Instructions for Authors

1. Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International (HBPD INT)

Meta-analysis

1. Diagnostic accuracy of K-ras mutation for pancreatic carcinoma: a meta-analysis

Review Article

1. Prevention of recurrent hepatitis B infection after liver transplantation
2. Risk assessment in patients undergoing liver resection
3. The diversity between pancreatic head and body/tail cancers: clinical parameters and in vitro models

Original Article / Transplantation

1. Comparison of hepatitis B prophylactic outcomes in living donor liver transplantation recipients who meet the Milan or UCSF criteria

1. Response to endoscopic therapy for biliary anastomotic strictures in deceased versus living donor liver transplantation
2. Clinical and economic consequences of pancreatic fi stula after elective pancreatic resection
3. Mattress sutures for the modif i cation of end-toend dunking pancreaticojejunostomy
4. Diagnostic accuracy of enhanced liver fi brosis test to assess liver fi brosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C
5. Fine needle aspirating and cutting is superior to Tru-cut core needle in liver biopsy
6. Risk factors and clinical characteristics of portal vein thrombosis after splenectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis
7. Optimal central venous pressure during partial hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma
8. Simultaneous recovery of dual pathways for ammonia metabolism do not improve further detoxif i cation of ammonia in HepG2 cells

Original Article / Pancreas

1. Overexpression of IQGAP1 in human pancreatic cancer
2. The relationship between multiple clinicopathological features and nerve invasion in pancreatic cancer

New Techniques

1. Retrohepatic vena cava deroof i ng in living donor liver transplantation for caudate hepatocellular carcinoma