy
Alfred Königsrainer, Tübingen, Germany
08:30 How far can we go with donor/recipient match in HCV positive recipients
Patrizia Burra, Padova, Italy
08:55 How to follow up the progression of fibrosis due to HCV recurrence after liver
transplantation ?
Luca Belli, Milan, Italy
09:20 New strategies for antiviral therapy in HCV recurrence after liver transplantation
Andrew K. Burroughs, London, United Kingdom
09:45 De novo autoimmune hepatitis in patients transplanted for HCV related liver disease
Maria Guido, Padova, Italy
10:10 Discussion
Session supported with an unrestricted Grant by
10:30 Coffee break
Scientific Programme
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 3 – ELTR Studies
ROOM BOITE 08:30 - 09:30
Chairs:René Adam, Paris, France,
Lucio Caccamo, Milan, Italy
08:30 O11 “RESCUE ALLOCATION” IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION WITHIN EUROTRANSPLANT:
A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE
Peter Schemmer, Arash Nickkholgh, Till Gerling, Jürgen Weitz, Markus W. Böchler, Jan
Schmidt, Dept. of General Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany; ET
(Eurotransplant), Leiden, The Netherlands
08:40 O12 PLATELET TRANSFUSIONS DURING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH INCREASED POST-OPERATIVE MORTALITY DUE TO ACUTE LUNG INJURY
Ilona T.A. Pereboom, Marieke T. de Boer, Els B. Haagsma, Herman G.D. Hendriks, Robert
J. Porte, Surgery University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands; Hepatobiliary
Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands;
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands;
Anesthesiology, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
08:50O13 RISK FACTORS IN FAP TRANSPLANTATION
Vitor M. Ribeiro, Teresa Coelho, Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Amyloidosis Clinical
Unit, Hospital Santo António, Porto, Portugal
09:00 O14 QUALITY CONTROL OF THE EUROPEAN LIVER TRANSPLANT REGISTRY (ELTR).
REPORT OF THE LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (LDLT) AUDIT
Vincent H. Karam, Bridget Gunson, Wolfgang Wannoff, Francine Roggen, Juan Carlos
Meneu Diaz, René Adam, Centre Hepatobiliaire Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France;
Liver Labs, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Dept. of
audits, Panacea 4 U Limited, Hamburg, Germany; Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; Servicio de Trasplante de Organos
Abdominales, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
09:10 O15 LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE IN ADULTS IN
EUROPE
Marco Senzolo, Patrizia Burra, René Adam, Vincent Karam, Giacomo Germani, James
Neuberger, Gastroenterology, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences,
University-Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy; ELTR, Centre Hepatobiliaire Hôpital Paul
Brousse, Villejuif, France; Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United
Kingdom
Scientific Programme
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09:20 O16 15-YEAR EVOLUTION OF LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN EUROPE
René Adam, Vincen H. Karam, John Buckels, John O’Grady, Denis Castaing, Jurgen
Klempnauer, Neville Jamieson, Peter Neuhaus, Jan Lerut, Stephen Pollard, Mauro Salizzoni,
Lutz Fischer, Juan Garcia-Valdecasas, Ferdinand Mühlbacher, José Mir, Christopher
Broelsch, Patrizia Burra, Centre Hepatobiliaire Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France;
Queen Elisabeth Medical Center, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United
Kingdom; Transplantation Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Klinik
für Viszeral-und Transplantationschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany;
Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Klinik für
Allgemein-Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie,Charité- Campus - Virchow klinikum,
Berlin, Germany; Department of Abdominal Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc,
Brussels, Belgium; Department of Abdominal Surgery, St Jame’s & Seacroft University
Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom; Centro Trapianti di Fegato, Azienda Ospedaliera S.
Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy; Dept. of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Universitatskrankenhaus
Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic I
Provincial de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Transplantationszentrum Klinishe Abteilung
für Transplantation, Wien, Austria; Servicio de Medicina Digestiva, Hospital Universitario
La Fe, Valencia, Spain; Klinik für Allgemeine und Transplantationschirurgie, C. U. K.
GHs Essen, Essen, Germany; Department of Surgery & Gastroenterological Sciences,
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy and ELITA, the European Liver and
Intestine Transplantation Association
Scientific Programme
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 4 – MY WORST CASE
ROOM F 11:00 - 12:00
Chairs:Martin Slooff, Groningen,The Netherlands
Xavier Rogiers, Ghent, Belgium
11:00 O17 LIVER RETRANSPLANTATION IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT: THREE GRAFTS IN A
THREE YEARS OLD CHILD. WHAT HAPPENED?
Santos Jimenez-Galanes Marchán, Almudena Moreno Elola-Olasao, Juan Carlos Menu
Diaz, Baltasar Perez Saborido, Yiliam Fundora Suarez, Vanessa Barra Valencia, Sergio
Olivares Pizarro, Alberto Gimeno Calvo, Manuel Abradelo de Usera, Carlos Jimenez
Romero, Enrique Moreno Gonzalez, Surgery and Abdominal Organs Transplantation,12
de Octubre University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
11:12 O18 SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION AND WHIPPLE
Oystein Bentdal, Tim Scholz, Ivar Gladhaug, Pal-Dag Line, Aksel Foss, Surgical Clinic,
Section for Transplant Surgery, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
11:24 O19 SUCCESSFULL LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN A PATIENT WITH HBV-RELATED
CIRRHOSIS AND PRIMARY YOLK SAC TUMOR OF THE LIVER
Ilaria Lenci, Giuseppe Tisone, Leonardo Baiocchi, Simona Francioso, Arianna Brega,
Laura Tariciotti, Marco Carbone, Paolo Craboledda, Francesco Callea, Mario Angelico,
Hepatology and Liver Transplantation Center, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy;
Department of Pathology, S. Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy
11:36 O20 REFRACTORY GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE FOLLOWING INTESTINAL
TRANSPLANTATION
James Davison, Phil J. Darbyshire, Susan V. Beath, Deirdre A. Kelly, Girish L. Gupte,
Liver Unit, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
11:48 O21 EARLY PTLD OF THE LIVER AND BILE DUCT AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
FOR HCV RELATED CIRRHOSIS
Vittorio Corno, Alessandro Lucianetti, Aurelio Sonzogni, Alessandro Rambaldi, Michela
Guazzetti, Domenico Pinelli, Marco Zambelli, Maria Clara Dezza, Giovanna Gaffuri,
Alessandra Tebaidi, Mario Strazzabosco, Stefano Fagiuoli, General Surgery III, Liver
and Lung Transplantation Center, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy; Pathology, Ospedali
Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy; Hematology, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy; Infectious
Diseases, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy; CeLiver, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy;
Gastroenterology, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
Scientific Programme
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 5 – Hepatitis C and Quality of Life
ROOM BOITE 11:00 - 12:00
Chairs:Andrew K. Burroughs, London, United Kingdom
Jan Lerut, Leuven, Belgium
11:00 O22 HEPATITIS C RECURRENCE: SPLIT LIVER VERSUS WHOLE SIZE GRAFT
Enzo Andorno, Ferruccio Ravazzoni, Antonio Picciotto, Nicola Morelli, Giuliano Bottino,
Marco Casaccia, Davide Piredda, Gloria Immordino, Stefano Di Domenico, Maximiliano
Gelli, Ilaria Nardi, Gregorio Santori, Umberto Valente, General and Transplant Surgery,
St. Martino Hospital University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
11:10 O23 FIBROSIS PROGRESSION ON PROTOCOL LIVER BIOPSIES IN PATIENTS WITH
OR WITHOUT ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT FOR HCV RECURRENCE FOLLOWING LIVER
TRANSPLANTATION (LT)
Eleonora De Martin, Sara Boninsegna, Marco Senzolo, Maria Guido, Francesco P. Russo,
Giacomo Germani, Martina Gambato, Annalisa Masier, Giacomo Zanus, Patrizia Burra,
Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, Gastroenterology, Padua,
Italy; Department of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, Pathology Section, Padua,
Italy
11:20 O24 STEROIDS AND HCV RECURRENCE AFTER LT: RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE TRIAL
HEPATITIS C
Marco Vivarelli, Patrizia Burra, Giuliano La Barba, Daniele Canova, Marco Senzolo,
Alessandro Cucchetti, Atonia D’Errico, Maria Guido, Roberto Merenda, Daniele Neri,
Matteo Zanello, Federico M. Giannini, Gian Luca Grazi, Umberto Cillo, Antonio D. Pinna,
Surgery and Transplantation, University of Bologna, Policlinico S.Orsola, Bologna, Italy;
Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy; Pathology,
Istituto F. Addarii, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Immunosuppressive Drugs,
Astellas Pharma Italia, Milan, Italy
11:30 O25 CADAVER AND LIVING DONOR SPLIT LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FROM CADAVER
AND LIVING DONOR IN HCV+ RECIPIENTS: A MULTICENTER EXPERIENCE OF AN
ITALIAN TRANSPLANT AGENCY
Tullia M. De Feo, Nicola De Fazio, Alberto Brolese, Abdallah Slim, Giorgio Rossi, Michele
Colledan, Enzo Adorno, Umberto Baccarani, Enrico Regalia, Matteo Donataccio, Andrea
Risaliti, Mauro Cima, Patrizia Burra, Mario Scalamogna, Dept. of Regenerative Medicine,
Transplantation Immunology, Fond. IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli
e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy; Dept. of Regenerative Medicine, Transplantation
Immunology, Fond. IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena,
Scientific Programme
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Milan, Italy; Hepato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Az Osp. of Padua,
Padua, Italy; Liver Transplantation and Surgery, Az. Osp. Niguarda Cà Granda, Milan,
Italy; Liver Transplantation Center, Fond. IRCCS Osp. Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli
e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy; Liver and Lung Transplantation Center, Az. Osp. Ospedali
Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy; Transplant Center, Az. Osp. Univ. San Martino, Genova, Italy;
Dept. of Transplantation, University Hospital, Udine, Italy; Dept. of Surgery and Liver
Transplantation, Fond. IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy; II Surgery Division,
Az. Osp. Borgo Trento, Verona, Italy; Dept. of Digestive Diseases and General Surgery,
Az. Osp. Univ. Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy; U.O. Anestesia, Terapia Intensiva e
Serv. Sale Operatorie, Osp. Santa Chiara A.P.S.S., Trento, Italy; Dept. of Surgery and
Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
11:40 O26 SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN MALE BEFORE AND AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
(LT)
Annalisa Masier, Andrea Salonia, Giacomo Germani, Martina Gambato, Eleonora De
Martin, Marco Senzolo, Francesco P. Russo, Alberto Brolese, Giacomo C. Sturniolo, Patrizia
Burra, Gastroenterology, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences,
University of Padova, Padova, Italy; Department of Urology, University Vita-Salute
San Raffaele, Milano, Italy; Surgery, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological
Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
11:50 O27 EVALUATION OF PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR ADHERENCE TO MEDICAL REGIMEN
IN PATIENTS BEFORE AND AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Giacomo Germani, Daniele Canova, Marco Senzolo, Egle Perissinotto, Annalisa Masier,
Francesco Paolo Russo, Martina Gambato, Eleonora De Martin, Giacomo Zanus, Giacomo
Carlo Sturniolo, Patrizia Burra, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences,
Gastroenterology - University of Padua, Padua, Italy; Department of Enviromental
Medicine and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Scientific Programme
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SESSION 5 ELTR STUDIES
ROOM F 12:00 - 13:00
Chairs:René Adam, Paris, France
Bernard De Hemptinne, Ghent, Belgium
12:00 Alcoholic Liver Disease
James Neuberger, Birmingham, United Kingdom
12:15 Non tumor related prognostic factors of liver transplantation for HCC
René Adam, Paris, France
12:30 Outcomes of European Split Liver Transplantation
Darius Mirza, Birmingham, United Kingdom
12:45 ELTR: what has changed and what is lacking in the new registry
Vincent Karam, Paris, France
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 6 – Small Bowel and Pediatric Transplantation
ROOM BOITE 12:00 - 13:00
Chairs:Michael Olausson, Gotheborg, Sweden
Jacques Pirenne, Leuven, Belgium
12:00 O28 RISK FACTORS FOR MORTALITY ON THE WAITING LIST FOR COMBINED LIVER
AND SMALL BOWEL TRANSPLANTATION
Girish L. Gupte, Carla Lloyd, Deirdre A. Kelly, Susan V. Beath, Liver Unit (including small
bowel transplantation), Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
12:12 O29 A NEW NATIONAL PAEDIATRIC DONOR ORGAN ALLOCATION POLICY FOR
CHILDREN WAITING FOR INTESTINAL TRANSPLANTATION
Mara Giovanelli, Girish L. Gupte, Phil Pocock, Carla Lloyd, Patrick J. McKiernan, Susan
Richards, David A. Mayer, Khalid Sharif, Darius F. Mirza, Liver Unit, Birmingham
Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Chirurgia III Centro Trapianti di
Fegato e Polmone, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy; Department of Statistics, UK
Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom
Scientific Programme
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12:24 O30 CHRONIC REJECTION AFTER PAEDIATRIC INTESTINAL TRANSPLANTATION: A
UK SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE
Mara Giovanelli, Susan V. Beath, Deirdre A. Kelly, Rachel Brown, Katherine Foster, Alistair
J. Millar, Khalid Sharif, David A. Mayer, Darius F. Mirza, Girish L. Gupte, Liver Unit,
Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Chirurgia 3 Liver & Lung Transplant Centre Ospedali
Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy; Liver Unit, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, United
Kingdom
12:36 O31 PRE-EMPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF ANASTOMOTIC BILIARY STENOSES AFTER
PEDIATRIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Vittorio Corno, Laura Locatelli, Domenico Pinelli, Alessandro Lucianetti, Aurelio Sonzogni,
Roberto Agazzi, Maria Clara Dezza, Marco Zambelli, Michela Guazzetti, Daniela Codazzi,
Manila Candusso, Paola Stroppa, Michela Bravi, Giuliano Torre, Michele Colledan,
General Surgery, Liver and Lung Transplantion Center, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy;
Pediatrics, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy; Pathology, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy;
Radiology, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy; Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Ospedali
Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
12:48 O32 RETRANSPLANTATION RATE IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN DONATION AFTER
CARDIAC DEATH AND INDIPENDENT FROM THE RECIPIENT STATUS
Maria Clara Dezza, F. Berrevoet, Maurizio Sainz Barriga, A. Rossetto, Xavier Rogiers,
Bernard De Hemptinne, Roberto Troisi, Hepatobiliary Service, Ghent University Hospital,
Ghent, Belgium
ROOM F 13:00
Closure of the Meeting
Scientific Programme
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Posters
HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
P01 TUMOR RECURRENCE AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR HEPATOCELLULAR
CARCINOMA: RECURRENCE PATHWAY AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS
Baltasar Perez-Saborido, Santos Jimenez-Galanes Marchán, Juan Carlos Meneu-Djaz,
Carlos Jimenez-Romero, Almudena Elola-Olaso, Yiliam Fundora Suarez, Vanessa Barra
Valencia, Manuel Abradelo de Usera, Alberto Gimeno Calvo, Enrique Moreno-Gonzalez,
Surgery and Abdominal Organs Transplantation, 12 de Octubre University Hospital,
Madrid, Spain
P02 RESULTS OF RESECTION AND TRANSPLANTATION FOR HCC IN CIRRHOSIS AND NONCIRRHOSIS HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
Fadi Rayya, Department for Visceral and Transplant, University Hospital, Leipzig,
Germany
P03 MOLECULAR STAGING OF HCC PATIENTS BEFORE ELEGIBLE FOR RADICAL
THERAPIES
Alessandro Vitale, Guglielmo Ometto, Alberto Brolese, Giacomo Zanus, Daniele Neri,
Patrizia Boccagni, Francesco D’Amico, Francesco A. Ciarleglio, Patrizia Burra, Davide
F. D’Amico, Umberto Cillo, Istituto Oncologico Veneto – IRCCS, Chirurgia Oncologica;
Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Gastroenterologiche, Università di Padova, Unit
of Chiurgia Epatobiliare e Trapianto Epatico, Padova, Italy
P04 INTERPRETING Thomas D. Johnston, Roberto Gedaly, Hoonbae Jeon, Dinesh Ranjan, Department of
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
HEPATITIS C
P05 THE CHOICE OF CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR DOES NOT AFFECT POSTTRANSPLANTATION
OUTCOMES IN TERMS OF HCV RECURRENCE: A RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE STUDY
Santos Jimenez-Galanes Marchán, Juan Carlos Meneu Diaz, Baltasar Perez Saborido,
Yiliam Fundora Suarez, Almudena Moreno Elola-Olaso, Manuel Abradelo de Usera,
Vanessa Barra Valencia, Felix Cambra Molero, Alberto Gimeno Calvo, Carlos Jimenez
Romero, Rose Mari Lopez Sterup, Enrique Moreno Gonzalez, Surgery and Abdominal
Organs Transplantation, 12 de Octubre University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Posters
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SMALL BOWEL TRANSPLANTATION
P06 THE IMPACT OF BASILIXIMAB ON RENAL FUNCTION AFTER PAEDIATRIC INTESTINAL
TRANSPLANTATION
Mara Giovanelli, Girish L. Gupte, Paul Davies, Carla Lloyd, Deirdre A. Kelly, Darius
F. Mirza, David A. Mayer, Khalid Sharif, Alastair J. Millar, Susan V. Beath, Liver
Unit Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Surgery 3 Liver & Lung Transplant Centre
- Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy; Liver Unit Birmingham Children’s Hospital,
Surgery 3 Liver & Lung Transplant Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom
P07 RESULTS OF INTESTINAL AND MULTIVISCERAL TRANSPLANTATION IN ADULT
PATIENTS: SPANISH EXPERIENCE
Santos Jimenez-Galanes Marchán, Juan Carlos Meneu Diaz, Baltasar Perez Saborido,
Yiliam Fundora Suarez, Almudena Moreno Elola-Olaso,Vanessa Barra Valencia, Sergio
Olivares Pizarro, Manuel Abradelo de Usera, Carlos Jimenez Romero, Enrique Moreno
Gonzalez, Surgery and Abdominal Organs Transplantation, 12 de Octubre University
Hospital, Madrid, Spain
P08 INCIDENCE OF HISTOPATHOLOGICAL DEMOSTRATED REJECTION IN OUR SERIES OF
ADULTS UNDERWENT SMALL BOWEL TRANSPLANTATION
Santos Jimenez-Galanes, Juan Carlos Meneu Diaz, Baltasar Perez Saborido, Yiliam
Fundora Suarez, Almudena Moreno Elola-Olaso, Sergio Olivares Pizarro, Vanessa Barra
Valencia, Manuel Abradelo de Usera, Alberto Gimeno Calvo, Enrique Moreno Gonzalez,
Surgery and Abdominal Organs Transplantation, 12 de Octubre University Hospital,
Madrid, Spain
P09 CHRONIC REJECTION AFTER COMBINED LIVER AND SMALL BOWEL TRANSPLANTATION
IN A CHILD WITH CHRONIC INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION
Mara Giovanelli, Girish L. Gupte, Khalid Sharif, Allistair J. Millar, David A. Mayer, Darius
F. Mirza, Liver Unit Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
ELTR STUDIES
P10 DOMINO DONOR RISK TRANSPLANTATION. IS TECHNIQUE A FACTOR?
Vitor M.Ribeiro, Luis M. Gra‡a, Jorge D. Silva, Jos D. Silva, Rui M. Almeida, Manuel C.
Teixeira, Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Hospital Santo António, Porto, Portugal
Posters
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WORST CASES
P11 GRAFT VESSEL WALL PATHOLOGY IN A CASE OF HEPATIC ARTERY PSEUDO-ANEURYSM
IN A LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT
Gian Luigi Adani, Umberto Baccarani, Vittorio Bresadola, Dario Lorenzin, Andrea Risaliti,
Dino De Anna, Surgery & Transplantation, University, Udine, Italy
P12 3 CONSECUTIVE LIVER TRANSPLANTATIONS IN A PATIENT WITH REPEATED ACUTE
GRAFT NECROSIS
Christina Schleicher, Heiner Wolters, Thomas Vogel, Norbert Senninger, Jens G. Brockmann,
General and Transplant Surgery, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
BASIS SCIENCE
P13 DOSAGE DEPENDED ACETAMINOPHEN-INDUCED ACUTE LIVER FAILURE IN PIGS
Martin Schenk, Christian Thiel, Karolin Knubben, Alexander Etspueler, Sofia
Rubitschek, Sabine Schmid, Felippe Vargas, Matthias H. Morgalla*, Alfred
Königsrainer, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Klinik für Allgemeine, Viszeral-und
Transplantationschirurgie, *Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Tübingen, Germany MISCELLANEA
P14 COMBINED TREATMENT WITH SCLEROTHERAPY AND BANDING FOR VARICEAL
BLEEDING IN CANDIDATES FOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Lorenzo Norberto, Lino Polese, Umberto Cillo, Patrizia Burra, Alberto Brolese, Daniele
Neri, Giacomo Zanus, Patrizia Boccagni, Alberto Pauletto, Davide F. D’Amico, Lorenzo
Norberto, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of
Padova, Policlinico Universitario, Padova, Italy
P15 INDIVIDUAL DRUG THERAPY IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Laszlo Kobori, Eniko Sarvary, Janos Fazakas, Attila Doros, Imre Fehervari, Denes Gorog,
Zsuzsanna Gerlei, Jeno Jaray, Katalin Monostory, Transplantation and Surgical Dep.,
Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
P16 HEPATIC VENOUS HEMOGLOBIN OXYGEN SATURATION AS AN EARLY PREDICTOR OF
LIVER FUNCTION IN ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Chrysoula I. Papageorgiou, Vasilios G. Papanikolaou, Eleni F. Katsika, Aggeliki Parlapani,
Dionisios V. Vrochides, Dimitrios N. Takoudas, 1st Anaesthesiology Department,
University Hospital Hippokration, Thessaloniki, Greece
Posters
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P17 OUTCOME OF HEPATICOJEJUNOSTOMY FOR BILIARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION
FOLLOWING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Georg P. Györi, Felix B. Langer, Herwig Pokorny, Christoper K. Burghuber, Susanne
Rockenschaub, Gabriela A. Berlakovich, Ferdinand Mühlbacher, Rudolf Steininger, Dep.
of Clinical Transplantation, University Clinic of Surgery, Medical University, Vienna,
Austria
P18 CLINICAL IMPACT OF OBESITY (BMI > 30) AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.
Maria Clara Dezza, A. Rossetto, E. Sieders, Maurizio Sainz Barriga, Xavier Rogiers,
Roberto Troisi, Bernard De Hemptinne, Patrizia Burra*, Hepatobiliary and Liver
Transplant Service, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; *Department of Surgery
& Gastroenterological Sciences, Università degli Studi, Padova, Italy
P19 PHARMACOKINETICS, EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF INTRAMUSCOLAR AND
INTRAVENOUS OF HEPATITIS B IMMUNOGLOBULINS COMBINED WITH NUCLEOSIDE
ANALOGUES IN PROPHYLAXIS OF HEPATITIS B AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Riccardo Volpes, Patrizia Burra, Pietro Andreone, Daniele Canova, Carmela Cursaro,
Anna Riili, Bruno Fiorentino, Michela Bacci, Stefano Guazzino, Alfredo Marzano;
ISMETT, Palermo, Azienda Ospedaliera, Padova; Azienda Ospedaliera S.Orsola Malpighi,
Bologna; Kedrion S.p.A, UODU Gastroepatologia, A.O. San Giovanni Battista, Torino
P20 ANTIMICROBIAL PROPHYLAXISIN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION PATIENTS A
MULTICENTER SURVEY
E. Vandecasteele, J. De Waele, S. Blot, D. Vandijck, D. Vogelaers, X. Rogiers, M. Bourgeois,
J. Decruyenaere, E. Hoste; University Hospital Ghent, Department of Clinical Care, Az
Sint-Jan Bruges, Department of Clinical Care, University Hospital Ghent, Department
of International of International Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Department of
Surgery
Posters
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The following
ELITA 2008
are assigned for the outstanding quality of the Abstract Submitted
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS
O01 MELATONIN PROTECTS FROM HEPATIC REPERFUSION INJURY THROUGH INHIBITION
OF IKK AND JNK PATHWAYS AND MODIFICATION OF CELL PROLIFERATION
Arash Nickkholgh, Rui Liang, Katrin Hoffmann, Michael Kern, Heinz Schneider, Michael
Sobirey, Markus Zorn, Markus W. Böchler, Peter Schemmer, Dept. of General Surgery,
Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany; Dept. of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls
University, Heidelberg, Germany; HealthEcon AG, Basel, Switzerland; Nutri~Fit GmbH
& Co KG, Mühlen, Germany; Central Laboratory, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg,
Germany
O04 PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF NATURAL KILLER (NK) CELL PHENOTYPE IN RECURRING
HCV INFECTION FOLLOWING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
B. Oliviero, S. Varchetta, F. Donato, F. Agnelli, G. Rossi, M. Berra, C. Rigamonti, Massimo
Colombo, D. Mavilio, Mario U. Mondelli, Infectious Diseases, IRCCS Fondazione San
Matteo and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation
Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico-Mangiagalli-Regina Elena, Milan, Italy; Laboratory
of Immunoregulation, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, USA
O32 RETRANSPLANTATION RATE IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN DONATION AFTER
CARDIAC DEATH AND INDIPENDENT FROM THE RECIPIENT STATUS
Maria Clara Dezza, F. Berrevoet, Maurizio Sainz Barriga, A. Rossetto, Xavier Rogiers,
Bernard De Hemptinne, Roberto Troisi, Hepatobiliary Service, Ghent University Hospital,
Ghent, Belgium
Awards
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ACCREDITATION
The 4th ELITA – ELTR Winter Meeting is accredited by the Italian Ministery of Health with 7
CME credits (for Italian Doctors only).
ORAL SESSIONS
Abstracts selected are presented during the Oral Sessions 1 to 6, as oral presentation of 10’
or 12’.
POSTER SESSIONS
All posters presentations have been assigned a chronological programme number, for
reference when locating your printed abstract, in the Supplement of Transplant International.
The same number indicates also the board number location.
Abstracts selected as posters will be on displayed throughout the Congress in Room F.
Mount Time:
Thursday 3 April, 2008 13h00 - 17h00
POSTER VIEWING & WELCOME COCKTAIL
Thursday 3 April, 2008 18h30 - 19h30
Display Time:
Friday 4 April, 2008
Saturday 5 April, 2008
08h30 - 18h00
08h30 - 13h00
Dismount Time:
Saturday 5 April, 2008
13h00 - 13h30
There will not be organized or moderated discussions over Posters.
PUBLICATION of abstracts
All accepted abstracts are published in the Volume 21, Supplement 1, 2008 of Transplant
International.
REGISTRATION
Participants are requested to wear their badge to move around the Congress Centre. All
Presenters of Oral and Poster presentations must be registered to the Meeting.
CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION
A Certificate of Participation will be available on request at Registration/Organizing
Secretariat Desk.
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INFORMATION FOR SPEAKERS & CHAIRMEN
Audiovisual equipment is provided for PowerPoint presentation in all sessions of the
Meeting.
Speakers and presenters are requested to report to technician in the Meeting Room, at least
1 hour prior their session time, to download their presentation in the main computer. Usage
of personal PC is not permitted.
Staff will assist you during the running of the session. A technician will also be available to
assist in using the audio-visual facilities in the meeting room.
Speakers and Chairmen are asked to report in the Meeting room 10 minutes before the
starting time of the session. Please keep strictly to the time assigned for your presentation,
as set out in the Final Programme.
All presentations must be in English, as this is the language of the Congress. Simultaneous
translation is not provided.
Audience and presenters are requested to turn off all mobile phones and pagers during the
presentations.
SOCIAL EVENTS
POSTER VIEWING AND WELCOME COCKTAIL
Thursday, 3 April 2008 at 18h40 – Alexander Girardi Congress Hall
The Poster Area will open with a welcome cocktail, with the aim to gather all congress
Participants.
An exhibit of paintings and sculptures will be presented by the artists:
Franziska Koenigsrainer, Bea Lerut, Sir Roy Calne, Lucio Caccamo, Massimo Nube and Franco
Cimitan by Santo Stefano Art Gallery in Venice.
4th ELITA-ELTR WINTER MEETING DINNER AND ELITA REUNION
A special dinner will be organized at the restaurant “El Camineto”, a typical restaurant with
a fantastic view on the Ampezzo Valley. The venue is reachable by car within ten minutes
from all the hotels, however a shuttle bus service is provided. All participants are invited to
attend, reservation will be possible until Thursday, April 3 and upon availability.
Cost for the dinner is 60 Euro.
Bus Departure: 20h15 in front of the main entrance of the Church SS. Filippo e Giacomo,
Piazza Roma - Return Transfers will run from approximately 23h00
Al Caminetto, 1, Località Rumerlo, Cortina d’Ampezzo
During the dinner Prof. Paul Mc Master, will make a presentation on “The past history and new
prospective for ELITA”
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Congress Venue
Alexander Hall - Centro Congressi
Via Marangoni, 1 - Cortina d’Ampezzo
Tel. +39 0436 881850 - Fax +39 0436 867333
[email protected] - www.cortinameeting.org
Organizing Secretariat and Registration Desk
The Organizing Secretariat will be located at the Congress Venue.
The opening time will be the following:
Thursday, April 3
15h00 – 19h00
Friday, April 4
08h00 – 12h30
15h30 – 18h00
Saturday, April 5
08h00 – 13h30
ELITA Shuttle bus
A special service for ELITA Speakers & Participants will run
from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cortina - Congress Centre and Hotel Ancora - at the
following time:
Thursday April 3, 2008
11h00 – 13h00
Friday April 4, 2008 09h30
15h00 – 18h00
from Cortina - Congress Centre and Hotel Ancora - to Venice Marco Polo Airport, at the
following time:
Saturday April 5, 2008
11h00 – 13h00 – 15h00
Useful Numbers and Addresses
Tourist Office: Cortina Turismo - via Marconi, 15/B
phone +39 0436 866252 - www.cortina.dolomiti.org
Post Office
Largo Poste
phone +39 0436 862411
fax +39 0436 882440
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Car Rentals
Cortina Auto – Zuel di Sopra, 53
phone +39 0436 867547
Garage Dolomiti - Corso Italia 186/188
phone +39 0436.861345
Servizi Ampezzo – Autostazione via Marconi
phone +39 0436.867921
Bus Station
Dolomitibus – Via Col da Ren, 14 – Belluno
phone +39 0437 941137 / 21711
Taxi
phone +39 0436 860888 - +39 0436 2839
+39 0436 4619
Hospital
phone +39 0436 883111
Mountain rescue
phone +39 0436 2943 or 118
Emergency number
phone 112
Municipality
phone +39 0436 4291
Banking
Banks in Italy are open from 08h30 to 13h00 and from
14h30 to 15h30, Monday to Friday.
Exchange facilities are available at arriving airport, in
town and at major hotels.
Insurance
Organizers do not accept liability for any injury, loss
or damage, arising from accidents or other situations
during, or as a consequence of the Congress. Participants
are therefore advised to arrange for health and accident
insurance prior to travelling.
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Acknowledgements
4th ELITA-ELTR Winter Meeting Supporters
The ELITA Board and the Meeting Chair express their
thanks to the following Companies, for their support:
EXCLUSIVE
MAJOR
SUPPORTERS & EXHIBITORS
BERNA BIOTECH
BIOTEST
GENZYME
ROCHE
WYETH EUROPE
SOFAR
PADOVA UNIVERSITY
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Exhibit
We invite you to visit our Exhibitors,
at the following time:
Thursday, April 3, 16h00 – 19h00
Friday, April 4,
08h30 – 12h30
16h00 – 18h00
Saturday, April 5,
08h30 – 12h30
BERNA
BIOTECH
Coffee break
Entrance
Registration
Desk
ASTELLAS
FRESENIUS
Coffee break
MINNAJA
Foundation
ASS.
“Facciamo
un nido”
GENZYME KEDRION
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Notes
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Shining in transplantation
Heart
Liver
Kidney
Astellas: Now a leading light in heart transplantation
Astellas has always prided itself on
its heritage and focus. And that’s
not going to change.
With an annual projected R&D spend
of 1.6 billion dollars, at Astellas we can
continue to concentrate our efforts
on those specialised therapeutic areas
that have already benefited from
our expertise.
In transplantation, Astellas markets
an immunosuppressant to prevent
organ rejection in heart, kidney and
liver transplants. In the development
Astellas, a consistent force for
pipeline are further novel products
today, an inspiration for the
for the prevention of organ rejection
future and a leading light for life.
post-transplant and for the optimisation
of patient management.
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Sometimes, natural, accidental or social causes obstruct the natural
right to life, liberty and personal security.
Because of the special nature of its products, Kedrion supports
people, communities and institutions in reducing or removing those
obstacles that prevent people enjoying such rights. Kedrion helps
turn the natural rights (life, liberty, security) into the social right to
live in the best possible conditions.
For this reason, it collects and converts, makes active and usable
that vital energy that is generated and regenerated, preserved and
carried through blood; so that it can be transferred from one human
being to the next, and anyone can enjoy one’s fundamental rights.
*Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 3.