**6. Directions for the future**

New potential strategies that could be promissory in LT are now discussed. The present review will now centre on emerging protective strategies such as enrichments of UW solution and pharmacological treatments with favourable results in I/R injury but that up to now have not been tested in clinical LT. Moreover, we will discuss ischemic preconditioning taking into account the novel clinical reports that suggest the effectiveness of this surgical procedure in LT.
