Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Anticoagulation in Pediatric Liver Transplantation; the Pros and Cons
M. Werner,¹ R. de Kleine,¹ M. de Boer,¹ V. de Meijer,¹ R. Scheenstra,² H-.J. Verkade,² F. Bodewes,² S. Bontemps,³ T. Lisman,¹ R. Porte.¹
¹HPB Surgery & Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Pediatric Intensive Care, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Background: Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) are serious causes of morbidity and mortality after pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). To minimize…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation Using Pediatric versus Adult Donor Grafts in Adult Recipients
Y. Tang, Q. Zhao, Z. Zhang, L. Wang, W. Ju, Z. Zhu, S. Huang, Z. Guo, X. He, G. Chen.
Organ Transplant Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Background and Aim: The reported outcomes of adult liver transplantation using pediatric allografts are largely controversial based on single center studies. We aimed to compare…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Medication Reconciliation in Abdominal Transplantation
S. Todd,¹ J. Perryman,² R. Subramanian,² A. Patel,² M. Hawthorne,² R. Buenvenida,² K. Lee,² W. Allison,² D. Lo,² P. Reshamwala.²
¹Department of Pharmacy, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA; ²Emory Transplant Center, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA.
Medication adherence post transplantation is vital. Upon discharge, abdominal transplant patients receive a medication list from the electronic medical record (EMR) and obtain a medication…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Initial Hepatic Artery Reperfusion versus Initial Portal Reperfusion in Liver Transplantation: Where Do We Stand?
R. Shahbazov,¹ F. Azari,³ J. Alejo,² M. Talanian,² M. Fox,² K. Kennedy,² S. Kessel,² A. Nickkholgh,¹ D. Maluf,¹ S. Pelletier.¹
¹Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ²School of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ³Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: While initial portal vein reperfusion (PVRP) of a liver allograft is nearly standardized, limited data suggests initial hepatic arterial reperfusion (HARP) may improve hemodynamics…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Survival Advantage from Accepting a Circulatory Death Liver Transplant
J. Richards,¹ R. Taylor,² E. Allen,² A. Goh,¹ J. Neuberger,³ D. Collett,² G. Pettigrew.¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; ²Statistics and Clinical Studies, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom; ³Department of Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Background As liver failure increases in the UK, so does demand for liver transplantation. In response, UK donation after circulatory death (DCD) activity has approximately…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Older Donor after Cardiac Death Allografts in Liver Transplantation: An Opportunity to Increase the Donor Pool
F. Paterno, K. Wima, T. Diwan, M. Cuffy, N. Anwar, E. Woodle, S. Shah.
Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
BackgroundDonors after cardiac death (DCD) liver allografts have been underutilized in liver transplantation especially in case of old donor age due to concerns of worse…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Tregs Expression Predicts Prognosis in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
A. Baquerizo,¹ V. Vavinskaya,² C. Frenette,¹ M. Nelson,¹ R. Schaffer,¹ J. Fisher,¹ L. Sher,³ B. Madani,¹ P. Pockros,¹ C. Marsh.¹
¹Surgery / Transplant, Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA; ²Pathology, UCSD, San Diego, CA; ³Surgery / Transplant, USC, Los Angeles, CA.
New therapeutic strategies are needed to improve the survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the third in overall global cancer-related mortality. T regulatory cells…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Transplantation within the ASTS: A Member Survey
W. Andrews, S. Chinnakotla, J. Nathan, A. Gallo, P. Healey, J. Dominique, C. Esquivel.
ASTS, Pediatric Transplant Task Force, Arlington, VA.
Pediatric transplantation has always been a subset of transplants that are performed by members of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS). The ASTS formed…
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Specialized Transplant Critical Care Model Improves Access to Transplantation and Short-Term Survival Outcomes after Liver Transplantation in the Highest Acuity Patients
M. Selim,¹ M. Zimmerman,¹ J. Kim,¹ T. Pearson,¹ C. Eriksen,¹ M. Wong,¹ B. Boettcher,² K. Regner,³ K. Saeian,⁴ H. Woehlk,² J. Hong.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; ²Department of Anesthesia, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; ³Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; ⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Objective: Liver transplantation (LT) is a lifesaving treatment for end stage liver disease (ESLD). High acuity ESLD patients are disadvantaged as they are frequently denied…
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Liver Transplantation as a Life Saving Procedure after Post Resection Liver Failure and Iatrogenic Liver Injuries
T. Thorsen,¹ J. Solheim,¹ R. Horneland,¹ P-.D. Line,¹ K. Labori,² E. Aandahl.¹
¹Section for Transplant Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; ²Section for Hepatobiliary Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Introduction: Iatrogenic injuries to vital structures of the liver and liver failure post liver resection are both associated with high mortality. Selected patients that were…