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
Cost Analysis of Biliary Strictures Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in the United States
J. Jones,¹ N. Bhutiani,¹ D. Wei,² L. Goldstein,³ R. Martin,¹ C. Jones,¹ R. Cannon.¹
¹Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; ²Real-world Data Analytics and Research, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ; ³Health Economics and Market Access, Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ.
Introduction: While previous studies have evaluated risk factors, management, and outcomes in patients who develop biliary strictures (BS) after undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), none…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Biliary pH, Bicarbonate and Glucose Are Suitable Biomarkers of Bile Duct Viability during Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Human Donor Livers
A. Matton,^1,2 Y. de Vries,^1,2 L. Burlage,^1,2 R. van Rijn,^1,2 A. Gouw,³ V. de Meijer,¹ T. Lisman,² R. Porte.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Section Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery & Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Surgical Research Laboratory, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Background: Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) is rapidly making its way into the clinic and can be used for viability assessment of human donor livers prior…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Bile Production and Quality during Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion to Predict Biliary Injury
D. Kollmann,¹ I. Linares,¹ S. Ganesh,¹ R. Rosales,¹ M. Hamar,¹ P. Urbanellis,¹ A. Wiebe,¹ P. Yip,² O. Adeyi,² M. Selzner,¹ N. Selzner.¹
¹Multi Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada; ²Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Background. Liver transplantation (LT) with donation after circulatory death (DCD)-grafts is associated with higher risk for biliary strictures. We evaluated bile production and quality during…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Single-Center Experience of Biliary Reconstruction for Multiple Bile Duct in Right Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation
J-.D. Kim, D-.L. Choi, T. Kim.
Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Daegu College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Biliary anastomosis stricture (BAS) is still major concerns especially for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Recent studies have described multiple duct and multiple anastomoses as…
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,…