Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Listing for Liver Transplantation in an OPO Other Than the Resident OPO
S. Zhou, A. Massie, S. Gentry, D. Segev.
The JHU, Baltimore.
Geographic disparity in access to liver transplantation has been well described. Candidates may travel to be listed in OPOs with better access. We hypothesized that…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Providing Care Locally Compared to at a Transplant Center for Pre-And Posttransplant Liver Patients
R. Shahbazov,¹ K. Knapp,² S. Tsutsui,² A. Nickkholgh,¹ P. Northup,³ J. Oberholzer,¹ D. Maluf,¹ M. Shiffman,⁴ S. Pelletier.¹
¹Surgery, University of Virginia Healthsystem, Charlottesville, VA; ²University of Virginia School of Medicine, University of Virginia Healthsystem, Charlottesville, VA; ³Gastroenterology, University of Virginia Healthsystem, Charlottesville, VA; ⁴Secours Liver Institute of Richmond, Secours Liver Institute of Richmond, Richmond, VA.
There is a potential to improve patient satisfaction as well as access to liver transplantation (LT). AIM: This study evaluated outcomes of LT recipients whose…
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Clinical Impacts of Deceased Donor Oxygenation Status in Liver Transplant
T. Okamoto,² K. Sasaki,³ H. Niikawa,² M. Fujiki,³ C. Quintini,³ K. Hashimoto,³ C. Miller,³ K. Abu-Elmagd,¹ K. McCurry,² J. Fung.⁴
¹Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ²Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ³Liver Transplantation, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ⁴Transplantation, University of Chicago, Chicago.
Background: PaO2/FiO2 (P/F) ratio of > 300 mmHg in donors is a criterion of standard lung donors, while several studies demonstrated that the utilization of…
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Intervention for Splenorenal Shunt May Decrease the Incidence of Post-Liver Transplant Acute Kidney Injury
J. Wang, A. Nickkholgh, R. Shahbazov, S. Pelletier, D. Maluf.
Dept. of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Background: Splenorenal shunt (SRS) is a type of portosystemic shunt that develops frequently in the setting of chronic portal hypertension and cirrhosis. It remains controversial…
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The Safety and Efficacy of Splenic Artery Ligation in Living Donor Liver Transplant Recipients
Y. Gunay, S. Ganesh, M. Molinari, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, A. Humar.
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Introduction: Portal hypertension in recipients undergoing living donor liver transplant (LDLT) is thought to be one of the main causes of posttransplant graft dysfunction. In…
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Incisional Hernia after Orthotropic Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
J. Butler, D. O'Brien, J. Kays, C. Kubal, B. Ekser, J. Fridell, R. Mangus, J. Powelson.
Transplant Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Incisional hernia is a well-known complication of orthotopic liver transplantation. Despite wide recognition of the impact of this problem, the incidence remains imprecisely known.Methods…
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Influence of Liver Allograft Steatosis on Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury
C. Jadlowiec,¹ S. Mao,² D. Abdelwahab,¹ A. Nehra,² T. Taner.²
¹Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
With the ongoing organ shortage, there has been an increased interest in using moderately steatotic liver allografts. The impact of such allografts on recipients' post-liver…
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Non-Invasive Test of Hepatic Fibrosis in Liver Transplant Recipients
D. Galvez,¹ C. Bhati,¹ M. Siddiqui,² C. Schmoyer,² T. Arshad,² A. Sharma,¹ A. Cotterell,¹ K. Yadav,¹ T. Reichman,¹ M. Levy.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital, Richmond, VA; ²Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital, Richmond, VA.
Background & Aims: Hepatic fibrosis is an important predictor of liver- and non-liver related outcomes in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) and liver transplantation…
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Outcomes of Pediatric Donor Liver Grafts for Adult Transplantation: A National Analysis
J. Yerxa, Q. Gao, U. Scheuermann, R. Davis, D. Vikraman, A. Barbas.
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Introduction: Utilization of pediatric donor organs for adult transplant has emerged in recent years in response to organ shortage. In this study, we investigate recipient…
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Improving Prognostication amongst Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An International, 16-Center Study to Validate and Recalibrate HALTHCC
D. Firl,¹ K. Sasaki,¹ S. Kimura,² W. Dumronggittigule,³ A. Gorgen,⁴ J. Lerut,⁵ M. Rossi,⁶ U. Cillo,⁷ A. Viveiros,⁸ E. Tsochatzis,⁹ G. Otto,¹⁰ G. Ettorre,¹¹ G. Tisone,¹² M. Vivarelli,¹³ S. Agnes,¹⁴ J. Markmann,² T. Ikegami,¹⁵ T. Kaido,¹⁶ G. Sapisochin,⁴ V. Agopian,³ Q. Lai,^5,6 F. Aucejo.¹
¹CCF, Cleveland; ²MGH, Boston; ³UCLA, LA; ⁴UHN, Toronto, Canada; ⁵SLH, Louvain, Belgium; ⁶UH, Rome, Italy; ⁷UP, Padua, Italy; ⁸MUI, Innsbruck, Austria; ⁹UCL, London, United Kingdom; ¹⁰UM, Mainz, Germany; ¹¹SCH, Rome, Italy; ¹²TVU, Rome, Italy; ¹³AOU, Torrette Ancona, Italy; ¹⁴AGH, Rome, Italy; ¹⁵KU, Kyoto, Japan; ¹⁶KU, Kyushu, Japan.
Objective: Prognosticating outcomes in liver transplant (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) continues to challenge the field. Whereas adoption of the binary Milan Criteria (MC) generalized…