Articles tagged "Liver grafts"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Reality Capture Using Light Detection and Ranging 3D Photography of Liver Grafts for Volumetric Assessment: A Proof-of-Concept Preliminary Study
K. E. Karakasi¹, G. Katsanos², I. Karolos³, V. Tsioukas³, G. Tsoulfas⁴
¹University Transplantation Surgical Clinic, Heppocrateion General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, ²Transplantation, Aristitle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ³School of Runal and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁴University Transplantation Surgical Clinic, Hippocrateion’ General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
*Purpose: Reality capture uses various technical means to capture a digital 3D model representation of a subject from the real world. Whole liver graft volume…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Single Cell Multiomics Reveals Immune Mediators in Acute Cellular Rejection Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation
B. Rocque¹, D. Sarode², A. Barbetta³, P. Singh⁴, C. Goldbeck⁴, C. Weaver⁵, O. Akbari⁴, R. Kohli⁵, J. Emamaullee⁶
¹University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Pasadena, CA, ³Surgery, abdominal transplat, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Acute cellular rejection (ACR) is a common complication following pediatric liver transplantation with potential negative effects on allograft longevity. Currently, diagnosis and management are…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor-to-Recipient Body Surface Area Ratio on Graft Survival and Mortality Following Deceased Donor Liver Transplants
S. Radomski, L. Zeiser, A. Massie, S. Ottmann, D. Segev, E. King
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The impact of size mismatch on graft survival in living donor liver transplant is well established but is not a common concern in deceased…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Normothermic Machine Perfusion (NMP) Improves Access to Transplantation for Late Liver Re-Transplant Candidates
D. Sneiders¹, H. Lembach¹, A. Hann¹, A. Nutu¹, J. Hodson¹, J. Isaac¹, R. Taylor², M. Armstrong¹, T. Perera¹, H. Hermien¹
¹Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²NHS Blood and Transplant, bristol, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Late liver re-transplantation (LLrT) is a complex surgical procedure. Candidates for LLrT spend longer on the waitlist than primary transplant candidates due to selectivity…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Can We Predict Progression of Potential Donation After Cardiac Death Donors (DCD) Using DonorNet?
Y. Bababekov¹, A. Yule¹, H. Moore¹, R. Choudhury², C. Hertert³, T. Pshak⁴, T. Nydam⁵, B. Kaplan¹, E. Pomfret¹, J. Pomposelli⁵
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, CO, ³Donor Alliance, Denver, CO, ⁴University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁵University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: DCD utilization of livers is limited by unpredictability of progression, perceived worse outcome, and costs related to deployment of resources. We aimed to predict…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Is Remnant Liver Volume Ratio Less Than 30% Still Contraindication to Right Hepatectomy for Living Liver Donors?
J. Kim, D. Choi
Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Daegu College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Recently, some centers reported that extended resection with remnant/total volume ratio(RTVR) less than 30% for living donor right hepatectomy(LDRH) but there is no consensus…
2022 American Transplant Congress
PACAP-Mediated Autophagy Prevents Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in OLT
Z. Xue, B. Yang, R. Busuttil, J. Kupiec-Weglinski, H. Ji
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is from vasoactive intestinal peptide-glucagon-secretin family. Our group was the first to demonstrate that neuropeptide PACAP, which innervates the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Experience with the First Two Living Donor Robotic Left Lobe Hepatectomies in the USA
M. E. Tobon Lascano, M. Akoad, C. Simon, J. Kim, Y. Cheah
Transplant, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA
*Purpose: Robotic living donor has been performed in a few centers with good outcomes; the first report of a robotic right lobe donor hepatectomy was…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Role Of Ferroptosis In Modulating Ischemia Reperfusion Injury(IRI) Gene Expression In Marginal Donor Livers(MDLS) Using The Novel Protect Normothermic Perfusion Pump
M. D. Nazzal¹, K. Kurashima², J. Bettag², A. Chen², S. Bruno², A. Nagarapu², J. Van Nispen¹, J. Krebs², J. Teckman², D. Carpenter³, D. Hermelin³, C. Varma¹, A. Jain²
¹Surgery, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Pediatrics, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ³Pathology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Severe IRI can impair liver allograft when using MDLs and accounts for high discard rates. We tested iron chelators to reduce ferroptosis and IRI.…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Normothermic Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplantation – Seven Year Experience at a Single North American Centre
J. Hefler¹, D. L. Izuierdo¹, G. Meeberg², M. Bral¹, B. Anderson¹, K. Dajani¹, N. Kneteman¹, D. L. Bigam¹, A. Shapiro¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Machine perfusion for preservation of liver grafts before transplantation has risen in prominence over the past decade. Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP), in particular, has…

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