Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Weekend Effect on Adult and Pediatric Liver or Kidney Offer Acceptance
T. Yamamoto, M. Fruscione, A. Shah, L. Dageforde, S. Kimura, H. Yeh, N. Elias, T. Kawai, J. F. Markmann
Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Weekends may impose resource and manpower constraints on hospitals. Studies using data from prior allocation schemas showed increased adult organ discards on weekends. We…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Prolonged Preservation by Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Facilitates Logistics in Liver Transplantation: A European Observational Cohort Study
I. M. Brüggenwirth¹, M. Mueller², V. A. Lantinga¹, S. Camagni³, R. De Carlis⁴, L. De Carlis⁵, M. Colledan⁶, D. Dondossola⁷, M. Drefs⁸, J. Eden², D. Ghinolfi⁹, D. Koliogiannis¹⁰, G. Lurje¹¹, T. Manzia¹², D. Monbaliu¹³, P. Muisean¹⁴, D. Patrono¹⁵, J. Pratschke¹⁶, R. Romagnoli¹⁷, M. Rayar¹⁸, F. Roma¹⁴, A. Schlegel², P. Dutkowski², R. J. Porte¹, V. E. de Meijer¹
¹University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy, ⁴ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Niguarda, Italy, ⁵Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Niguarda, Italy, ⁶Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy, ⁷Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, ⁸University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁹Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, ¹⁰Hospital of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ¹¹Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹²Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy, ¹³KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ¹⁴Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, ¹⁵A. O. U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy, ¹⁶Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁷AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy, ¹⁸CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France
*Purpose: A short period (1-2 hours) of hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) after static cold storage is safe and reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury-related complications after liver…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Older Donor Age is Associated with Worse Living Donor Liver Transplantation Outcomes in a National US Cohort
M. Kanneganti¹, K. M. Olthoff², T. Bittermann³
¹Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of increasing living donor (LD) age on living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) outcomes in the U.S.*Methods: A retrospective cohort of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pure Laparoscopic versus Open Right Hepatectomy in Living Liver Donors (Graft Weight Discrepancy)
J. Seo¹, S. Hong¹, S. Lee², S. Suh², S. Hong¹, E. Han¹, Y. Choi², N. Yi², K. Lee³, K. Suh¹
¹Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The studies of volumetric evaluation in pure laparoscopic donor hepatectomy (PLDH) are relatively less known than that of conventional donor hepatectomy. The aim of…
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Safety and Efficacy of Early Central Line Removal in Post Liver Transplant Patients
T. Shamaa¹, E. MacLean¹, O. Shamaa², Z. Lu¹, A. Hinge³, S. Saymuah³, A. Mohamed⁴, T. Kitajima⁴, S. Nagai⁴, M. Rizzari⁴, A. Yoshida⁴, M. Abouljoud⁴, K. Collins⁴
¹General Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ³Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, ⁴Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Avoiding central line-associated infections (CLABSIs) is paramount in liver transplant recipients. As a hospital-wide infection control initiative at our institution, early removal of central…
2022 American Transplant Congress
PACAP-Mediated Autophagy Prevents Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in OLT
Z. Xue, B. Yang, R. Busuttil, J. Kupiec-Weglinski, H. Ji
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is from vasoactive intestinal peptide-glucagon-secretin family. Our group was the first to demonstrate that neuropeptide PACAP, which innervates the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Successful Expansion of Donor Liver Supply is Feasible with the Selective Use of Older DCD Livers
M. Finotti, M. Rosenzweig, A. Wall, S. H. Lee, A. Gupta, J. Bayer, H. Fernandez, N. Onaca, R. Ruiz, G. Testa, G. J. McKenna
Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: DCD are a key way to expand the donor pool, yet many centers are hesitant about using anything but the most favorable DCD allografts,…
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Race Inequity in Liver Transplant Waitlisting: Effect Modification by Psychosocial Factors and the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant
S. Deutsch-Link¹, L. Nephew², E. Weinberg³, R. Weinrieb⁴, M. Serper³
¹Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Indiana University, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Race inequity in liver transplantation (LT) has been a longstanding area of injustice within the field of hepatology. Information from psychosocial evaluations and The…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation Outcomes for Budd-Chiari Syndrome in the MELD Era
S. A. Alqahtani¹, C. Schneider², O. Sims³, A. Gurakar⁴, H. Tamim⁵, A. Bonder⁶, B. Saberi⁶
¹King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²The Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, The Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³School of Medicine, School of Public Health, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, ⁶Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Budd Chiari syndrome (BCS) has a heterogeneous clinical presentations ranging from asymptomatic cases to fulminant liver failure with significant morbidly and mortality. Recent data…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Improving Access and Equity for Transplant: A Single-Center Experience
S. Kodali¹, A. Lopez², C. Egwim², J. Alegria², S. Yi², H. Adrogue², M. Moaddab², H. Huang², I. Hussain², M. Kassi², J. Ontiveros², R. Guardiola², J. Alexander², D. Harvey², K. Maresh², S. Zylicz², L. Loza², J. Corkrean², A. O. Gaber², R. M. Ghobrial¹
¹Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Many Hispanic Americans have misconceptions about transplantation due to language and cultural differences, which can make them less likely to undergo liver transplant (LT)…