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Proceedings of the 30th Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society
Wilson, Elizabeth A. , Khan, Mohammad Qasim , Kyaw, A Mi Mi , Magistri, P., Tejedor, Marta , Kathirvel, Manikandan , Moral, Kenan , Shankar, Sadhana , Mao, Shennen A. , Alconchel, Felipe, Maira, Tommaso Di , Hakeem, Abdul Rahman , Rammohan, Ashwin, Alconchel, Felipe , Tejedor, Marta , Magistri, Paolo , Mao, Shennen A , Alconchel, Felipe , Di Maira, Tommaso , Chadha, Ryan , Rammohan, Ashwin , Wilson, Elizabeth , Shankar, Sadhana , Mathew, Johns Shaji , Patel, Madhukar S. , Syn, Nicholas L. X. , Chadha, Ryan , Khan, Mohammad Qasim
Liver Transplantation | January 5, 2026 | Volume: 32 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 765-778
The 2025 Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), themed “ Advancing Liver Transplantation: Embracing Innovation for the Future ,” was held from May 28 to 31 in Singapore. The meeting offered a comprehensive scientific program, featuring 92 sessions and 7 pre-congress workshops spanning living donor liver transplantation, advanced surgery, anesthesia and critical care, transplant oncology and immunology, basic science, pediatrics, and more. The program emphasized collaboration and innovation to advance patient outcomes in liver transplantation. In this report, the ILTS Vanguard Committee summarizes the key proceedings of the congress.
Living liver donor safety: Early postoperative considerations of living liver donation guidelines from the ILTS-iLDLTG consensus conference
Sayed, Blayne Amir, Tejedor, Marta , Kathirvel, Manikandan , Bhangui, Prashant , Ghanekar, Anand, Kasahara, Mureo , Scatton, Olivier, Ghobrial, Mark, Klair, Tarunjeet , Rajakumar, Akila , Bezinover, Dimitri , Bittermann, Therese , Don, C, Luzzi, Carla , Tsien, Cynthia , Egawa, Hiroto , Ascher, Nancy L. , Bröering, Dieter C. , Chen, Chao‐Long , Lerut, Jan , Mas, Valeria R. , Taner, Timuçin , Vyas, Mary, Wiggins, Chantal, Olthoff, Kim M. , Rela, M, Selzner, Nazia, Sayed, Blayne A. , Bhangui, Prashant , Rammohan, Ashwin , Selzner, Nazia , Tejedor, Marta , Sayed, Blayne A , Chadha, Ryan , Ivanics, Tommy , Kim, Dong‐Sik , Scatton, Olivier , Ghobrial, Mark, Sudhindran, S , Benedetto, Fabrizio Di , Burra, Patrizia , Hirschfield, Gideon M. , Terrault, Norah A. , Wiggins, Chantal, Fung, John J. , Heimbach, Julie K. , Selzner, Nazia
Liver Transplantation | December 18, 2025 | Volume: 32 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 913-924
Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is a life-saving procedure for patients with end-stage liver disease. As its use expands worldwide, ensuring the safety and well-being of live liver donors (LLD) is of paramount importance. Published evidence on early postoperative complications after living donor hepatectomy—those occurring within 90 days of surgery—is limited, and standardized postoperative care protocols are lacking. The International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) and the International Living Donor Liver Transplantation Group (iLDLT Group) convened a consensus conference in Toronto in March 2025 to develop guidelines for the safe care of the LLDs. This manuscript details the recommendations on early postoperative considerations for the safety of LLDs developed by Working Group III (WGIII) of the Consensus Scientific Committee, using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system for assessment of recommendations, and the Danish model of consensus. WGIII addressed four key areas: (1) standardized postoperative care, (2) early biliary complications, (3) early postoperative liver dysfunction, and (4) early postdischarge follow-up. This report emphasizes the need for vigilant postoperative monitoring in specialized units, with access to experienced providers and defined clinical pathways. Structured clinical and psychosocial follow-up protocols, perioperative prophylaxis for surgical site infections and venous thromboembolism, and management of early biliary and vascular complications are discussed. These may help standardize care, reduce complications and improve short-term outcomes in LLDs.
Proceedings of the 29th Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society
Patel, Madhukar S. , Tejedor, Marta , Barbas, Andrew S. , Kim, Joohyun , Shingina, Alexandra , Wilson, Elizabeth A. , Alconchel, Felipe , Patel, Dhupal , Liu, Jiang , Mazzola, Alessandra, Tanaka, Tomohiro , Victor, David W. , Yoon, Young-in, Vinaixa, Carmen , Kyaw, Aye Mya Mya , Galante, Antonio, Kathirvel, Manikandan , Moral, Kenan , Maira, Tommaso Di , Martin, Eléonora De , Mao, Shennen, Tejedor, Marta , Wilson, Elizabeth , Alconchel, Felipe , Di Maira, Tommaso , Shankar, Sadhana , Mao, Shennen A. , Ivanics, Tommy , Mathew, Johns Shaji , Khan, Mohammad Qasim , Syn, Nicholas L. X. , Nasralla, David , Mazzola, Alessandra , Yoon, Young-in, Magistri, Paolo , Aliseda, Daniel , Chadha, Ryan , Bonaccorsi‐Riani, Eliano , Rammohan, Ashwin , Patel, Madhukar
Liver Transplantation | March 10, 2025 | Volume: 31 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 945-955
The 2024 Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) was from May 1–4 in Houston, Texas, USA, under the theme “Liver Disease and Transplantation: Breaking Barriers and Exploring New Frontiers.” In addition to a robust scientific program, the congress also hosted a hands-on cadaveric robotic liver surgery course, a machine perfusion workshop, and a transesophageal echocardiography course. In this report, the ILTS Vanguard and Basic Sciences Committees present a summary of the congress proceedings.