2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Moderately Macrosteatotic Liver Allografts
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
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
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
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors of De Novo Malignancies after Liver Transplantation
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
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.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Chronic Rejection: Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation and Outcome in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Should More Donation after Cardiac Death Livers Be Used in Pediatric Transplantation?
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
ABO‐incompatible Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
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)…2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Stiffness Measurement, but Not Controlled Attenuation Parameter, is Increased in Deceased Liver Donors at the Time of Transplant Procurement
Background & Aims: The growing obesity rate and IV drug use in the USA presage a higher usage of liver allografts with NAFLD or active…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Liver Transplant in Sequential Eras in Patients with Polycystic Liver Disease at Various Stages of Disease
1University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; 2SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Patients with polycystic liver disease (PLD) receive liver transplants at various time points in their disease process. Some patients receive liver transplant alone (L), some…
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