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2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding Attitudes and Perceptions about Liver Disease and Living-Donor Liver Transplant- Results of a National Survey
C. Zell¹, C. Caruso¹, T. Kirby², S. Piccirilli³, S. Ganesh⁴, J. Whyte⁵, A. Humar³
¹Clinical Marketing, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Marketing Intelligence, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Clinical Marketing, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵WebMD, New York, NY
*Purpose: There are more than 14,000 people on the national waiting list for a liver transplant. Approximately 25% will die before receiving a life-saving transplant…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Liver Transplantation: A Case Series
J. G. Guorgui¹, T. Ito¹, M. M. Lu¹, P. Benharash², A. Ardehali³, V. Gudzenko⁴, C. Wray⁴, V. G. Agopian¹, J. DiNorcia III¹, H. Yersiz¹, D. G. Farmer¹, R. W. Busuttil¹, F. M. Kaldas¹
¹The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Laboratories, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Department of Anesthesiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a life-saving treatment modality for patients who develop cardiopulmonary failure refractory to conventional efforts. ECMO has been used sparingly…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipients with BMI 40 to <50 kg/m² Have Excellent Patient and Graft Survival
K. Daniel, J. Hause, F. Osman, J. Mezrich, E. Spengler
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Obesity rates in the United States (US) have reached nearly 40%, which has led to an increasing proportion of liver transplant (LT) candidates with…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Social Support in the Peri-Liver Transplant Period Affects Post-Transplant Survival, Rejection Rate and Length of Stay
T. Ashraf¹, V. Mendiratta², S. Gill¹, A. Abdelwahab³, D. Moonka², S. Jafri²
¹Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ³Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Although social support is a key component of the pre-transplant evaluation, it’s effect on post-transplant outcomes remains understudied. The purpose of this study was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Outcomes, Risk Factors, and Regional Variation in Selection of Morbidly Obese Liver Transplant Candidates in the US
T. Lian¹, N. Kaur², J. Emamaullee², M. Lo³, P. Ender⁴, J. Kahn⁵, L. Sher²
¹Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA, ³Department of Preventative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Statistical Consulting Group, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Body Mass Index (BMI) limits for liver transplant (LT) candidacy are controversial. We evaluated waitlist and post-LT outcomes, prognostic factors, and regional patterns of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Predicting the Safe Use of Deceased after Circulatory Death Liver Allografts in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
V. Fleetwood, A. Gracon, D. Aufhauser, C. Papageorge, K. Janek, G. Leverson, D. Foley, J. Mezrich, A. D'Alessandro, L. Fernandez, D. Al-Adra
Department of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The use of deceased after circulatory donation (DCD) liver allografts in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is controversial given the already-increased risk of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Noninvasive Liver Fibrotic Score on Graft Injury in Liver Transplantation
S. M. Younan, T. Ito, H. Hirao, A. Aziz, A. E. Murray, J. DiNorcia III, V. G. Agopian, D. G. Farmer, R. W. Busuttil, F. M. Kaldas
The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The increasing prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome, has led to a corresponding increase in steatotic livers being utilized in liver transplantation (LT). These…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Association between Response to Rituximab and Risk of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in ABO-Incompatible Living Kidney Transplantation
Y. Kakuta¹, M. Okumi¹, T. Kanzawa¹, K. Unagami², H. Ishida², K. Tanabe¹
¹Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Organ Transplant Regulation, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Owing to limited organ availability, ABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation (ABO-ILKT) has been used extensively. Various forms of preconditioning therapies have been used alone or…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Third and Fourth Kidney Re-Transplants: A 20-Year Single Centre Experience
O. O. Okidi¹, A. Hassan¹, S. Bhutani¹, A. Summers¹, K. Poulton², C. Fullwood¹, D. VanDellen¹, J. Worthington², T. Augustine¹
¹Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Transplantation Laboratory, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Re-transplantation may be associated with management dilemmas including repeat allocation of limited kidney allografts to same individuals in the face of an increasing waiting…
2020 American Transplant Congress
New Concept of Liver Transplatation in Pediatric Patient – Up Side Down Metod
P. Dubska, L. Janousek, J. Chlupac, M. Kocik, J. Fronek
Transplantation Surgery, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LTx) in pediatrics has become an accepted modality for treatment in end-stage liver disease and irreversible acute liver failure. Left lateral segment…