2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Liver Re-Transplant Recipients With MELD above 40: A Decade Long Experience
Introduction:A significant proportion of liver transplant recipients will suffer from graft loss, after which liver retransplant (reLTx) becomes their only therapeutic option. Patients with very…2015 American Transplant Congress
Vitamin D Deficiency in Liver Transplant Recipients: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes
Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
Vitamin D is known to be immunomodulatory, and its deficiency is associated with multiple chronic health problems in the general population. The objective of this…2015 American Transplant Congress
Results from the Use of Aortohepatic Conduit in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Single Centre 12-Year Experience
Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Our study investigates the outcomes of the use of aortohepatic conduits in OLT.Methods: This is a retrospective single centre analysis of prospectively collected data from…2015 American Transplant Congress
Etanercept for Graft Versus Host Disease Following Liver Transplantation
Purpose: Graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a devastating diagnosis and treatment options, such as antithymocyte globulin (ATG), have poor response rates. With a goal…2015 American Transplant Congress
Portal Flow <1000 cc Is Not Associated With Early Graft Dysfunction in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Purpose: The aim of our study was to determine whether a portal flow <1000 cc after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is associated with a higher…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of HCV on Post Transplant Biliary Strictures
Tampa General Medical Group, Tampa.
Biliary strictures continue to be a significant cause of morbidity following liver transplantation (LT). Though several studies have implicated donor and recipient factors in the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Cost-Effective, Simple PTC Tasting Could Be a Useful Adjunct to Selection Criteria of ARLD Patients
Purpose: Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) tasting has been linked to alcohol use. The bitter taste for PTC is mediated by TAS2R38 gene. We have previously shown individuals…2015 American Transplant Congress
ABO-Incompatible Liver Transplantation for Severe Hepatitis B Patients
Objectives: Effect of ABO-incompatible liver transplantation on severe hepatitis B (SHB) patients is still unclear. Herein, we described 22 successful cases of patients with SHB…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pilot Study on Safety and Feasibility of Complete Meal Replacement in Liver Transplant Recipients and Potential Donors
Background: Metabolic syndrome (MS) and hepatic steatosis (HS) are potential long-term complications after liver transplantation (LT). Post-LT caloric intake normalizes which can result in obesity.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Efforts to Improve Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up Reporting Have Been Successful
1UNOS, Richmond; 2U of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; 3U of Iowa, Iowa City.
Follow-up reporting for living kidney donors (LKDs) provides important information about short-term risks. On 2/1/13, the OPTN implemented reporting thresholds for clinical data (60% of…
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