Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	29547
Country	Italy

Received	2016-08-19 10:35
Peer-Review Started	2016-08-19 18:32
To Make the First Decision	2016-09-20 10:50
Return for Revision	2016-09-20 14:07
Revised	2016-10-07 00:18
Second Decision	2017-03-01 11:17
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2017-03-02 17:08
Articles in Press	2017-03-02 17:08
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Typeset the Manuscript	2017-03-20 08:41
Publish the Manuscript Online	2017-03-28 10:34

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Category	Transplantation
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Long term follow-up and outcome of liver transplantation from hepatitis B surface antigen positive donors
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Roberto Ballarin, Alessandro Cucchetti, Francesco Paolo Russo, Paolo Magistri, Matteo Cescon, Umberto Cillo, Patrizia Burra, Antonio Daniele Pinna and Fabrizio Di Benedetto
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Roberto Ballarin, MD, PhD, Hepato­pancreatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, University Hospital “Policlinico”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41124 Modena, Italy. ballarinroberto@hotmail.com
Key Words	Liver transplantation; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Organ allocation; Organ procurement; Multicenter study
Core Tip	With the intent of developing strategies to increase the donor pool, we set-up a multicenter study involving 3 Liver Transplant Centers in Italy between March 2004 and May 2010. 1408 patients underwent liver transplantation during the study period, and 28 received the graft from hepatitis B surface antigen positive (HBsAg)-positive deceased donors. None primary non-function, re-liver transplantation, early or late hepatic artery thrombosis occurred. Our results show that transplantation of grafts from deceased HBsAg positive donors is feasible and this represents a way to expand the donor pool, especially in the high-endemic areas where a large proportion of patients are highly viremic and HBeAg positive.
Publish Date	2017-03-28 10:34
Citation	Ballarin R, Cucchetti A, Russo FP, Magistri P, Cescon M, Cillo U, Burra P, Pinna AD, Di Benedetto F. Long term follow-up and outcome of liver transplantation from hepatitis B surface antigen positive donors. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(12): 2095-2105
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v23/i12/2095.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i12.2095

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