Hand, Fiona
Harmon, Cathal
Elliott, Louise A.
Caiazza, Francesco
Lavelle, Aonghus
Maguire, Donal
Hoti, Emir
Nolan, Niamh
Geoghegan, Justin G.
Ryan, Elizabeth J.
O’Farrelly, Cliona http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0616-2874
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Research Board (RP 2008/189, HRA-POR-2013-281)
Science Foundation Ireland (132/IA/1667)
Article History
Received: 17 July 2017
Accepted: 9 March 2018
First Online: 23 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The authors declare they have no conflict of interest.
: All protocols were approved by St. Vincent’s University Hospital Ethics Committee in accordance with the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was provided by all patients prior to undergoing resection. A patient information leaflet was provided and all queries addressed by F. Hand before consent was provided. Where donor liver was obtained, informed consent was given by the donor’s family prior to sampling. Donor families were approached by a dedicated transplant coordinator. All protocols and study information were provided to the family prior to consenting.