Articles tagged "Bile duct"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Can Biliary Internal Stents Reduce Biliary Complications in Adult Liver Transplantation?
Y. Kwon¹, Y. S. Genyk¹, Y. Yoon²
¹Division of Hepatobiliary, Pancreas, and Abdominal Organ Transplant, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Division of Hepatobiliary, Pancreas, and Abdominal Organ Transplant, Department of Surgery, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Biliary complications remain a consistent cause of morbidity and mortality in liver transplant (LT) recipients and there is controversy as to whether the use…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Biliary Reconstructionwith High Biliary Radicals is Safe Option for Multiple Graft Bile Ducts in Right Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation
J. Kim, D. Choi, E. Jwa
Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Daegu College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Multiple small size donor bile ducts (BDs) are related to higher incidence of biliary complications (BCs) and biliary reconstruction for multiple BDs still remains…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepaticojejunostomy versus Duct to Duct Anastomosis in Liver Transplantation: An Old Question Revisited
A. M. Elsabbagh, M. T. Shamaa, A. Al-Kurd, F. Tinney, T. Ivanics, A. Mohamed, K. Delvecchio, S. Yeddula, M. Rizzari, K. Collins, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Two surgical techniques are currently used for biliary reconstruction and each has its advantages/disadvantages. However, it is unclear if the used technique can impact…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends in the Incidence and Impact of Biliary Complications Following Liver Transplantation
K. R. Jackson¹, K. Lentine², M. Schnitzler², Z. Zhang², H. Xiao², J. Motter¹, D. Axelrod³, D. Segev¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ³University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: Biliary complications (BC) are a major threat to successful liver transplantation (LT), as they are associated with a subsequent higher risk of mortality and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Post Liver Transplant Biliary Complications in the Post HCV Era
M. Birch, K. Halazun, D. Tsapepas, C. Brenna, B. Samstein
New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Biliary complications in the post HCV era has not been well defined.*Methods: We retrospective studied 209 patients transplanted from April 2015 to November 2019…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Percutaneous Choledochoscopy and Laser Biliary Stricturoplasty: A Case Series of Novel Management of Refractory Post-Liver Transplant Biliary Complications
W. E. Jackson¹, P. S. Trivedi², J. J. Pomposelli³, T. J. Pshak³
¹Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Anastomotic biliary strictures are a well-recognized complication after living and deceased donor liver transplant (LDLT and DDLT). Management focuses on utilizing endoscopic retrograde cholangiography…
2020 American Transplant Congress
3D Bioprinted Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Model and 7-Day Perfusion with Gemcitabine and Cisplatin: Modeling the Tumor Microenvironment and Response to Chemotherapy
A. M. Chen¹, W. Zhang¹, J. Sterner², L. Kennedy³, A. Isidan¹, E. Gramelspacher¹, H. L. Francis³, G. Alpini³, L. J. Smith², P. Li¹, B. Ekser¹
¹Division of Transplant Surgery - Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²3D Bioprinting Core and Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences - Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ³Division of Gastroenterology, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center and Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Over 8,000 patients are newly diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) in the United States each year.Understanding the CCA microenvironment will facilitate the development of novel…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Prophylactic Biliary Intra-Operative Stents at Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLTx)
M. Aldamry
Mcgill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Biliary complications can affect up to 40% of patients after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx). Endoscopic management has a high success rate but involves multiple…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Management of Anastomotic Biliary Strictures after Liver Transplant: Role of Covered Metal Stents
A. Watson¹, K. Haq¹, K. Khorfan², S. Singla¹, A. Yoshida³, D. Moonka¹
¹Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ³Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Biliary complications, including anastomotic biliary strictures (ABS), remain the most common cause of morbidity in liver transplant (LT) patients. Endoscopic therapy has become the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition: A Cellular Mediator of Ischemic Cholangiopathy after Liver Transplant
N. A. Wickramaratne¹, R. Li², R. C. Fyffe-Freil², T. Tian², M. J. Mangino²
¹VCUHealth, Richmond, VA, ²Department of Surgery, VCUHealth, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a genetic reprogramming that causes epithelial cells to assume a migratory, mesenchymal phenotype, and it is induced by hypoxia. Ischemic…

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