2018 American Transplant Congress
Survival Advantage from Accepting a Circulatory Death Liver Transplant
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
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
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
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Specialized Transplant Critical Care Model Improves Access to Transplantation and Short-Term Survival Outcomes after Liver Transplantation in the Highest Acuity Patients
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation as a Life Saving Procedure after Post Resection Liver Failure and Iatrogenic Liver Injuries
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Micafungin Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant Recipients at High Risk for Invasive Fungal Infections
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
New SLK Allocation Policy May Impact Transplant Outcomes in Women
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Pure Laparoscopic vs Open Living Donor Right Hepatectomy
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…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…
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