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2021 American Transplant Congress
Distal Allograft Pancreatectomy for Graft Salvage After Pancreas Transplantation
D. Soma, T. Nikumbh, A. J. Lutz, J. A. Powelson, J. A. Fridell
Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Early pancreas allograft failure most commonly results from vascular thrombosis. Immediate surgical intervention may permit pancreas allograft salvage, typically requiring thrombectomy. In cases of…
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Assessing the Impact of the New Liver Allocation Policy on Transplant Center and Organ Procurement Organization Logistics
W. P. Sawyer¹, A. Gracon²
¹General Surgery, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA, ²Transplant Surgery, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: In February 2020, a new policy for liver allocation was instituted in an effort to reduce geographic disparity in median MELD at transplant. To…
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The Use of Organs from Donors That Do Not Meet Eligibility Criteria in the United States
L. Deroos, M. Lavieri, D. Hutton, W. Marrero, N. Parikh
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Increasing the number of organs available for transplantation could reduce waitlist morbidity and mortality for patients with end organ failure. Most transplanted organs come…
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Post Pediatric Liver Transplant Immunosuppression: What’s the Caregivers’ Perspective?
I. D. Batsis¹, J. C. Bucuvalas¹, E. Eisenberg², J. Lau², S. Feng³, E. Perito⁴
¹Pediatric Hepatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, NY, New York, NY, ²Patient and Family Engaged Partners, SPLIT, New York, NY, ³Pediatric Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Pediatric Hepatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: For children with liver transplants (LT), achieving an “ideal outcome” is a balancing act: too little immunosuppression (IS) begets graft injury; too much IS…
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Developmental Characteristics and Haemodynamics After Pediatric Donor to Adult Recipients in Liver Transplantation
M. Chen, L. Xiaohong, H. Xitao, C. Zhitao, J. W.
Transplant Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: The developmental characteristics and hemodynamics of pediatric liver allografts transplanted into adult recipients remain unclear and deserve exploring.*Methods: Records from adult recipients undergoing liver…
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Allocation Changes and Covid Effect on Waiting Time for Liver Transplantation
L. Dageforde¹, Q. Yuan², N. Elias¹
¹Division of Transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Organ Transplant Institute, 8th Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
*Purpose: On April 30, 2019 the National Liver Review Board (NLRB) was implemented and patients meeting criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma exception points received a score…
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A Comparison Between Combined Liver Kidney Transplants to Liver Transplants Alone: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
S. Bouari¹, E. A. Rijkse¹, H. J. Metselaar², M. W. van den Hoogen³, J. N. Ijzermans¹, J. de Jonge¹, W. G. Polak¹, R. C. Minnee¹
¹Surgery, Division of HPB & Transplant Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: Since the introduction of the Model for End-stage Liver disease (MELD) criteria in 2002, more combined liver kidney transplants are performed. Until 2017, no…
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Marginal Allografts in Liver Transplantation Have Very Limited Impact on Length of Stay
C. Goff¹, T. Zhang¹, M. McDonald¹, A. Anand¹, N. Galvan², F. Kanwal³, G. Cholankeril², R. Hernaez³, J. A. Goss⁴, A. Rana²
¹Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Michael E DeBakey Department of General Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ³Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁴Liver Center, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect on recipient length of hospital stay following transplantation with marginal allografts as specified by…
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Liver Transplantation with Super Obese Donors (BMI≥50) Grafts: An Acceptable Pathway to Expand the Donor Pool. Analysis of the OPTN/UNOS Liver Transplant Registry
P. Vargas¹, C. Argo², H. Zachary², M. Stotts², N. Intagliata², P. Northup², J. Oberholzer¹, S. Pelletier¹, N. Goldaracena¹
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: We aimed to analyze the impact of donor body mass index (BMI) on recipient morbidity and survival following liver transplantation (LT).*Methods: The UNOS-STAR database…
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Survival Adult Liver Transplantation: Experience in a Latinoamerican High Complexity Center. 15 Years with More Than 500 Transplants
C. A. Murcia, N. Ramirez, M. E. Ramos, C. Benavides, J. Rivera, G. Mejia
Transplant Unit, Fundación Cardioinfantil, Bogotá, Colombia
*Purpose: Liver disease is one of the main causes of chronic disease morbidity and mortality in the world and liver transplantation is the only curative…