2017 American Transplant Congress
Inflammation, Impaired Energy Metabolism and Synthetic Failure Characterize the Liver Transcriptome of End-Stage Idiopathic Pediatric Acute Liver Failure (PALF).
Background: PALF requiring liver transplantation (LTx) often has no known etiology, and could result from undiagnosed metabolic disorders. Mitochondrial dysfunction is common in PALF, but…2017 American Transplant Congress
Disparity in Transplant Referral Patterns Based on Physician Dependent Variables.
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Il
Introduction: Distance from a liver transplant (LT) center does not affect outcomes; however, rural areas have lower rates of listing and receiving solid organ transplants.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) Liver Transplantation (LT) Is Not Associated with Post-LT Renal Dysfunction.
Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
The relationship between DCD LT and post-LT renal dysfunction is unclear. Aim: Determine the effects of DCD LT compared to donation after brain death (DBD)…2017 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplants Using Donation After Cardiac Death Donors Long Term Outcomes Not Inferior to Brain Dead Donors.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background:The Simultaneous use of both Liver and Kidney from the same DCD donor has become controversial with some authors advocating that DCD organs should not…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation Outcomes Using Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction in Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis.
Transplantation Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Background: The use of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) induction in high immunological risk patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) could lower the rejection rates after liver…2017 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Immunologic Risk for Acute Rejection in Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Background: Studies in heart, lung, kidney, & liver transplantation (LT) indicate an increased negative impact of antibodies (Ab) to HLA on allograft outcome.Aim: To describe…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Retransplantation: The Largest Post MELD Single Center Experience.
Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
OBJECTIVE: Analyze post MELD liver retransplantation (Re-OLT) and identify recipient and donor preoperative risk factors associated with poor patient outcomes.BACKGROUND: Re-OLT is a high risk…2017 American Transplant Congress
Technical Refinement to Prevent Hepatic Outflow Disturbance in Right Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Simplified One-Orifice Venoplasty.
Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Daegu College of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
Middle hepatic vein (MHV) reconstruction is often essential to avoid hepatic congestion and serious graft dysfunction in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). The aim of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Orthotopic Liver Transplantation of Xenogeneic Livers Repopulated with Autologous Hepatocytes: Proof of Normal Function and Consistent Survival.
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
BackgroundGeneration of transplantable patient-like organs in pigs will solve the problem of organ shortage and potentially extend the indications for liver transplantation. However, the efficacy…2017 American Transplant Congress
Incidental Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Explanted Livers: An Assessment After LIRADS Introduction.
1Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; 2Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Background: Despite new technologies and improvements in imaging diagnosis, incidental and misdiagnosed hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) are entities that remain present and problematic in liver transplantation.Methods:…
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