2020 American Transplant Congress
Can Biliary Internal Stents Reduce Biliary Complications in Adult Liver Transplantation?
*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
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
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
*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…2019 American Transplant Congress
Management of Anastomotic Biliary Strictures after Liver Transplant: Role of Covered Metal Stents
*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
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…2019 American Transplant Congress
Ischemia-Free Liver Transplantation Protects Bile Duct from Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Ischemia-free liver transplantation (IFLT), based on normothermic machine perfusion and innovations in surgical technique, can provide continue blood supply from procurement to implantation that…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pharmacological Enhancement of Bile Duct Preservation and Function during Ex-Situ Normothermic Machine Perfusion
Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Whilst ex-situ normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) of the liver limits the ischaemic injury to the organ, benefits for biliary complications post-transplantation are not yet…2019 American Transplant Congress
Normothermic Ex-Situ Liver Perfusion Parameters of Liver Viability in a Porcine Model of Liver Transplantation with Marginal Grafts
1Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2University of Nicolaus Copernicus, Torun, Poland
*Purpose: Evaluate parameters of liver viability during normothermic ex-situ liver perfusion (NEsLP) prior to transplantation.*Methods: In this study, we investigated prior assessed parameters and new…2019 American Transplant Congress
Bile Duct Anastomosis over Intraluminal Plastic Biliary Stent in Liver Transplant: Clinical Outcome
*Purpose: Biliary complications have been known as “Achilles Heel” of orthotropic liver transplantation (OLT) with high morbidity and mortality. Intra-luminal plastic biliary stents replacing T-tubes…
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