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2018 American Transplant Congress » Concurrent Session: Liver: MELD, Allocation and Donor Issues - 2

Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm

Location: Room 6B

Session Type: Concurrent Session

Meeting: 2018 American Transplant Congress

2:30pm-2:42pm
Impact of Donor Hepatectomy Time during Organ Procurement in Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation; The United Kingdom Experience

S. Farid, A. Magdy, D. Vijayanand, V. Upasani, S. Willis, A. Barlow, H. Ernest, A. Niaz.

2:42pm-2:54pm
Liver Transplant Survival Index for Recipients with High MELD Score: A Model for Post-Transplant Survival in Severely Ill Patients

J. Steggerda,1 M. Bloom,1 C. Bresee,2 D. Malinoski,3 A. Klein,1 K. Kim.1

2:54pm-3:06pm
Intentional Transplantation of Hepatitis C Positive Livers into Hepatitis Negative Recipients- Report of the First Case-Series in the World

P. Martins, B. Movahedi, A. Ahearn, A. Bozorgzadeh.

3:06pm-3:18pm
Are Deceased Donor Characteristics Associated with Liver Graft Failure among Low MELD Patients Receiving a Liver Transplant Changing

K. Atiemo,1 A. Skaro,2 R. Craig-Schapiro,1 S. Montag,1 L. VanWagner,1 M. Abecassis,1 J. Levitsky,1 L. Zhao,1 D. Ladner.1

3:18pm-3:30pm
Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (BRTO) for the Treatment of Medically Refractory Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) in Patients with ESLD and Significant Portal-Venous Shunting

N. Presser, J. DiNorcia, V. Agopian, H. Yersiz, D. Farmer, R. Busuttil, F. Kaldas.

3:30pm-3:42pm
Donation after Circulatory Death Donor Liver Transplantation without Ischemic Cholangiopathy: Is It Time to Expand DCD Liver Donor Pool?

C. Kubal,1 P. Mihaylov,1,2 B. Ekser,1 A. Cabrales,1 J. Fridell,1 R. Mangus.1

3:42pm-3:54pm
Liver Transplantation Using Pediatric versus Adult Donor Grafts in Adult Recipients

Y. Tang, Q. Zhao, Z. Zhang, L. Wang, W. Ju, Z. Zhu, S. Huang, Z. Guo, X. He, G. Chen.

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