2019 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Liver Transplantation during the Opioid Epidemic: UNOS Analysis of Organ Availability and Outcomes
*Purpose: The opioid epidemic has been largely responsible for the 3-fold increase in deaths due to drug overdose over the last 15 years. Whether this…2019 American Transplant Congress
Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging during Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion for the Assessment of Hepatocyte, Biliary, and Vascular Function
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion (NEVLP) is a novel preservation for the storage and assessment of marginal grafts, such as Donation after Cardio-circulatory Death…2019 American Transplant Congress
Management and Outcome of Hepatic Artery Thrombosis in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation Unit, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
*Purpose: Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) still constitutes a particular challenge in terms of prevention and management in pediatric liver transplantation (LT). This work reviews the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Dynamic Characterization of Cells in the Perfusate from Cold Ischemic Liver Grafts
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Injury during preservation is a complex process that affects graft function. A deeper understanding and better prediction of liver viability are demanded to improve…2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Procurement Organization Surgeon Improves Utilization of Livers from Pediatric Donors
*Purpose: Pediatric liver transplant centers tend to send their own procurement team for organ assessment and recovery. TXSB organ procurement organization (OPO) hired a full-time…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hepatic Artery Resistive Indices on Doppler Ultrasound at Long Term Follow Up in Liver Transplant Recipients: Importance and Implications
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
Ultrasound Doppler has a proven value in early post transplant period, however the importance at the long term follow up is not proven. Doppler results…2018 American Transplant Congress
Treatment and Outcomes of Orthotopic Liver Transplant Patients Secondary to Hepatitis C Virus: A Single Center Experience
Background: Treatment of acute cellular rejection (ACR) in patients with orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) secondary to hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains a major challenge due…2018 American Transplant Congress
Isolated Right Hepatic Vein (RHV) Obstruction after Piggyback Liver Transplantation, an Infrahepatic Terminolateral Cavo-Cavostomy as a Rescue Technique to Save the Graft
Transplant Unit, National Medical Center "20 de Noviembre", Mexico City, Mexico.
Background: The “piggyback” technique for liver transplantation (LT) has gained acceptance around the world. However, outflow problems are more common than the classic technique.Material and…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Grade of Pre-Transplant Portal Vein Thrombosis in Liver Transplant Recipients Impacts Graft and Patient Survival
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
Background: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in the pre-transplant (pretx) setting makes liver transplantation technically challenging and is also known to affect post transplant outcomes. Few…2018 American Transplant Congress
Regional Variation in the Outcomes of MELD-Na Based Liver Allocation
Introduction: While there is known geographic discrepancy in waitlist and transplant outcomes in the MELD era, there is a paucity in understanding of these variations…
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