Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Micafungin Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant Recipients at High Risk for Invasive Fungal Infections
A. Nolan, N. Harriott, K. Startsman.
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Washington, DC.
Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the incidence of proven or probable invasive fungal infections in the first 90 days after transplant in high…
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New SLK Allocation Policy May Impact Transplant Outcomes in Women
G. Cullaro,¹ R. Hirose,² J. Lai.¹
¹Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; ²Transplant Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Background: Previous SLK allocation was based on serum creatinine(Cr), a metric that disadvantaged women(W) relative to men(M). A SLK policy change utilizes eGFR, which accounts…
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Comparison of Pure Laparoscopic vs Open Living Donor Right Hepatectomy
B. Lee, Y. Choi, H. Han, Y. Yoon, J. Cho.
Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
Background With the development of laparoscopic skills, its application has expanded in living donor liver transplantation. However, due to technical difficulties, pure laparoscopic donor hepatectomy…
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The Grade of Pre-Transplant Portal Vein Thrombosis in Liver Transplant Recipients Impacts Graft and Patient Survival
M. Safwan, M. Sobolic, S. Nagai, R. Schilke, K. Collins, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, M. Rizzari.
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…
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The Transplant-Death Index: A Novel Method to Identify Disenfranchised Liver Transplant Waitlist Candidates
M. Kueht, J. Goss, N. Galvan, A. Rana.
Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
The transplant field is seeing a shift in outcome priorities from just 1-year survival to include waitlist metrics such as the transplant rate. Identifying disenfranchised…
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Livers from Donation after Circulatory Death Donors Can Be Safely Used for Retransplantation
O. van Leeuwen,¹ M. van Reeven,² J. Erdmann,³ H. Metselaar,⁴ A. van den Berg,⁵ B. van Hoek,⁶ W. Polak,² R. Porte.¹
¹Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Department of Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ³Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; ⁴Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ⁵Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ⁶Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Introduction: After donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplantation (LT), non-anastomotic biliary strictures (NAS) and early allograft dysfunction (EAD) are more frequently observed than after…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…