2019 American Transplant Congress
Use, Safety and Effectiveness of Hepatitis B Virus NAT-Positive Donor Livers in the Current Era
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: The use of hepatitis B (HBV) core antibody positive (HBcAb+) donor allografts in liver transplantation (OLT) has become accepted practice; however, given limited data…2019 American Transplant Congress
Finding Opportunities for Increased Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Utilization: Results of an American Society of Transplant Surgeons/Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Survey
*Purpose: Liver allografts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors remain underutilized in the U.S. Improved utilization requires expanded potential donor identification by organ procurement…2019 American Transplant Congress
Microsteatosis in Livers from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Donors is Associated with Inferior Graft and Patient Survival Following Liver Transplantation (LTX)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The current theory is that severe macrosteatosis (MaS) (>50%) in livers recovered from donation after brain death (DBD) donors leads to increased rates of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor – Recipient Size Mismatch Has No Impact on Outcomes after Deceased Donor Whole Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Analysis
*Purpose: Assessment of donor size by demographic variables is an important part of deceased donor evaluation prior to liver transplantation (LT). Lack of liver volumetric…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Utility Of Intraoperative Vascular Anastomotic Inflow Measurements In Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD) Liver Transplantation
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: The use of flow probes to measure hepatic inflow at the conclusion of vascular anastomoses in Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) liver transplantation is…2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Graft Loss Vary with Recipient MELD Score in Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Risk factors for allograft loss in liver transplantation have previously been described. Less is known how these vary and interact amongst recipients with different…2019 American Transplant Congress
Moving from Local Allocation to National Allocation Using Gravity Model
*Purpose: Most allocation scheme are based on optimized or administrative boundaries that do not allow transplant candidates without national priority to access a graft from…2019 American Transplant Congress
MELD-Na Alterations on the Liver Transplant Waiting List and Its Impact on Listing Outcome
*Purpose: Currently, MELD Score listing is state of the art for liver transplant recipients. Our department could show by our own data and confirmed by…2019 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Disparities in Liver Supply/Demand Ratio within Fixed-Distance and Fixed-Person Circles
1JHU, Baltimore, MD, 2USNA, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Geographic disparity in deceased donor liver allocation has been extensively documented. Many stakeholders believe allocating within circular fixed-distance or fixed-person boundaries would reduce geographic…2019 American Transplant Congress
Share 21 Rather Than Share 15: Balancing Transplant Opportunity without Compromising Waitlist Outcomes
*Purpose: We recently reported that, with the introduction of Meld-Na liver allocation, the score at which patients clearly benefit from liver transplant as opposed to…
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