2017 American Transplant Congress
Steroid-Free Immunosuppression After Liver Transplant for Autoimmune Disease Does Not Result in Increased Disease Recurrence.
Immunosuppression regimens in patients with end stage liver disease (ESLD) from autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) typically include…2017 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Self-Efficacy During the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Liver Transplant Care.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Purpose: As part of ongoing quality improvement efforts, this project aimed to investigate changes in self-efficacy among adolescent / young adult liver transplant recipients participating…2017 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Liver Transplantation on Cardiac Function in Patients Transplanted for NASH Cirrhosis.
Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is independently associated with increased cardiovascular events after liver transplantation (LT). NASH is also associated with subclinical myocardial dysfunction in the general…2017 American Transplant Congress
Largest US Series of Minimally Invasive Full and Laparoscopy-Assisted Living Donor Hepatectomy.
Surgery, New York Presbyterian/Columbia University, New York, NY
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has offered minimally invasive donor hepatectomies since 2008. Donor hepatectomies have been performed using 3 access routes (1) hybrid technique;…2017 American Transplant Congress
Unexplained Cost Variation for Liver Transplantation: A National Study of US Transplant Centers.
Background: Liver transplantation is a complex and costly procedure that is the only definitive treatment for irreversible liver disease. Given that transplant admission costs account…2017 American Transplant Congress
Recurrent HCC After Radiofrequency Ablation or Liver Resection Can Be Effectively Treated with Salvage Transplantation.
Background:Liver resection (LR) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) represent curative therapies for early stages of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). If tumour recurrence occurs, salvage liver transplant (SLT)…2017 American Transplant Congress
Down-Regulation of Nuclear HMGB1 by Small Interfering RNA Protects Against Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.
Background:High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) was found to have both a beneficial intracellular role and injurious extracellular role after a sterile inflammatory insult.Hepatocyte-specific HMGB1…2017 American Transplant Congress
Biliary Complications Following Liver Transplantation – Single-Center Experience Over Three Decades and Recent Risk Factors.
Core Facility Quality Management Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
This study aims to identify independent risk factors for biliary complications after liver transplantation over 3 decades in a large single center. 1607 consecutive liver…2017 American Transplant Congress
Extending the Limit for Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Similar Outcomes After Left vs. Right Lobe Graft, a Propensity Score Analysis.
Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
BackgroundThis study aimed to investigate the impact of graft selection (left vs. right lobe) in LDLT.MethodThis was a retrospective study that included all patients who…2017 American Transplant Congress
Biliary Complications After Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A High Volume Living Donor Liver Transplantation Center Study of 237 Patients Over 27 Years.
Background. Biliary complication (BC) is prevalent in pediatric liver transplantation (PLT), with reported rates from 12% to 50%. This study analyzed which factors of perioperative…
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