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Publications year 2008

  • van de Poll MC, Hanssen SJ, Berbée M, Deutz NE, Monbaliu D, Buurman WA, Dejong CH.
    Elevated plasma arginase-1 does not affect plasma arginine in patients undergoing liver resection.
    Clin Sci 2008; 114: 231-41.
  • Pirenne J, Van Gelder F, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, Van Hees D, de Roey J, Desschans B, De Pauw L, Coosemans W.
    Abdominal Transplant Surgery and Transplant Coordination University Hospitals Leuven 1997-2007: an overview.
    Acta Chir Belg 2008; 108: 15-21.
  • Van Hees D, Van Gelder F.
    Importance of informatics and database management in transplant coordination.
    Acta Chir Belg 2008; 108: 22-6.
  • Van Gelder F, de Roey J, Desschans B, Van Hees D, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, De Pauw L, Coosemans W, Pirenne J.
    What is the limiting factor for organ procurement in Belgium: donation or detection?  What can be done to improve organ procurement rates?
    Acta Chir Belg 2008; 108: 27-30.
  • Desschans B, Van Gelder F, Van Hees D, de Roey J, Monbaliu D, Aerts R, Coosemans W, Pirenne J.
    Evolution in allocation rules for renal, hepatic, pancreatic and intestinal grafts.
    Acta Chir Belg 2008; 108: 31-4.
  • Van Gelder F, de Roey J, Desschans B, Van Hees D, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, De Pauw L, Coosemans W, Pirenne J.
    Donor categories: heart-beating, non-heart-beating and living donors; evolution within the last 10 years in UZ Leuven and collaborative donor hospitals.
    Acta Chir Belg 2008; 108: 35-8.
  • Pirenne J, de Roey J, Monbaliu D, Van Gelder F, Claes K, De Baere C, Evenepoel P, Kuypers D, Vanderschueren S, Maes B, Lombaerts R, Vanrenterghem Y, Coosemans W.
    Living donor kidney transplantation: analysis of the first 40 cases performed in UZ Leuven.
    Acta Chir Belg 2008; 108: 39-44.
  • Monbaliu D, Vekemans K, Liu Q, Heedfeld V, Wylin T, Van Breussegem A, Pirenne J.
    Liver transplantation from non-heart-beating donors: current status and future prospects in an experimental model.
    Acta Chir Belg 2008; 108: 45-51.
  • Pirenne J, Kawai M, Kitade H, Koshiba T, Takahashi K, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, Coosemans W, Waer M.
    Intestinal transplantation: from the laboratory to the clinics.
    Acta Chir Belg 2008; 108: 52-7.
  • Coosemans W, Metsemakers WJ, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, Pirenne J.
    Pancreas transplantation: toward minimization of technical graft loss.
    Acta Chir Belg 2008; 108: 58-65.
  • Russell CL, Van Gelder F.
    An international perspective: job satisfaction among transplant nurses.
    Prog Transplant 2008; 18: 32-40.
  • Adler M, De Pauw F, Vereerstraeten P, Fancello A, Lerut J, Starkel P, Van Vlierberghe H, Troisi R, Donckier V, Detry O, Delwaide J, Michielsen P, Chapelle T, Pirenne J, Nevens F.
    Outcome of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma listed for liver transplantation within the Eurotransplant allocation system.
    Liver Transpl 2008; 14: 526-533.
  • Dewit S, Pirenne J, Nevens F.
    Evolutie in immunosuppressiva en hun neveneffecten na levertransplantatie.
    Tijdschr Geneesk 2008; 64: 381-390.
  • Monbaliu DR, Dubuisson CN, Zeegers MM, Crabbé MM, Fevery JM, Pirenne JM, van Pelt JF.
    Increased serum phospholipase A(2) activity after non-heart-beating donor liver transplantation and association with ischemia-reperfusion injury.
    J Surg Res 2008; epub ahead of print.
  • Vekemans K, Liu Q, Pirenne J, Monbaliu D.
    Artificial circulation of the liver: machine perfusion as a preservation method in liver transplantation.
    Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2008; 291: 735-740.
  • Yska MJ, Buis CI, Monbaliu D, Schuurs TA, Gouw ASH, Kahmann ONH, Visser DS, Pirenne J, Porte RJ.
    The role of bile salt toxicity in the pathogenesis of bile duct injury after non-heart-beating porcine liver transplantation.
    Transplantation 2008; 85: 1625-1631.
  • Monbaliu D, Libbrecht L, De Vos R, Vekemans K, Walter H, Liu Q, Heedfeld V, Goossens V, Pirenne J, Roskams T.
    The extent of vacuolation in non-heart-beating porcine donor liver grafts prior to transplantation predicts their viability.
    Liver Transpl 2008; 14: 1256-1265.
  • Bossuyt P, Pirenne J, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, Cassiman D, Verslype C, Van Steenbergen W, Nevens F.
    Leveraantasting bij de ziekte van Rendu-Osler Weber.
    Tijdschr Geneesk 2008; 64: 927-931.
  • Witters P, Maleux G, George C, Delcroix M, Hoffman I, Gewillig M, Verslype C, Monbaliu D, Aerts R, Pirenne J, Van Steenbergen W, Nevens F, Fevery J, Cassiman D.
    Congenital veno-venous malformations of the liver: widely variable clinical presentations.
    J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008; 23: e390-e394.
  • Becker T, Foltys D, Bilbao I, D’Amico D, Colledan M, Bernardos A, Beckebaum S, Isoniemi H, Pirenne J, Jaray J, for the Marsilea study group.
    Patient outcomes in two steroid-free regimens using tacrolimus monotherapy after daclizumab induction and tacrolium with mycophenolate mofetil in liver transplantation.
    Transplantation 2008; 86: 1689-1694.
  • Neuberger JM, Mamelok RD, Neuhaus P, Pirenne J, Samuel D, Isoniemi H, Rostaing L, Rimola A, Marshall S, Mayer AD, for the ReSpECT study group.
    Delayed introduction of reduced-dose tacrolimus, and renal function in liver transplantation: the “ReSpECT” study.
    Am J Transplant 2008; epub ahead of print.      

Publications year 2007

  • Lerut E, Van Damme B, Noizat-Pirenne F, Emonds MP, Rouger P, Vanrenterghem Y, Pirenne J, Ansart-Pirenne H.
    Duffy and Kidd blood group antigens: minor histocompatibility antigens involved in renal allograft rejection?
    Transfusion 2007; 47: 28-40.
  • Monbaliu D, van Pelt J, De Vos R, Greenwood J, Parkkinen J, Crabbé T, Zeegers M, Vekemans K, Pincemail J, Defraigne JO, Fevery J, Pirenne J.
    Primary Graft Nonfunction and Kupffer Cell Activation After Liver Transplantation From Non-Heart-Beating Donors in Pigs.
    Liver Transpl 2007; 13: 239-247.
  • Katoonizadeh A, Decaestecker J, Wilmer A, Aerts R, Verslype C, Vansteenbergen W, Yap P, Fevery J, Roskams T, Pirenne J, Nevens F.
    MELD score to predict outcome in adult patients with non-acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure.
    Liver Int 2007; 27: 329-334.
  • Pirenne J.
    Everest-expeditie na levertransplantatie.  Met een nieuwe lever naar het dak van de wereld?
    Azimuz 2007; 2: 12-19.
  • Pirenne J.
    Intestinal transplantation: an underused transplant procedure.
    Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2007; 12: 253-254.
  • Pirenne J, Van Assche G, Van den Bosch A.
    La transplantation intestinale, une chirurgie de pointe?
    Revue francophone de la stomathérapie 2007; 3: 22-24.
  • Van Steenbergen W, Lecluyse K, Maleux G, Pirenne J.
    Successful percutaneous cholangioscopic extraction of vascular coils that had eroded into the bile duct after liver transplantation.
    Endoscopy 2007; in press.
  • Witters P, Maleux G, George C, Delcroix M, Hoffman I, Gewillig M, Verslype C, Monbaliu D, Aerts R, Pirenne J, Van Steenbergen W, Nevens F, Fevery J, Cassiman D.
    Congenital veno-venous malformations of the liver: widely variable clinical presentations.
    Hepatology 2007; in press.
  • Monbaliu D, Van Gelder F, Troisi R, de Hemptinne B, Lerut J, Reding R, de Ville de Goyet J, Detry O, De Roover A, Honoré P, Donckier V, Gelin M, Ysebaert D, Aerts R, Coosemans W, Pirenne J.
    Liver transplantation using non-heart-beating donors: Belgian experience.
    Transplant Proc 2007; 39: 1481-1484.
  • Liu Q, Monbaliu D, Vekemans K, Peeters R, De Keyzer F, Dresselaers T, Ni Y, Van Hecke P, Komuta M, Brassil J, Marchal G, Pirenne J.
    Can apparent diffusion coefficient discriminate ischemic from nonischemic livers? A pilot experimental study.
    Transplant Proc 2007; 39: 2643-2646.
  • Vekemans K, Liu Q, Brassil J, Komuta M, Pirenne J, Monbaliu D.
    Influence of flow and addition of oxygen during porcine liver hypothermic machine perfusion.
    Transplant Proc 2007; 39: 2647-2651.
  • Monbaliu D, Vekemans K, De Vos R, Brassil J, Heedfeld V, Qiang L, D'hollander M, Roskams T, Pirenne J.
    Hemodynamic, biochemical, and morphological characteristics during preservation of normal porcine livers by hypothermic machine perfusion.
    Transplant Proc 2007; 39: 2652-2658.
  • Pirenne J, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, Coosemans W, Vlasselaers D, Desmet L, Herman J, Hoffman I, Lombaerts R.
    Results of pediatric liver transplantation in an originally adult liver transplant program.
    Transplant Proc 2007; 39: 2672-2674.

Publications year 2006

  • Decaestecker J, Verslype C, Wilmer A, Pirenne J, Nevens F.
    Acuut leverfalen: nieuwe bevindingen.
    Tijdschr Geneesk 2006; 62: 1-6.
  • Goegebuer A, Pirenne J, Aerts R, Nevens F.
    Levertransplantatie via levende donatie bij volwassenen: een literatuuroverzicht.
    Tijdschr Geneesk 2006; 62: 368-374.
  • Van Gelder F, Van Hees D, de Roey J, Monbaliu D, Aerts R, Coosemans W, Daenen W, Pirenne J.
    Implementation of an intervention plan designed to optimize donor referral in a donor hospital network.
    Prog Transplant 2006; 16: 46-51.
  • Pirenne J, Kawai M.
    The protective effect of the liver: does it apply to the bowel too?
    Transplantation 2006; 81(7): 978-979.
  • Durnez A, Verslype C, Nevens F, Fevery J, Aerts R, Pirenne J, Lesaffre E, Libbrecht L, Desmet V, Roskams T.
    The clinicopathological and prognostic relevance of cytokeratin 7 and 19 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma.   A possible progenitor cell origin.
    Histopathology 2006; 49: 138-151.
  • Schäfer-Keller P, Lyon S, Van Gelder F, De Geest S.
    A practical approach to promoting adherence to immunosuppressive medication after renal transplantation.
    Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2006; 15 (Clinical Update 2): S1-S6.
  • Libbrecht L, Cassiman D, Verslype C, Maleux G, Van Hees D, Pirenne J, Nevens F, Roskams T.  Clinicopathological features of focal nodular hyperplasia-like nodules in 130 cirrhotic explant livers.
    Am J Gastroenterol 2006; 101: 2341-2346.
  • Katoonizadeh A, Nevens F, Verslype C, Pirenne J, Roskams T.  Liver regeneration is acute severe liver impairment: a clinicopathological correlation study.
    Liver Int 2006; 26: 1225-1233.
  • Lerut J, Orlando G, Adam R, Sabbà C, Pfitzmann R, Klempnauer J, Belghiti J, Pirenne J, Thevenot T, Hillert C, Brown CM, Gonze D, Karam V, Boillot O and the European Liver Transplant Association.  Liver Transplantation for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.  Report of the European Liver Transplant Registry.
    Ann Surg 2006; 244: 854-864.
  • Pirenne J, Kawai M.  Tolerogenic protocol for intestinal transplantation.
    Transplant Proc 2006; 38: 1664-1667.
  • Pirenne J, Hoffman I, Miserez M, Coosemans W, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, Ferdinande P, Hiele M, Van Assche G, Rutgeerts P, Janssens J, Tack J, Vlasselaers D, Desmet L, Nevens F, Veereman G, Fevery J, Lombaerts R.  Selection criteria and outcome of patients referred to intestinal transplantation: an European center experience.
    Transplant Proc 2006; 38: 1671-1672.
  • Libbrecht L, Severi T, Cassiman D, Borght SV, Pirenne J, Nevens F, Verslype C, van Pelt J, Roskams T.  Glypican-3 expression distinguishes small hepatocellular carcinomas from cirrhosis, dysplastic nodules, and focal nodular hyperplasia-like nodules.
    Am J Surg Pathol 2006; 30: 1405-1411.
  • Cassiman D, Roelants M, Vandenplas G, Van der Merwe SW, Mertens A, Libbrecht L, Verslype C, Fevery J, Aerts R, Pirenne J, Muls E, Nevens F.  Orlistat treatment is safe in overweight and obese liver transplant recipients: a prospective, open label trial.
    Transpl Int 2006; 19: 1000-1005.
  • Dyckmans K, Lerut E, Gillard P, Lannoo M, Ectors N, Hoorens A, Mathieu C, Coosemans W, Vanrenterghem Y, Kuypers D.  Post-transplant lymphoma of the pancreatic allograft in a kidney-pancreas transplant recipient: a misleading presentation.
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 2006; 21: 3306-3310.
  • Smets S, Oyen R, Coosemans W, Kuypers DR.  An unusual cause of ureteral obstruction in a renal allograft.
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 2006; 21: 3593-3594.

Publications year 2005

  • Pirenne J, Kitade H, Kawai M, Koshiba T, Van Damme B, Mathieu C, Waer M.
    Regulatory Cells, Th1/Th2 Unbalance, and Antibody-Induced Chronic Rejection in Operational Tolerance Induced by Donor-Specific Blood Transfusion.
    Transplantation 2005; 79: S25-S27.
  • Derveaux K, Monbaliu D, Crabbé T, Schein D, Brassil J, Kravitz D, Fevery J, Jacobbi L, Roskams T, Pirenne J.
    Does ex vivo vascular resistance reflect viability of non-heart-beating donor livers?
    Transplant Proc 2005; 37: 338-339.
  • Zhao X, Koshiba T, Fujimoto Y, Pirenne J, Yoshizawa A, Ito T, Kamei H, Jobara K, Ogawa K, Uryuhara K, Takada Y, Tanaka K.
    Proinflammatory and antiinflammatory cytokine production during ischemia-reperfusion injury in a case of identical twin living donor liver transplantation using no immunosuppression.
    Transplant Proc 2005; 37: 392-394.
  • Monbaliu D, de Vries B, Crabbé T, van Heurn E, Verwaest C, Roskams T, Fevery J, Pirenne J, Buurman WA.
    Liver fatty acid-binding protein: an early and sensitive plasma marker of hepatocellular damage and a reliable predictor of graft viability after liver transplantation from non-heart-beating donors.
    Transplant Proc 2005; 37: 413-416.
  • Kuypers DRJ, Malaise J, Claes K, Evenepoel P, Maes B, Coosemans W, Pirenne J, Vanrenterghem Y and the Euro-SPK Study Group.
    Secondary effects of immunosuppressive drugs after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation.
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 2005; 20 (Supplement 2): ii33-ii39.
  • Maleux G, Pirenne J, Aerts R, Nevens F.
    Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm after liver transplantation: definitive treatment with a stent-graft after failed coil embolization.
    BJR 2005; 78: 453-456.
  • Ceulemans B, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, Coosemans W, Verslype C, Van Steenbergen W, Yap P, Fevery J, Nevens F, Pirenne J.
    Liver transplantation using cavo-portal transposition: an effective treatment in patients with complete splanchnic venous thrombosis.
    Transplant Proc 2005; 37: 1112-1114.
  • Pirenne J, Monbaliu D, Van Gelder F, Van Hees D, Aerts R, Verslype C, Van Steenbergen W, Ferdinande P, Fevery J, Nevens F, Coosemans W, Stockman W, Lormans P.
    Liver transplantation using livers from septuagenarian and octogenarian donors: an underused strategy to reduce mortality on the waiting list.
    Transplant Proc 2005; 37: 1180-1181.
  • Kawai M, Kitade H, Mathieu C, Waer M, Pirenne J.
    Inhibitory and stimulatory effects of cyclosporine A on the development of regulatory T cells in vivo.
    Transplantation 2005; 79: 1073-1077.
  • Monbaliu D, Crabbé T, Roskams T, Fevery J, Verwaest C, Pirenne J.
    Livers from non-heart-beating donors tolerate short periods of warm ischemia.
    Transplantation 2005; 79: 1226-1230.
  • Artikels ingediend bij E. Hesemans (26-05-2005)
  • Buchel O, Roskams T, Van Damme B, Nevens F, Pirenne J, Fevery J.
    Nodular regenerative hyperplasia, portal vein thrombosis, and avascular hip necrosis due to hyperhomocysteinaemia.
    Gut 2005; 54: 1021-1023.
  • Kitade H, Kawai M, Rutgeerts O, Landuyt W, Waer M, Mathieu C, Pirenne J.
    Early presence of regulatory cells in transplanted rats rendered tolerant by donor-specific blood transfusion.
    J Immunol 2005; 175: 4963-4970.
  • Malaise J, Kuypers DRJ, Claes K, Evenepoel P, Maes B, Coosmans W, Pirenne J, Vanrenterghem Y, Van Ophem D, Squifflet JP and EUROSPK Study Group.
    Immunosuppressive drugs after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation.
    Transplant Proc 2005; 37: 2840-2842.

Publications year 2004

  • Pirenne  J,Van Gelder F, Kharkevitch T, Nevens F, Verslype C, Peetermans WE, Kitade H, Vanhees L, Devos Y, Hauser M, Hamoir E, Noizat-Pirenne F, Pirotte B.
    Tolerance of liver transplant patients to strenuous physical activity in high-altitude.
    Am J Transplant 2004; 4: 554-560.
  • Troppmann C, Pirenne  J, Perez RV, Gruessner RW.
    The unrecognized posterior gastric artery: a potential cause of surgical complications in pancreas transplantation.
    Clin Transplant 2004; 18: 214-218.
  • Maleux G, Pirenne  J, Vaninbroukx J, Aerts R, Nevens F.
    Are TIPS stent-grafts a contraindication for future liver transplantation?
    Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2004; 27: 140-142.
  • Kuypers DR, Claes K, Evenepoel P, Maes B, Coosemans W,, Pirenne  J, Vanrenterghem Y.
    Time-related clinical determinants of long-term tacrolimus pharmacokinetics in combination therapy with mycophenolic acid and corticosteroids: a prospective study in one hundred de novo renal transplant recipients.
    Clin Pharmacokinet 2004; 43(11): 741-762.
  • Pirenne  J, Kawai M. Tolerogenic protocols for intestinal transplantation.
    Transpl Immunol 2004; 13: 131-137.
  • Pirenne  J, Deloose K, Coosemans W, Aerts R, Van Gelder F, Kuypers D, Maes B, Verslype C, Yap P, Van Steenbergen W, Roskams T, Mathieu C, Fevery J, Nevens F. Combined "en bloc" liver and pancreas transplantation in patients with liver disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus.
    Am J Transplant 2004; 4: 1921-1927
  • Pirenne J. Darmtransplantatie van het labo naar de kliniek.
    Verh K Acad Geneeskd Belg,2004; 66: 197-213
  • Kitade H, Kwai M, Koshiba T, Giulietti A, Overbergh L, Rutgeerts O, Valckx D, Waer M, Mathieu C, Pirenne J. Early accumulation of interferon-gamma in grafts tolerized by donor-specific blood transfusion: friend or enemy?
    Transplantation 2004; 78(12): 1747-1755.
  • Nevens F, Sorour M, Verslype C, Libbrecht L, Vanbeckevoort D, Billen D, Aerts R, Fevery J, Roskams T, Pirenne J. The value of non-invasive tools to diagnose HCC or pre-malignant dysplastic nodules in patients with advanced cirrhosis and a hepatic mass (abstract).
    Acta Gastroenterol Belg, 2004, 67: A13.
  • Nevens F, Vandeplas G, Muls E, Roelands M, Verslype C, Aerts R, Fevery J, Pirenne J. A prospective open, single arm, pilot trial to assess the safety and efficacity of orlistat in obese liver transplant patients (abstract).
    Acta Gastroenterol Belg, 2004, 67: A23.
  • Pirenne  J, Van Gelder F, Van Hees D, Monbaliu D, Aerts R, Coosemans W, Verslype C, Vansteenbergen W, Yap P, Fevery J, Nevens F. Liver transplantation using livers from septuagenarian and octogenarian donors: an underused strategy to reduce mortality on the waiting list (abstract).
    Acta Gastroenterol Belg, 2004, 67: D01
  • Pirenne  J, Ceulemans B, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, Coosemans W, Verslype C, Vansteenbergen W, Yap P, Fevery J, Nevens F. Liver transplantation using cavo-portal transposition: an effective treatment in patients with complete splanchnic venous thrombosis (abstract).
    Acta Gastroenterol Belg, 2004, 67: D02.
  • Buchel O, Verslype C, Van Assche G, Nevens F, Aerts R, Dhoore A, Pirenne  J, Fevery J. Severe colitis in young male adults transplanted for PSC (abstract).
    Acta Gastroenterol Belg, 2004, 67: D06.
  • Pirenne  J, Nevens F, Van Gelder F, Kharkevitch T, Verslype C, Hamoir E, Peetermans W, Pirotte B. Tolerance of liver transplant recipients to strenuous physical activity in high altitude (abstract).
    Acta Gastroenterol Belg, 2004, 67: D52.
  • Zhao X, Fujimoto Y, Koshiba T, Pirenne  J, Yoshizawa A, Ito T, Kamei H, Jobara K, Ogawa K, Uryuhara K, Takada Y, Tanaka K. Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine production during ischemia reperfusion injury in a case of identical twin living donor liver transplantation using no Immunosuppression (abstract).
    Liver Transpl, 2004, 10(6): C-26.
  • Yoshizwa A, Fujimoto Y, Koshiba T, Pirenne  J, Ogura Y, Kozaki K, Kasahara M, Ueda M, Takada Y, Tanaka K. Early recurrence but successful treatment of hepatitis C in a completely immunosuppression-free environment after living-donor syngeneic liver transplantation.
    Liver Transpl, 2004, 10(6): C-6
  • Zhao X, Fujimoto Y, Koshiba T, Pirenne  J, Yoshizawa A, Ito T, Kamei H, Jobara K, Ogawa K, Uryuhara K, Takada Y, Tanaka K. Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine production during ischemia reperfusion injury in a case of identical twin living donor liver transplantation using no immunosuppression (abstract).
    Am J of Transplantation, 2004, 4 (Supplement 8): 183.
  • Kawai M, Kitade H, Mathieu C, Waer M, Pirenne J. High-dose calcineurin inhibitor blocks the generation of regulatory cells, whereas low-dose promotes their development (abstract).
    Am J of Transplantation, 2004, 4 (Supplement 8): 262.
  • Pirenne  J, Van Gelder F, Verslype C, Peetermans W, Nevens F. Tolerance of liver transplant recipients to strenuous physical activity in high altitude (abstract).
    Am J of Transplantation, 2004, 4 (Supplement 8): 401.
  • Kawai M, Kitade H, Mathieu C, Waer M, Pirenne J. Rapid presence of CD4+/CD45RC- regulatory cells in tolerated grafts: evidence for a protective role in the tolerated tissues (abstract).
    Am J of Transplantation, 2004, 4 (Supplement 8): 421
  • Pirenne  J, Ceulemans B, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, Coosemans W, Verslype C, Van Steenbergen W, Yap P, Fevery J, Nevens F. Liver transplantation using cavo-portal transposition: an effective treatment in patients with complete splanchnic venous thrombosis (abstract).
    Am J of Transplantation, 2004, 4 (Supplement 8): 533
  • Kawai M, Kitade H, Mathieu C, Waer M, Pirenne J. CD4+/CD45RC- regulatory cells are rapidly present in tolerated grafts where they directly protect allotransplanted tissues from CD4+/CD45RC+ effector cells (abstract).
    Transplantation (Supplement), 2004, 78(2): 16
  • Kawai M, Kitade H, Mathieu C, Waer M, Pirenne J. High-dose calcineurin inhibitor blocks the generation of regulatory cells, whereas low-dose promotes their development (abstract).
    Transplantation (Supplement), 2004, 78(2): 71
  • Monbaliu D, Crabbé T, Verwaest C, Roskams T, Fevery J, Pirenne J. Livers from non-heart-beating donors tolerate only short periods of warm ischemia (abstract).
    Transplantation (Supplement), 2004, 78(2): 154.
  • Zhao X, Fujimoto Y, Koshiba T, Pirenne  J, Yoshizawa A, Ito K, Kamei H, Jobara K, Takada Y, Tanaka K. Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine production during ischemia reperfusion injury in a case of identical twin living donor liver transplantation using no Immunosuppression (abstract).
    Transplantation (Supplement), 2004, 78(2): 216.
  • Coosemans W, Van Gelder F, Van Hees D, Monbaliu D, Aerts R, Verslype C, Van Steenbergen W, Fevery J, Nevens F, Pirenne J. Liver transplantation using livers from septuagenarian and octogenarian donors: an underused strategy to reduce mortality on the waiting list (abstract).
    Transplantation (Supplement), 2004, 78(2): 227.
  • Derveaux K, Monbaliu D, Crabbé T, Schein D, Brassil J, Kravitz D, Fevery J, Roskams T, Pirenne J. Does ex vivo vascular resistance reflect viability of non-heart-beating livers? (abstract).
    Transplantation (Supplement), 2004, 78(2): 233.
  • Pirenne  J, Ceulemans B, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, Coosemans W, Verslype C, Van Steenbergen W, Yap P, Fevery J, Nevens F. Liver transplantation using cavo-portal transposition: an effective treatment in patients with complete splanchnic venous thrombosis (abstract).
    Transplantation (Supplement), 2004, 78(2): 366
  • Decaestecker J, Sorour M, Aerts R, Fevery J, Verslype C, Roskams T, Nevens F, Pirenne J. Improved outcome of liver transplantation for hepatitis C in a more recent era (abstract).
    Transplantation (Supplement), 2004, 78(2): 393.
  • Monbaliu D, Devries B, Crabbé T, Derveaux K, van Heurn E, Verwaest C, Roskams T, Fevery J, Pirenne  J, Buurman W. Liver fatty acid-binding protein: an early and sensitive serum marker of hepatocellular damage and a reliable predictor of graft viability after liver transplantation from non-heart-beating donors (abstract).
    Transplantation (Supplement), 2004, 78(2): 404
  • Pirenne  J, Kawai M, Kitade H, Koshiba T, Mathieu C, Waer M. "Prope" tolerance after intestinal transplantation in man (abstract).
    Transplantation (Supplement), 2004, 78(2): 411.
  • Fujimoto Y, Koshiba T, Tsuruyama T, Haga H, Nakase H, Takada Y, Pirenne  J, Tanaka K. Acute humoral rejection (AHR) after living-donor intestinal transplantation (ITX)? - How do we manage this type of rejection? (abstract).
    Transplantation (Supplement), 2004, 78(2): 413.

Publications year 2003

  • Verslype C, Nevens F, Sinelli N, Clarysse C, Pirenne  J, Depla E, Maertens G, van Pelt J, Desmet V, Fevery J, Roskams T.
    Hepatic immunohistochemical staining with a monoclonal antibody against HCV-E2 to evaluate antiviral therapy and reinfection of liver grafts in hepatitis C viral infection.
    J Hepatol, 2003, 38: 208-214
  • Van Mieghem N, Maleux G, Wilmer A, Pirenne  J, Fezvery J, Nevens F.
    Hepatische hydrothorax, een indicatie voor behandeling met transjugulaire intrahepatische portosystemische shunt (TIPS).
    Tijdschr Geneesk, 2003, 59: 390-394.
  • Pirenne J.
    Transplantation intestinale. Aspects techniques chez l'adulte.
    Le Courrier de la Transplantation, 2003, 3: 33-35.
  • Koshiba T, Giulietti A, Van Damme B, Overbergh L, Rutgeerts O, Kitade H, Waer M, Mathieu C, Pirenne J.
    Paradoxical early upregulation of intragraft Th1 cytokines is associated with graft acceptance following donor-specific blood transfusion.
    Transpl Int, 2003, 16: 179-185.
  • Koshiba T, Van Damme B, Ji P, Sefrioui H, Rutgeerts O, Waer M, Pirenne J.
    The effect of FTY720 on engraftment in a model of spontaneous allograft acceptance.
    Transpl Int, 2003, 16: 383-390.
  • Pirenne J, Aerts R, Koshiba T, Van Gelder F, Roskams T, Schetz M, Verhaegen M, Lauwers P, Fevery J, Nevens F.
    Steroid-free immunosuppression during and after liver transplantation - a 3-year follow-up report.
    Clin Transpl, 2003, 17: 177-182.
  • Koshiba T, Van Damme B, Rutgeerts O, Waer M, Pirenne J.
    FTY720, an immunosuppressant that alters lymphocyte trafficking, abrogates chronic rejection in combination with cyclosporine A.
    Transplantation, 2003, 75: 945-952.
  • Pirenne J, Noizat F, Pirotte B, Van Gelder F, Hulin M, Bouchar F.
    Exploit. Kili-Liver-Live 2003: Six Greffés du Foie sur le Kilimandjaro.
    Le Courrier de la Transplantation, 2003, 3: 105-108.
  • Kitade H, Kawai M, Koshiba T, Overbergh L, Landuyt W, Waer M, Mathieu C, Pirenne J.
    Expansion of Induced Regulatory Cells After Rat Cardiac Transplantation - Compartments and Timing.
    Proceedings of the XXXVIII Congress of the European Society for Surgical Research, 2003: 141-143.
  • Kitade H, Kawai M, Koshiba T, Overbergh L, Landuyt W, Waer M, Mathieu C, Pirenne J.
    IFN-γ Down-Regulation in Spleen Early After Transplantation Is Related to Graft Protective Effects by Donor-specific Blood Transfusion (DSBT) in Rat Cardiac Transplantation Model.
    Proceedings of the XXXVIII Congress of the European Society for Surgical Research, 2003: 145-148.
  • Koshiba T, Kitade H, Van Damme B, Giulietti A, Overbergh L, Mathieu C, Waer M, Pirenne J.
    Regulatory cell-mediated tolerance does not protect against chronic rejection.
    Transplantation, 2003, 76: 588-596.
  • Kuypers D, Evenepoel P, Maes B, Coosemans W, Pirenne J, Vanrenterghem Y.
    The use of anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody and mycophenolate mofetil enables to use a low-dose tacrolimus and early withdrawal of steroids in renal transplant recipients.
    Clin Transpl, 2003, 17: 234-241.
  • Kuypers DR, Claes K, Evenepoel P, Maes B, Coosemans W, Pirenne J, Vanrenterghem Y.
    Long-term changes in mycophenolic acid exposure in combination with tacrolimus and corticosteroids are dose dependent and not reflected by trough plasma concentration: a prospective study in 100 de novo renal allograft recipients.
    J Clin Pharmacol, 2003, 43: 866-880.
  • Koshiba T, Kitade H, Waer M, Mathieu C, Van Damme B, Pirenne J. Break of tolerance via donor-specific blood transfusion by high doses of steroids: a differential effect after intestinal transplantation and heart transplantation.
    Transplant Proc, 2003, 35: 3153-3155.

Publications year 2002

  • Van Damme-Lombaerts R, Herman J, Coosemans W, Pirenne J. Niertransplantatie bij kinderen: 20 jaar ervaring in Leuven. Tijdschr Geneesk, 2002, 58: 125-131.
  • Nevens F, Pirenne J. De lever: hoeksteen bij multiorgaantransplantatie. Tijdschr Geneesk, 2002, 58: 903-908.
  • Pirenne J, Vercruysse R. Tolerantie na levertransplantatie. Tijdschr Geneesk, 2002, 58: 909-914.
  • Koshiba T, Van Damme B, Lu Y, Yan Y, Rutgeerts O, Overbergh L, Tanaka K, Waer M, Mathieu C, Pirenne J. Combined Use of FTY720 and Cyclosporine A Prevents Chronic Allograft Vasculopathy. Transplant Proc, 2002, 34: 748-749.
  • Pirenne J, Coosemans W, Aerts R, Monbaliu D, Van Steenbergen W, Koshiba T. Transplant Pancreatitis After Liver Plus Bowel Transplantation. Transplant Proc, 2002, 34: 885-886.
  • Pirenne J, Verleden G, Nevens F, Delcroix M, Van Raemdonck D, Meyns B, Herijgers P, Daenen W, De Leyn P, Aerts R, Coosemans W, Decaluwe H, Koek G, Vanhaecke J, Schetz M, Verhaegen M, Cicalese L, Benedetti E. Combined liver and (heart-)lung transplantation in liver transplant candidates with refractory portopulmonary hypertension. Transplantation, 2002, 73: 140-142.
  • Koshiba T, Van Damme B, Kitade H, Rutgeerts O, Tanaka K, Waer M, Pirenne J. Induction of Tolerance by Donor-Specific Blood Transfusion in a Model of Intestinal Transplantation: Technical and Immunological aspects. Transplant Proc, 2002, 34: 1033-1039.
  • Itterbeek P, Vandenberghe P, Nevens F, Fevery J, Aerts R, Yap SH, Demuynck H, Fourneau I, Koshiba T, Emonds MP, Roskams T, Boogaerts M, Pirenne J. Aplastic anemia after transplantation for non-A, non-B, non-C fulminant hepatic failure: case report and review of the literature. Transpl Int, 2002, 15: 117-123.
  • Prinenne J, Koshiba T, Geboes K, Emonds MP, Ferdinande P, Hiele M, Nevens F, Waer M. Complete freedom from rejection after intestinal transplantation using a new tolerogenic protocol combined with low immunosuppression. Transplantation, 2002, 73: 966-968.
  • Kuypers DR, Evenepoel P, Maes BD, Coosemans W, Pirenne J, Vanrenterghem YF. Role of immunosuppressive drugs in the development of tissue-invasive cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplant recipients. Transplant Proc, 2002, 34: 1164-1170.
  • Libbrecht L, Bielen D, Verslype C, Vanbeckevoort D, Pirenne J, Nevens F, Desmet V, Roskams T. Focal Lesions in Cirrhotic Explant Livers: Pathological Evaluation and Accuracy of Pretransplantation Imaging Examinations. Liver Transplantation, 2002, 8: 749-761.
  • Lerut T, Coosemans W, Decker G, De Leyn P, Nafteux P, Van Raemdonck D. Anastomotic complications after esophagectomy. Dig Surg, 2002, 19: 92-98.
  • Jain S, Monbaliu D, Thompson JF. Thoracic outlet syndrome caused by chronic retrosternal dislocation of the clavicle. Successful treatment by transaxillary resection of the first rib. J Bone Joint Surg Br, 2002, 84: 116-118.
  • Claes K, Kuypers D, Evenepoel P, Maes B, Roskams T, Aerts R, Pirenne J, Mathieu C, Vanrenterghem Y. An uncommon tumor in a renal graft recipient: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Am J Kidney Dis, 2002, 40: E21.
  • Verleden GM, Van Raemdonck D, Dupont L, Vanhaecke J, Delcraoix M, Daenen W, Coosemans W, Lauwers P, Vandermeersch E, Demedts M, Lerut T, Lewi L. Long- en hart-longtransplantaties in U.Z. Leuven, 150 procedures en 10 jaar verder: een overzicht. Tijdschr Geneesk, 2002, 58: 1631-1637.

Publications year 2001

  • Pirenne J.
    Intestinal Transplantation in UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
    Eurotransplant Newsletter, 2001, 168: 9
  • Peeters P, Nevens F, Delcroix M, Aerts R, Fevery J, Pirenne J.
    Het hepatopulmonaal syndroom: een zeldzame verwikkeling van chronisch leverlijden.
    Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 2001, 57: 439-444
  • Koshiba T, Van Damme B, Ji P, Lu Y, Sefrioui H, Overbergh L, Tanaka K, Mathieu C, Waer M, Pirenne J.
    Addition of Steroids Blocks the Tolerogenic Potential of Donor-Specific Blood Transfusion.
    Transplantation Proceedings, 2001, 33: 375-376
  • Koshiba T, Ji P, Lu Y, Waer M, Pirenne J.
    The Technical Aspects of Combined Intestinal and Heart Transplantation in Rats.
    Transplantation Proceedings, 2001, 33: 532-534
  • Pirenne J, Aerts R, Yoong K, Gunson B, Koshiba T, Fourneau I, Roskams T, Elias E, Nevens F, Fevery J, Mayer D, Buckels J, Mirza D, McMaster P.
    Surgical Strategy in Liver Transplantation for Polycystic Liver Disease.
    Transplantation Proceedings, 2001, 33: 1364-1365
  • Pirenne J, Aerts R, Koshiba T, Van Gelder F, Roskams T, Nevens F, Fevery J.
    Standard Cyclosporine A-Based Versus Completely Steroid-Free FK506-Based Immunosuppression After Liver Transplantation.
    Transplantation Proceedings, 2001, 33: 1505
  • Pirenne J, Aerts R, Yoong K, Gunson B, Koshiba T, Fourneau I, Mayer D, Buckels J, Mirza D, Roskams T, Elias E, Nevens F, Fevery J, McMaster P.
    Liver Transplantation for Polycystic Liver Disease.
    Liver Transplantation, 2001, 7: 238-245
  • Waer M, Pirenne J, Mathieu C.
    Other Forms of Immunosuppression.
    Kidney Transplantation. Principles and Practice (5th edition). WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106. Morris PJ (eds), 2001, p. 310-319
  • Pirenne J, Van Gelder F, Coosemans W, Aerts R, Gunson B, Koshiba T, Fourneau I, Mirza D, Van Steenbergen W, Fevery J, Nevens F, McMaster P.
    Type of donor aortic preservation solution and not cold ischemia time is a major determinant of biliairy strictures after liver transplantation.
    Liver Transplantation, 2001, 7: 540-545
  • Coosemans W, Baert L, Kuypers D, Maes B, Messiaen T, Vanrenterghem Y, Pirenne J.
    Renal transplantation onto abnormal urinary tract: ileal conduit urinary diversion.
    Transplant Proc, 2001, 33: 2493-2494
  • Van Mieghem A, Fonck C, Coosemans W, Vandeleene B, Vanrenterghem Y, Squifflet JP, Pirson Y.
    Outcome of cadaver kidney transplantation in 23 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Nephrol Dial Transplant, 2001, 16: 1686-1691
  • Van Damme-Lombaerts R, Herman J, Coosemans W, Pirenne J.
    Pediatric renal transplantation: A single Belgian center experience over 20 years.
    Pediatric Transplantation, 2001, 5: 447-451
  • Pirenne J, Koshiba T, Coosemans W, Herman J, Lombaerts R.
    Recent advances and future prospects in intestinal and multi-visceral transplantation.
    Pediatric Transplantation, 2001, 5: 452-456
  • Pirenne J.
    Intestinal transplantation: immunosuppression and immunomodulation.
    Hospital Prescriber Europe, 2001, 2: 55-59
  • Maes B, Kuypers D, Messiaen T, Evenepoel P, Mathieu C, Coosemans W, Pirenne J, Vanrenterghem Y.
    Posttransplantation diabetes mellitus in FK-506-treated renal transplant recipients: analysis of incidence and risk factors.
    Transplantation, 2001, 72: 1655-1661

Publications year 2000

  • Mehmet Ali Yerdel, Bridget Gunson, Darius Mirza, Kaan Karayalçin, Simon Olliff, John Buckels, David Mayer, Paul McMaster, Jacques Pirenne.
    Portal vein thrombosis in adults undergoing liver transplantation.
    Transplantation, 2000, 69: 1873-1991
  • Arvieux C, Létoublon C, Bouchard F, Pasquier D, Delecour T, Barnoud D, Penillon S, Barnoud R, Sturm JM, Hodaj H, Borel E, Naud G, Pirenne J, Zarski JP.
    Transplantation hépatique avec un greffon prélevé chez un greffé cardiaque en état de mort cérébrale.
    Ann Chir, 2000, 125: 376-379

Publications year 1999

  • Coosemans W
    Doctoraatsthesis: Renal Transplantation in high risk patients
    23 februari 1999
  • Coosemans W, Rega F, Roels L, Peeters J, Donck J, Vanwalleghem J, Maes B, Waer M, Vanrenterghem Y, Pirenne J.
    Impact of Early Vesico Ureteral Reflux on the Transplanted Kidney.
    Transplantation Proceedings, 1999, 31: 362-364
  • Arvieux C, Cornforth B, Gunson B, Borel E, Létoublon C, McMaster P, Pirenne J.
    Outcome of Grafts Procured in Transplant Patients.
    Transplantation Proceedings, 1999, 31: 530-532
  • Coosemans W, Nevelsteen A, Pirenne J, Vanrenterghem Y.
    Renal transplantation in patients with a vascular aortoiliac prosthesis.
    Transplantation Proceedings, 1999, 31: 1925-1927
  • Arvieux C, Cornforth B, Gunson B, Borel E, Létoublon C, McMaster P, Pirenne J. Use of grafts procured from organ transplant recipients.
    Transplantation, 1999, 67: 1074-1077
  • Roels L, Pirenne J, Vanrenterghem Y.
    Risk factors for the development of delayed graft function in cadaveric renal transplantation - a single center experience.
    Organ preservation with HTK and UW solution. Update on the clinical use and experimental studies. Hesse UJ, de Hemptinne B (eds), 1999, p. 108-119
  • Pirenne J.
    Contribution of large animal models to the development of clinical intestinal transplantation.
    Acta Gastro-enterologica, 1999, 62: 221-225
  • Shields PL, Tang H, Neuberger JM, Gunson BK, McMaster P, Pirenne J.
    Poor outcome in patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing liver transplantation.
    Transplantation, 1999, 68: 530-535
  • Goddard S, Pirenne J, Adams DH.
    Immunological tolerance and future strategies for immunosuppression in liver transplantation.
    3rd International Meeting on Therapy in Liver Diseases, Barcelona, September 22-24, 1999, p. 197-204
  • West M, Pirenne J, Chavers B, Gillingham K, Sutherland DE, Dunn DL, Matas AJ.
    Clostridium difficile colitis after kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation.
    Clinical Transplantation, 1999, 13: 318-323
  • Pirenne J, Koshiba T.
    Present status and future prospects in liver transplantation.
    Int Surg, 1999, 84: 297-304

Publications year 1998

  • Mirza DF, Achilleos O, Pirenne J, Buckels JAC, McMaster P, Mayer AD.
    Encouraging results of split-liver transplantation.
    British Journal of Surgery, 1998, 85: 494-497
  • Pirenne J.
    Transplantation intestinale: une réalite clinique en 1998.
    Bulletin et Mémoires de l'Académie royale de Médecine de Belgique, 1998, 153: 171-181 - Séance publique du 28 février 1998
  • Coosemans W, Peeters J, Aerts R, Christiaens MR, Donck J, Vanwalleghem J, Verberckmoes R, Waer M, Pirenne J, Vanrenterghem Y.
    Complications and outcome of combined kidney-pancreas transplantation for end-stage diabetic nephropathy: a retrospective single-center analysis.
    Transplantation Proceedings, 1998, 30: 274-275
  • Xu M, Bastos J, Dmitrewski J, Okajima H, Gunson B, Pirenne J, Buckels J, McMaster P, Mayer D.
    Perihepatic packing in liver transplantation.
    Transplantation Proceedings, 1998, 30: 1850-1851
  • Xu M, Pirenne J, Antoniou S, Gunson B, D'Silva M, McMaster P.
    FTY 720 compares with FK 506 as rescue therapy in rat heterotopic cardiac transplantation.
    Transplantation Proceedings, 1998, 30: 2221-2222
  • Xu M, Pirenne J, Antoniou EA, Afford SC, D'Silva M, McMaster P.
    Effect of peritransplant FTY 720 alone or in combination with post-transplant tacrolimus in a rat model of cardiac allotransplantation.
    Transplant International, 1998, 11: 288-294
  • Roels L.
    De coördinatie van een niertransplantatie: van donorwerving tot prelevatie, allocatie, transplantatie en nazorg.
    Horizon, 1998, 70: 36-40
  • Roels L, Coosemans W, Donck J, Maes B, Peeters J, Vanwalleghem J, Peeters J and Vanrenterghem Y, on behalf of the Leuven Collaborative Group for Transplantation.
    Inferior outcome of cadaveric kidneys preserved for more than 24 hr in histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate solution.
    Transplantation, 1998, 66(12): 1660-1664

Publications year 1997

  • Fourneau I, Depla E, Van Pelt J, Crabbe T, Cresens E, Roskams T, Zaman Z, Peeters J, Pirenne J, Yap SH
    Development and characterization of immortalized human hepatocyte lines and the application in a bioartificial liver device.
    In Crepaldi G, Demetriou AA, Muraca M (eds): Bioartificial liver support systems: the critical issues. Rome, CIC Edizioni Internazionali, 1997, pp 62-69
  • Gruessner RWG, Uckun FM, Pirenne J, Nakhleh RE, Benedetti E, Bekersky I, Troppmann C, Gruessner AC
    Recipient preconditioning and donor-specific bone marrow infusion in a pig model of total bowel transplantation.
    Transplantation, 1997;63(1):12-20.
  • Lupo L, Pirenne J, Gunson B, Nishimura Y, Mirza DF, Patapis P, Mayer AD, Buckels JAC, McMaster P
    Acute pancreatitis after orthotopic liver transplantation.
    Transplant Proc, 1997;29:473.
  • Patapis P, Irani S, Mirza DF, Gunson BK, Lupo L, Mayer AD, Buckels JAC, Pirenne J, McMaster P
    Outcome of graft function and pregnancy following liver transplantation.
    Transplant Proc, 1997;29:1565-1566.
  • Pirenne J, Lledo-Garcia E, Benedetti E, West M, Hakim NS, Sutherland DER, Gruessner RWG, Najarian JS, Matas AJ
    Colon perforation after renal transplantation: a single-institution review.
    Clin Transplant, 1997;11:88-93.
  • Pirenne J, Gruessner AC, Benedetti E, Troppmann C, Nakhleh RE, Uckun FM, Gruessner RWG
    Donor-specific unmodified bone marrow transfusion does not facilitate intestinal engraftment after bowel transplantation in a porcine model.
    Surgery, 1997;121:79-88.
  • Pirenne J, Gunson B, Khaleef H, Hubscher S, Afford S, McMaster P, Adalms D
    Influence of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury on Rejection After Liver Transplantation.
    Transplant Proc, 1997;29:366-367.
  • Pirenne J, Aerts R, Fourneau I, Coosemans W
    Editorial: Present status and future prospects in abdominal organ transplantation.
    Acta Gastroenterol Belg, 1997;60:281-286.
  • Sutherland DER, Pirenne J
    Current status of pancreas transplantation for treatment of type I diabetes mellitus.
    Acta Gastroenterol Belg, 1997;60:294-297.
  • Gruessner RWG, Nakhleh RE, Benedetti E, Pirenne J, Belani KG, Beebe D, Carr R, Troppmann C, Gruessner AC
    Combined Liver-Total Bowel Transplantation Has No Immunologic Advantage Over Total Bowel Transplantation Alone.
    Arch Surg, 1997;132:1077-1085.
  • Xu M, Antoniou EA, Afford SC, Suzuki S, Pirenne J, McMaster P, D'Silva M
    Effect of peritransplant FTY 720 alone or in combination with posttransplant FK 506 in a rat model of cardiac allotransplantation.
    Transplant Proc, 1997;29(7):2964-2966.
  • Mirza DF, Gunson BK, Soonawalla Z, Pirenne J, Mayer AD, Buckels JA, McMaster P
    Reduced acute rejection after liver transplantation with Neoral-based triple immunosuppression.
    Lancet, 1997;349(9053):701-702
  • Coosemans W, Lerut T
    Risks and benefits of thoracoscopic surgery.
    Anaesthesiology, 1997;10:48-53
  • Pompeo E, Coosemans W, De Leyn P, Van Raemdonck D, Fadda GF, Lerut T
    A transdiaphragmatic retroperitoneal approach for lower esophageal and gastro-esophageal junction carcinomas.
    Surg Today, 1997;17:1195-1197
  • Pompeo E, Coosemans W, De Leyn P, Deneffe G, Van Raemdonck D, Lerut T
    Esophageal replacement with the colon in children using either the intrathoracic or the retrosternal route. An analysis of both the surgical and long-term results.
    Surg Today, 1997;27:729-734
  • Pompeo E, Coosemans W, De Leyn P, Deneffe G, Van Raemdonck D, Lerut T
    Thoracoscopic transdiaphragmatic left adrenalectomy: an experimental study.
    Surg Endosc, 1997;11:390-392
  • Coosemans W, De Leyn P, Deneffe G, Van Raemdonck D, Lerut T
    Laparoscopic antireflux surgery and the thoracic surgeon: what now?
    Eur J Cardio-thor Surg, 1997;12:683-688
  • Fuchs KH, Feussner H, Bonavina L, Collard JM, Coosemans W
    For the European Study Groups for Antireflux Surgery (ESGARS): Current status and trends in laparoscopic antireflux surgery: results of a consensus meeting.
    Endoscopy, 1997;29:298-308
  • De Leyn P, Vansteenkiste J, Cuypers P, Deneffe G, Van Raemdonck D, Coosemans W, Verschakelen J, Lerut T
    Role of cervical mediastinoscopy in staging of non-small cell lung cancer in the absence of enlarged nodes on CT scan.
    Eur J Cardio-thorac Surg, 1997;12:706-712
  • Van Raemdonck D, Van Cutsem E, Menten J, Coosemans W, De Leyn P, Ectors N, Lerut T
    Induction therapy for clinical T4 oesophageal carcinoma; a plea for continued surgical exploration.
    Eur J Cardio-thorac Surg, 1997;11:828-837
  • Vanwalleghem J, Coosemans W, Raat H, Waer M, Vanrenterghem Y
    For the Leuven Collaborative Group for Transplantation: Peritransplant lymphocele causing arterial hypertension by a Page kidney phenomenon.
    Nephrol Dial Transplant, 1997;12:823-824
  • Peeters J, Coosemans W, Donck J, Mathieu C, Verberckmoes R, Aerts R, Bouillon R, Waer M, Vanrenterghem Y
    Resultaten van de Leuvense Samenwerkende Groep voor Transplantatie.
    Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 1997;53:1003-1009
  • Roels L, Deschoolmeester G, Vanrenterghem Y:
    A Profile of People Objecting to Organ Donation in a Country With a Presumed Consent Law: Data from the Belgian National Registry.
    Transplant Proc, 1997;29:1473-1475.
  • Waer M, Roels L
    Orgaantransplantaties: de verwezenlijking van zeer oude verzuchtingen.
    Kultuurleven, 1997;64(2):56-59.
  • Roels L, Waer M
    Orgaantransplantaties: verlegging van de grenzen?
    Kultuurleven, 1997;64(2):60-67.
  • Roels L, Vanrenterghem Y
    Legislative aspects of organ and tissue donation in Belgium.
    Annals of Transplantation, 1997;1(4):39-43.
  • Roels L
    Donor hospital development in non-university hospitals. In Collins GM, Dubernard JM, Land W and Persijn GG (eds): Procurement, Preservation and Allocation in Vascularized Organs.
    Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997, pp 255-262
  • Roels L, Roelants M, Timmermans T, Hoppenbrouwers K, Pillen E and Bande-Knops J
    A Survey on Attitudes to Organ Donation Among Three Generations in a Country With 10 Years of Presumed Consent Legislation.
    Transplant Proc, 1997;29:3224-3225.
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