2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Anatomic Variation and Reconstructive Technique on Complications Following Living Liver Donor Transplantation – A Report from the A2ALL Consortium
Introduction: Living donor liver transplantation [LDLT] is a technically demanding endeavor that requires command of the complex anatomy of partial liver grafts. The aim of…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Higher MFI of De Novo Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies Is Correlated With Graft Fibrosis Progression in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Background. It has been shown that the development of de novo donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) is associated with poorer graft outcome in kidney transplantation. However…2015 American Transplant Congress
Increased Ratio of Estimated Spleen/Graft Volume Is a Strong Predictor of Posttransplant Portal Hypertension in Adult-To-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Significance of Splenectomy On Portal Venous Pressure and Patient Survival
Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan.
Splenectomy is generally performed to control portal venous pressure (PVP) in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (ALDLT) with small-for-size graft. However, we sometimes experience portal…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pretransplant Sarcopenia and Sequential Changes in Sarcopenic Parameters After Living Donor Liver Transplantation
The present study investigated the impact of pretransplant sarcopenia on survival and sequential changes in sarcopenic parameters in patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).…2015 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia has Equivalent Survival and Shorter Waiting Time Compared to Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
Purpose: To determine the benefit of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) compared to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) in the treatment of end stage liver…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Preoperative MELD Score On Small for Size Syndrome in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been expanded worldwide and the outcome of even adult-to-adult LDLT using left lobe reported to be equivalent to that…2015 American Transplant Congress
Live Donor Liver Transplantation With Older (>50years) Vs Younger (<50years) Donors: Does Age Matter?
Multi Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Introduction: The risks of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) with older donors remains controversial and many centers avoid using live donors ≥45 years of age.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Tumor Transmission Events. A Summary of 2008-2013 Data from the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)
Purpose: Transmission of donor malignancy via transplantation is an uncommon but significant occurrence. The OPTN Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC) has monitored such complications since…2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical and Virologic Outcomes in High-Risk Adult EBV D+/R- Organ Transplant Recipients
Background:EBV D+/R- organ transplant recipients are a high risk group for developing PTLD. This subgroup of patients has been primarily evaluated in pediatric populations with…2015 American Transplant Congress
Deficiency of Naturally Occurring Anti-Angiogenic Antibodies Associate With the Development of Metastatic Cancer Post Renal Transplantation and Patient Death
We assessed the presence of naturally occurring blocking antibodies to mediators of vascularisation and metastasis in Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTR) with metastatic cancer (n=11), non…
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