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…
2018 American Transplant Congress
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…
2018 American Transplant Congress
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…
2018 American Transplant Congress
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…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Attitudes Toward Use of Hepatitis C Positive Liver Allografts in US Transplant Centers.
S. Kilaru,¹ E. Tapper,² M. Curry.³
¹Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY; ²Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ³Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background:Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have been shown to have high cure rates in hepatitis C (HCV)-positive liver transplantation (LT) recipients. The organ donor shortage has led…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Improved Outcomes After Liver Transplantation from Controlled DCD Donors with Normothermic Regional Perfusion.
G. Oniscu, F. Hunt, W. Herries, I. Currie, A. Sutherland, C. Beattie, E. Thomson.
Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Background: Normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) is currently explored as a method to recover organs from Maastricht category I-III Donors after circulatory death (DCD). This study…
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Non-Renal Factors Predicting Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation for Non-Dialysis-Requiring Wait-Listed End Stage Liver Disease Patients: 14 Years of US Experience.
A. Santos, M. Casey, K. Alquadan, J. Gregg, K. Womer.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to identify the non-renal factors associated with the higher likelihood of combined liver-kidney transplantation (CLKT) vs. liver transplantation alone (LTA) in end…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Inflammasome, Unfolded Protein Response, and T Cell Immunity in DAIH.
A. Arterbery,¹ M. Martinez,³ S. Lobritto,³ Y. Avitzur,² U. Ekong.¹
¹Ped Gastro. and Hep., Yale University, New Haven, CT; ²Gastro., Hep., and Nutr., Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Ped. Gastro., Hep., and Nutr., Columbia University, New York, NY
Background: Regulatory T cells (Tregs) of patients with de novo autoimmune hepatitis (DAIH) secrete IL-17A & IFN-g; display TH1 & TH17 pehnotypes & are functionally…