2018 American Transplant Congress
Staged Biliary Reconstruction after Liver Transplantation Reduces Post-Transplant Biliary Complications in High-Acuity Patients
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
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?
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
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Normothermic Regional Perfusion of Donors Following Circulatory Death Improves Outcomes in Liver Transplantation.
Introduction: Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) provides 23% of UK livers for transplantation, but such transplants are associated with more primary graft function and early…2017 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Ischemic Biliary Injury Is Not Associated with Prolonged Hepatic Artery Ischemic Times During Liver Transplantation.
1Univ. Colorado, Aurora, CO; 2Univ. Washington, Seattle, WA
Biliary strictures after liver transplant (LT) are associated with increased patient morbidity and graft failure. AIM: To assess the association of duration of hepatic artery…2017 American Transplant Congress
Improved Outcomes After Liver Transplantation from Controlled DCD Donors with Normothermic Regional Perfusion.
Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Background: Normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) is currently explored as a method to recover organs from Maastricht category I-III Donors after circulatory death (DCD). This study…2017 American Transplant Congress
Live Donor Liver Transplantation Using Grafts with More Than Two Bile Ducts – Does It Affect Patient Outcome?
Multi Organ Transplant Program, Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Introduction: It's been described that the use of live donor (LD) liver grafts with multiple bile ducts (BD) increases the risk of BD related complications…2017 American Transplant Congress
Biliary Complications Following Liver Transplantation – Single-Center Experience Over Three Decades and Recent Risk Factors.
Core Facility Quality Management Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
This study aims to identify independent risk factors for biliary complications after liver transplantation over 3 decades in a large single center. 1607 consecutive liver…2017 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Outcomes of Pair-Watch Suturing Technique (PWST) for Duct-To-Duct Biliary Anastomosis in an Attempt to Reduce the Biliary Complications in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Objectives:Biliary stricture is one of the major complications after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) with duct-to-duct biliary reconstruction. To prevent biliary stenosis, we have adopted…
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