Articles tagged "Bile duct"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Insertion of Internal Stent in Duct-to-Duct Biliary Reconstruction to Reduce Bile Duct Complication in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
H. Choi¹, G. Na²
¹Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Surgery, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Because of the innovations in surgical and postoperative surgical treatment of donors and recipients during the past decade, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Management of Orphan Ducts After Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation
N. Celik¹, A. Ganoza², A. Khanna², G. Bond², K. Soltys², R. Sindhi², J. Crowley³, A. Humar¹, G. Mazariegos²
¹Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Living donor (LDLT) and split (SLT) livers are two technical variants of standard liver transplants that potentially increase the number of liver allografts available…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Scaffold-Free 3D-Bioprinting of Human Extrahepatic Bile Duct
K. Saglam¹, W. Zhang¹, L. J. Smith², A. Isidan¹, A. M. Chen¹, R. A. Naqvi¹, E. Gramelspacher¹, P. Li¹, B. Ekser¹
¹Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²3D-Bioprinting Core, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Biliary complications are common especially in living and also in deceased donor liver transplantation (LT). Presence of multiple orifices in biliary anastomosis and ischemia,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatopancreatobiliary Training In Transplant Fellowships: H And B, Maybe?
R. Borscheid¹, A. Saharia², E. Cho¹, F. Lewis¹, H. Osman¹, J. Kurtz¹, D. Jeyarajah¹, A. Gaber²
¹Methodist Richardson Medical Center, Richardson, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: HPB surgery is an evolving specialty, but only about 15% of the active HPB surgeons have undergone training in a dedicated HPB program -…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Donation after Cardiac Death Liver Grafts from Donors ≥ 50 Years of Age: A Multi-Center Analysis
K. P. Croome,¹ A. K. Mathur,³ D. D. Lee,¹ A. A. Moss,³ C. B. Rosen,² J. K. Heimbach,² C. B. Taner.¹
¹Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL; ²Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN; ³Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ.
Introduction:As the population in the United States continues to age, an increase in the number of potential DCD donors with advanced chronological age can be…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Undergoing Liver Transplantation with Duct-to-Duct Biliary Reconstruction
L. Coromina Hernandez, B. Eghtesad, T. Diago, K. Hashimoto, M. Fujiki, C. Quintini, F. Aucejo, G. Iuppa, A. Hassan, N. Menon, C. Miller.
Transplant Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Background:Reconstruction of biliary drainage after liver transplantation (LTx) in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) has been a matter of controversy. Over the recent years,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Staged Biliary Reconstruction after Liver Transplantation Reduces Post-Transplant Biliary Complications in High-Acuity Patients
T. Pearson, M. Zimmerman, J. Kim, P. Palines, M. Wong, C. Erickson, J. Hong.
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Biliary complications (BC) after liver transplantation (LT) are strongly associated with inferior patient outcomes and increased healthcare cost. High-acuity LT patients are at increased risk…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Biliary Complications after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation – Non-Randomised Comparison of 3 Methods of Biliary Tract Drainage
A. Jóźwik,¹ M. Kosieradzki,¹ B. Łągiewska,¹ W. Lisik,¹ E. Karpeta,¹ J. Bednarek,² M. Zaborska,² J. Trzebicki,³ M. Pacholczyk.¹
¹Department of General and Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; ²Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; ³I Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
BackgroundBiliary tract complications (BTC) are still relatively common and complex problem following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The aim of this nonrandomized study was to evaluate…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Does Biliary Duct Reconstruction Technique Impact Liver Transplantation Outcomes?
R. Shahbazov,¹ M. Kessel,² K. Knapp,² F. Azari,² S. Tsutsui,³ A. Nickkholgh,¹ D. Maluf,¹ S. Pelletier.¹
¹Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ²School of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ³Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: The rate of biliary complication after liver transplantation remains high. The choice of biliary reconstruction technique may depend on the patient's primary disease, possible…
2018 American Transplant Congress
DCD Utilization in Cholestatic Liver Disease: Distinct Outcomes between PSC and PBC Recipients
J. Pasko, E. Maynard, E. Dewey, K. Roayaie, S. Orloff, D. Scott, W. Naugler, J. Ahn, C. Enestvedt.
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
Background: Concern for inferior outcomes in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) have limited utilization of donation after cardiac death…