Publications

  1. Han GR, Johnson ER, Jogerst KM, Calderon E, Hewitt WR, Pearson DG, Harold KL. Outcomes of a Large Series of Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repairs after Liver Transplantation. Am Surg. 2023 Dec; 89 (12):5520-5526 Epub 2023 Feb 24
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  2. Donato BB, Sewell M, Al Harakeh H, Sen A, Patel BM, Morgan P, Mathur AK, Moss AA, Hewitt WR, Campany ME, Dulohery Scrondin MM, Cassivi SD, Gajic O, D'Cunha J. Spontaneous middle lobe torsion: An institutional case series. JTCVS Tech. 2023 Aug; 20:176-181 Epub 2023 May 06
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  3. Hydrick TC, Zhang C, Ruch B, Wagler J, Kumm K, Harbell JW, Hewitt WR, Jadlowiec CC, Katariya NN, Moss AA, Nguyen MC, Reddy KS, Singer AL, Mathur AK. Declining Medicare reimbursement in abdominal transplantation from 2000 to 2021. Surgery. 2023 Jun; 173(6):1484-1490. Epub 2023 Mar 07.
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  4. Kohli DR, Aqel BA, Segaran NL, Harrison ME, Fukami N, Faigel DO, Moss A, Mathur A, Hewitt W, Katariya N, Pannala R. Outcomes of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage in liver transplant recipients with a Roux-en-Y biliary-enteric anastomosis. Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2023 Feb 28; 27(1):49-55. Epub 2022 Oct 17.
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  5. Jadlowiec CC, Macdonough E, Pont K, Valenti K, Lizaola-Mayo B, Brooks A, Das D, Heilman R, Mathur AK, Hewitt W, Moss A, Aqel B, Reddy KS. Donation after circulatory death transplant outcomes using livers recovered by local surgeons. Liver Transpl. 2022 Nov; 28(11):1726-1734. Epub 2022 Apr 25.
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  6. Sheckley M, Calderon E, Patel BM, Sen A, Giorgakis E, Hewitt WR, Singer AL, Reddy KS, Moss AA, Mathur AK. Utilization of Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Life Support for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome After Liver Transplant. Exp Clin Transplant. 2022 Jun; 20 (6):616-620 Epub 2020 Aug 07
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  7. Ramon DS, Troop DM, Kinard TN, Jadlowiec CC, Ryan MS, Hewitt WR Jr, Olsen LG, Jaramillo A, Taner T, Heilman RL. Alloantibodies after simultaneous liver-kidney transplant: A story of primary nonfunction, retransplantation, and antibody-mediated rejection. Am J Transplant. 2022 Mar; 22 (3):977-985 Epub 2021 Dec 23
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  8. Jayasekera CR, Vikram HR, Rifat Z, Wagler J, Okubo K, Braaksma BR, Harbell JW, Jadlowiec CC, Katariya NN, Mathur AK, Moss A, Reddy KS, Singer A, Orenstein R, Saling CF, Seville MT, Mour GK, Vargas HE, Byrne TJ, Hewitt WR Jr, Aqel BA. Solid Organ Transplantation From SARS-CoV-2-infected Donors to Uninfected Recipients: A Single-center Experience. Transplant Direct. 2022 Feb; 8 (2):e1286 Epub 2022 Jan 13
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  9. Giorgakis E, Khorsandi SE, Burdine L, Singer A, Hewitt W, Heaton N, Mathur AK. Centre volume impact on graft survival and waiting list time in donation after circulatory death liver transplantation in the USA. Br J Surg. 2021 Dec 1; 108 (12):e404-e406
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  10. Laique SN, Zhang N, Hewitt WR, Bajaj J, Vargas HE. Increased access to liver transplantation for patients with acute on chronic liver failure after implementation of Share 35 Rule: An analysis from the UNOS database. Ann Hepatol. 2021 Jul-Aug; 23:100288 Epub 2020 Nov 18
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  11. Nunez-Nateras R, Reddy KS, Aqel BA, Heilman R, Morgan P, Mathur AK, Hewitt W, Heimbach J, Rosen C, Moss AA, Taner T, Jadlowiec CC. Simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation from donation after cardiac death donors: an updated perspective. Am J Transplant. 2020 Dec; 20 (12):3582-3589 Epub 2020 Sept 27
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  12. Abdul-Muhsin HM, McAdams SB, Syal A, Nunez-Nateras R, Navaratnam A, Moss AA, Hewitt WR, Singer AL, Jadlowiec CC, Harbell JW, Mathur AK, Reddy KS, Castle EP. Robot Assisted Renal Allograft Nephrectomy: Initial Case Series and Description of Technique. Urology. 2020 Dec; 146:118-124 Epub 2020 Oct 20
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  13. Rodriguez EA, Perez R, Zhang N, Lim ES, Miller C, Schwartz MA, McGirr AJ, Srinivasan A, Hewitt W, Silva AC, Rakela J, Vargas HE. Clinical Outcomes of Portosystemic Shunts on the Outcome of Liver Transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2020 May; 26 (5):693-701 Epub 2020 Mar 12
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  14. Khurmi N, Seman M, Gaitan B, Young S, Rosenfeld D, Giorgakis E, Hewitt W, Mathur A. Nontraditional Use of TEE to Evaluate Hepatic Vasculature and Guide Surgical Management in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation. Case Rep Transplant. 2019; 2019:5293069 Epub 2019 June 19
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  15. Khurmi NS, Chang YH, Eric Steidley D, Steidley DE, Singer AL, Hewitt WR, Reddy KS, Moss AA, Mathur AK. Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease After Liver Transplantation in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2018 Oct; 24 (10):1398-1410
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  16. Edgerton CA, Gross M, Kasi N, Hewitt W, Edmondson S, Rohan VS, Nadig SN. "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall"... Pediatric liver transplantation in the case of situs inversus totalis with a disrupted inferior vena cava. Pediatr Transplant. 2018 Aug; 22 (5):e13218 Epub 2018 May 15
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  17. Chakkera HA, Angadi SS, Heilman RL, Kaplan B, Scott RL, Bollempalli H, Cha SS, Khamash HA, Huskey JL, Mour GK, Sukumaran Nair S, Singer AL, Reddy KS, Mathur AK, Moss AA, Hewitt WR Jr, Qaqish I, Behmen S, Keddis MT, Unzek S, Steidley DE. Cardiorespiratory Fitness (Peak Oxygen Uptake): Safe and Effective Measure for Cardiovascular Screening Before Kidney Transplant. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 May 31; 7 (11)
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  18. Mathur AK, Chakrabarti AK, Mellinger JL, Volk ML, Day R, Singer AL, Hewitt WR, Reddy KS, Moss AA. Hospital resource intensity and cirrhosis mortality in United States. World J Gastroenterol. 2017 Mar 14; 23 (10):1857-1865
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  19. Kahn A, Agrwal N, Carey EJ, Madura JA 2nd, Hewitt WR Jr, Lambert KL, Grys TE, Vikram HR. Gastric lap-band infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus presenting as new-onset ascites in a cirrhotic patient. Infect Dis (Lond). 2016 Aug; 48 (8):632-5 Epub 2016 May 25
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  20. Chakrabarti AK, Sheetz KH, Katariya NN, Singer AL, Hewitt WR, Heilman RL, Khamash H, Reddy KS, Moss AA, Mathur AK. Do Patient Assessments of Hospital Quality Correlate With Kidney Transplantation Surgical Outcomes? Transplant Proc. 2016 Jul-Aug; 48 (6):1986-92
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  21. Batra RK, Heilman RL, Smith ML, Thomas LF, Khamash HA, Katariya NN, Hewitt WR, Singer AL, Mathur AK, Huskey J, Chakkera HA, Moss A, Reddy KS. Rapid Resolution of Donor-Derived Glomerular Fibrin Thrombi After Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2016 Mar; 16 (3):1015-20 Epub 2015 Dec 21
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  22. Chakkera HA, Kudva YC, Chang YH, Heilman RL, Singer AL, Mathur AK, Hewitt WR, Khamash HA, Huskey JL, Katariya NN, Moss AA, Behmen S, Reddy KS. Glucose homeostasis after simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation: a comparison of subjects with C-peptide-positive non-type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 1 diabetes mellitus. Clin Transplant. 2016 Jan; 30: (1)52-9.
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  23. Batra R, Katariya N, Hewitt W, Mathur A, Reddy S, Moss A, Segev D, Singer A. Public health safety and transplant with increased-risk organs: striking the balance. Exp Clin Transplant 2015 Apr; 13 Suppl 1:9-12
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  24. Carpenter SG, Grimsby G, DeMasters T, Katariya N, Hewitt WR, Moss AA, Reddy KS, Castle EP, Mulligan DC. Robotic resection of choledochocele in an adult with intracorporeal hepaticojejunostomy and Roux-en-Y anastomosis: encouraging progress for robotic surgical treatment of biliary disease. J Robot Surg. 2014 Mar; 8 (1):77-80 Epub 2012 Dec 27
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  25. Abt PL, Marsh CL, Dunn TB, Hewitt WR, Rodrigue JR, Ham JM, Feng S. Challenges to research and innovation to optimize deceased donor organ quality and quantity. Am J Transplant. 2013 Jun; 13(6):1400-4. Epub 2013 Apr 25.
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  26. Badell IR, Hanish SI, Hughes CB, Hewitt WR, Chung RT, Spivey JR, Knechtle SJ. Domino liver transplantation in maple syrup urine disease: a case report and review of the literature. Transplant Proc. 2013 Mar; 45(2):806-9. Epub 2012 Sep 6
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  27. Chakkera HA, Chang YH, Bodner JK, Behmen S, Heilman RL, Reddy KS, Mulligan DC, Moss AA, Khamash H, Katariya N, Hewitt WR, Pitta TL, Frassetto LA. Genetic differences in Native Americans and tacrolimus dosing after kidney transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2013 Jan-Feb; 45 (1):137-41
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  28. DeStephano CC, Harrison BA, Mordecai M, Crawford CC, Shine TS, Hewitt WR, McBride LR, Murray MJ. Anesthesia for combined cardiac surgery and liver transplant. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2010 Apr; 24(2):285-92. Epub 2009 Dec 29.
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  29. Taner B, Willingham DL, Hewitt WR, Grewal HP, Nguyen JH, Hughes CB. Polycystic liver disease and liver transplantation: single-institution experience. Transplant Proc. 2009 Nov; 41: (9)3769-71.
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  30. Aduen JF, Sujay B, Dickson RC, Heckman MG, Hewitt WR, Stapelfeldt WH, Steers JL, Harnois DM, Kramer DJ. Outcomes after liver transplant in patients aged 70 years or older compared with those younger than 60 years. Mayo Clin Proc. 2009 Nov; 84 (11):973-8
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  31. Grewal HP, Willingham DL, Nguyen J, Hewitt WR, Taner BC, Cornell D, Rosser BG, Keaveny AP, Aranda-Michel J, Satyanarayana R, Harnois D, Dickson RC, Kramer DJ, Hughes CB. Liver transplantation using controlled donation after cardiac death donors: an analysis of a large single-center experience. Liver Transpl. 2009 Sep; 15 (9):1028-35
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  32. Willingham DL, Peiris P, Canabal JM, Krishna M, Hewitt WR, Shine TS, Arasi LC, Aranda-Michel J, Hughes CB, Kramer DJ. Unexplained and prolonged perioperative hypotension after orthotopic liver transplantation: undiagnosed systemic mastocytosis. Liver Transpl. 2009 Jul; 15(7):701-8.
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  33. Hellinger WC, Crook JE, Heckman MG, Diehl NN, Shalev JA, Zubair AC, Willingham DL, Hewitt WR, Grewal HP, Nguyen JH, Hughes CB. Surgical site infection after liver transplantation: risk factors and association with graft loss or death. Transplantation. 2009 May 15; 87 (9):1387-93
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  34. Ghabril M, Dickson RC, Krishna M, Bonatti H, Aranda-Michel J, Keaveny AP, Satyanarayana R, Hewitt W, Hughes CB, Nguyen JH. Liver transplantation using young pediatric donor grafts in adults with hepatitis C infection. Transplantation. 2009 Apr 27; 87(8):1174-9.
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  35. Nguyen JH, Bonatti H, Dickson RC, Hewitt WR, Grewal HP, Willingham DL, Harnois DM, Schmitt TM, Machicao VI, Ghabril MS, Keaveny AP, Aranda-Michel J, Satyanarayana R, Rosser BG, Hinder RA, Steers JL, Hughes CB. Long-term outcomes of donation after cardiac death liver allografts from a single center. Clin Transplant. 2009 Mar-Apr; 23(2):168-73. Epub 2009 Feb 11.
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  36. Mai ML, Ahsan N, Wadei HM, Genco PV, Geiger XJ, Willingham DL, Taner CB, Hewitt WR, Grewal HP, Nguyen JH, Hughes CB, Gonwa TA. Excellent renal allograft survival in donor-specific antibody positive transplant patients-role of intravenous immunoglobulin and rabbit antithymocyte globulin. Transplantation. 2009 Jan 27; 87(2):227-32.
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  37. Shaddix KK, Fakhre GP, Nields WW, Steers JL, Hewitt WR, Menke DM. Primary alveolar soft-part sarcoma of the liver: anomalous presentation of a rare disease. Am Surg. 2008 Jan; 74(1):43-6.
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  38. Ghabril M, Dickson RC, Machicao VI, Aranda-Michel J, Keaveny A, Rosser B, Bonatti H, Krishna M, Yataco M, Satyanarayana R, Harnois D, Hewitt W, Willingham DD, Grewal H, Hughes CB, Nguyen J. Liver retransplantation of patients with hepatitis C infection is associated with acceptable patient and graft survival. Liver Transpl. 2007 Dec; 13(12):1717-27.
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  39. Pungpapong S, Alvarez S, Hellinger WC, Kramer DJ, Willingham DL, Mendez JC, Nguyen JH, Hewitt WR, Aranda-Michel J, Harnois DM, Rosser BG, Hughes CB, Grewal HP, Satyanarayana R, Dickson RC, Steers JL, Keaveny AP. Peritonitis after liver transplantation: Incidence, risk factors, microbiology profiles, and outcome. Liver Transpl. 2006 Aug; 12(8):1244-52.
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  40. Huguet KL, Hughes CB, Hewitt WR. Gallbladder carcinosarcoma: a case report and literature review. J Gastrointest Surg. 2005 Jul-Aug; 9 (6):818-21
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  41. Machicao VI, Bonatti H, Krishna M, Aqel BA, Lukens FJ, Nguyen JH, Rosser BG, Satyanarayana R, Grewal HP, Hewitt WR, Harnois DM, Crook JE, Steers JL, Dickson RC. Donor age affects fibrosis progression and graft survival after liver transplantation for hepatitis C. Transplantation. 2004 Jan 15; 77(1):84-92.
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  42. Arkadopoulos N, Chen S, Khalili T, Detry O, Hewitt W, Lilja H, Kamachi H, Petrovic L, Mullon CJP, Demetriou AA, Rozga J. Transplantation of hepatocytes for prevention of intracranial hypertension in pigs with ischemic liver failure. Cell Transplant. 1998; 7(4):357-63.
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  43. Watanabe FD, Shackleton CR, Cohen SM, Goldman DE, Arnaout WS, Hewitt W, Colquhoun SD, Fong TL, Vierling JM, Busuttil RW, Demetriou AA. Treatment of acetaminophen-induced fulminant hepatic failure with a bioartificial liver. Transplant Proc. 1997 Feb-Mar; 29(1-2):487-8.
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  44. Chen S, Kahaku E, Watanabe F, Hewitt W, Eguchi S, Middleton Y, Arkadopoulos N, Rozga J, Demetriou AA. Treatment of severe liver failure with a bioartificial liver. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1997; 831:350-9.
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  45. Hewitt W, Corno V, Eguchi S, Kamlot A, Middleton Y, Beeker T, Demetriou AA, Rozga J. Isolation of human hepatocytes from livers rejected from whole organ transplantation. Transplant Proc. 1997; 29:1945-7.
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  46. Rosenthal RJ, Hiatt JR, Phillips EH, Hewitt W, Demetriou AA, Grode M, Intracranial pressure. Effects of pneumoperitoneum in a large-animal model. Surg Endosc. 1997; 11(4):376-80.
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  47. Watanabe F, Mullon C, Hewitt W, Arkadopoulos N, Kahaku E, Eguchi S, Khalili T, Arnaout W, Shackleton C, Rozga J, Solomon B, Demetriou AA. Clinical experience with a bioartificial liver in the treatment of severe liver failure: A phase I clinical trial. Ann Surg. 1997; 225(5):484-94.
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  48. Eguchi S, Lilja H, Hewitt WR, Middleton Y, Demetriou AA, Rozga J. Loss and recovery of liver regeneration in rats with fulminant hepatic failure. J Surg Res. 1997; 72(2):112-22.
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  49. Chen SC, Hewitt WR, Watanabe FD, Eguchi S, Kahaku E, Middleton Y, Rozga J, Demetriou AA. Clinical experience with a porcine hepatocyte-based liver support system. Int J Artif Organs. 1996 Nov; 19(11):664-9.
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  50. Hewitt W, Sokol TP, Fleshner PR. Should HIV status alter indications for hemorrhoidectomy? Dis Colon Rectum. 1996; 39:615-8.
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  51. Chen S, Eguchi S, Watanabe F, Hewitt W, Kahaku E, Arnaout WS, Rozga J, Demetriou AA. Hepatic support strategies. Transplant Proc. 1996; 28:2036-8.
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  52. Eguchi S, Rozga J, Lebow L, Chen S, Wang C-C, Rosenthal R, Fogli L, Hewitt W, Middleton Y, Demetriou AA. Treatment of hypercholesterolemia in the Watanabe rabbit using allogeneic hepatocellular transplantation under a regeneration stimulus. Transplantation. 1996; 62(5):588-93.
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  53. Rosenthal R, Chen S, Hewitt W, Wang C-C, Eguchi S, Geller S, Phillips E, Demetriou AA, Rozga J. Techniques for intrasplenic hepatocyte transplantation in the large animal model. Surg Endosc. 1996; 10:1075-9.
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  54. Chen S, Hewitt W, Eguchi S, Watanabe F, Arkadopoulos N, Corno V, Suh K, Middleton Y, Rodriguez O, Kahaku E, Lane R, Demetriou AA, Rozga J. Prolonged survival in anhepatic pigs treated with the bioartificial liver. Surg Forum. 1996; 47:161-3.
  55. Eguchi S, Kamlot A, Hewitt W, Chen S, Wang C-C, Arkadopoulos N, Corno V, Suh K, Ljubimova J, Lebow L, Demetriou AA, Rozga J. Hepatocyte Transplantation facilitates liver regeneration in rats with fulminant hepatic failure. Surg Forum. 1996; 47:445-8.
  56. Eguchi S, Kamlot A, Ljubimova J, Hewitt W, Lebow L, Demetriou AA, Rozga J. Fulminant hepatic failure in rats: survival and effect on blood chemistry and liver regeneration. Hepatology. 1996; 24:1452-9.
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  57. Chen S, Hewitt W, McGrath M, Middleton Y, Kahaku E, Eguchi S, Demetriou AA, Rozga J. Treatment with a bioartificial liver prolongs survival in anhepatic pigs. Int J Art Organs. 1996; 19:664-9.