Articles tagged "Liver grafts"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Total Graft Steatotic Mass in Liver Transplant Outcomes
L. De Gregorio,¹ E. Bugeaud,¹ G. Galliano,² H. Bohorquez,¹ D. Bruce,¹ I. Carmody,¹ A. Cohen,¹ J. Seal,¹ D. Sonnier,¹ A. Mathur,¹ G. Loss.¹
¹Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA; ²Pathology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
INTRODUCTIONGraft steatosis is a risk factor for early allograft dysfunction (EAD) and is thought to portend inferior transplant outcomes. The impact of total steatosis, combining…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Allocation: One OPO's Experience with Expedited versus Non-Expedited Placement
C. Muse, R. Squires, C. Trahan, J. Whaley, J. Orlowski.
LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK.
Background: One organ procurement organization (OPO) sought to study expedited versus non-expedited livers recovered/transplanted after local/regional centers declined. The OPO sought to determine relative recipient…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Moderately Macrosteatotic Liver Allografts
J. Alvikas, A-.P. Deeb, K. Lemon, X. Chen, S. Malik, G. Zeng, C. Hughes, A. Humar, A. Tevar.
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
Objectives: Liver transplantation remains the only effective long-term treatment option for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD). Organs available for ESLD patients are scarce and…
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Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion (SNMP) with Human Hemoglobin(Hb)-Based Oxygen Carriers (HBOCs)perfusate Decreased Hepatocellular Reperfusion Injury of Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) Donor in Pig Model
T. Shonaka,¹ N. Matsuno,¹ H. Obara,² R. Yoshikawa,² Y. Nishikawa,³ M. Gochi,¹ M. Otani,¹ H. Takahashi,¹ H. Azuma,³ H. Sakai,⁴ H. Furukawa.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan; ²Tokyo Metroporitan University, Tokyo, Japan; ³Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan; ⁴Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan.
Subnormothermic machine perfusion (SNMP) alleviate hepatoceller injury during organ preservation. However more oxygen is required when perfusate SNMP. Some studies demonstrated that SNMP with hemoglobin-based…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Quality Influences Patient and Graft Survival in Liver Transplant Recipients with End Stage Renal Disease
J. Reyes, M. Eerhart, J. Danobeita, P. Chlebeck, L. Zitur, L. Fernandez.
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Background: Recent changes in the allocation policy established by UNOS created a competitive algorithm that facilitates the placement of kidneys in liver transplant recipients that…
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Risk Factors of De Novo Malignancies after Liver Transplantation
M. Altieri,¹ O. Seree,² J. Dumortier,³ GREF2 Groupe de Recherche Français en Greffe de Foie.
¹Service d'HepatoGastroenterologie, Nutrition et Oncologie Digestive, CHU de Caen, Caen, France; ²Réseau Régional de Cancérologie Onco-Basse-Normandie, Herouville Saint-Clair, France; ³Service d'HepatoGastroenterologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix Rousse, Lyon, France.
De novo malignancies after liver transplantation (LT) are one of the leading causes of late mortality, with a reported risk of malignancies twice as high…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Post Reperfusion Portal Flow Rate Impacts Liver Allograft and Patient Survival in Patients with Pre Transplant Portal Vein Thrombosis
M. Rizzari, M. Safwan, M. Sobolic, S. Nagai, R. Schilke, K. Collins, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud.
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
Background: Pre-transplant (pretx) portal vein thrombosis (PVT) not only makes the technical aspect of liver transplantation more challenging, it also is known to affect outcomes.…
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Chronic Rejection: Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation and Outcome in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience
T. Miloh, A. Cheng, D. Schady, R. Himes, K. Mysore, K. Hosek, J. Goss.
Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Chronic rejection (CR) is the leading indication for long term graft loss. We discuss our centers' experience with CR diagnosis and management. Method: Electronic medical…
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Should More Donation after Cardiac Death Livers Be Used in Pediatric Transplantation?
C. Hwang,¹ S. Levea,² M. MacConmara.¹
¹Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; ²Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Introduction: Multiple strategies exist to increase the organ pool for livers in pediatric recipients, including using split livers, high risk livers, and donation after cardiac…
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ABO‐incompatible Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
X. Luo, C. Haugen, A. Thomas, J. Garonzik-Wang, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
ABO-incompatible liver transplantation (ILT) has increased over the past decade despite reports suggesting that adult ILT recipient have worse outcomes than ABO-compatible liver transplant (CLT)…