2017 American Transplant Congress
Tissue Transcriptional Profile of Portal Inflammation with Interface Activity in Pediatric Liver Transplant (LT) Recipients with Normal Liver Tests Closely Resembles T Cell Mediated Rejection (TCMR).
Background: Significant inflammation±fibrosis is frequently seen in biopsies (bxs) of pediatric LT recipients with normal liver tests assessed for immunosuppression withdrawal. The pathogenesis of these…2017 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Long-Term Survival Outcome Between Primary Liver Transplantation and Hepatic Resection with Consequent Salvage Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma within Milan Criteria – A Single-Center Experience.
Background: Whether primary liver transplantation (PLT) is superior to the upfront hepatic resection (HR) and salvage liver transplantation (SLT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) within Milan…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Timeliness of Assessment of Positive Cytomegalovirus Polymerase Chain Reaction Results in Abdominal Organ Transplant Recipients.
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the timeliness of assessment of positive cytomegalovirus (CMV) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results. This study served…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Liver Transplantation in Patients with Prior Bariatric Surgery.
Aim: To study outcomes of liver transplantation (LT) patients with prior bariatric surgery (BS).Methods: Retrospective analysis performed on patients with LT between Jan 2006 and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Outcomes of Pair-Watch Suturing Technique (PWST) for Duct-To-Duct Biliary Anastomosis in an Attempt to Reduce the Biliary Complications in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Objectives:Biliary stricture is one of the major complications after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) with duct-to-duct biliary reconstruction. To prevent biliary stenosis, we have adopted…2017 American Transplant Congress
Conservative Management of Pneumatosis Intestinalis After Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
BACKGROUND: Pnuematosis intestinalis (PI), characterized by gas in the bowel wall, is a rare pathologic finding in pediatric liver transplantation (PLT) recipients. PI has been…2017 American Transplant Congress
National Trends in Utilization of Donation After Cardiac Death Donor Livers for Transplantation.
Background: Optimizing utilization of donation after cardiac death (DCD) livers is imperative to address organ shortage. Understanding factors that contribute to DCD liver discards is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Decellularized Rat Liver Scaffolds Support Survival and Metabolic Function of Multilineage Allogenic Cells.
University of Maryland School of Medcine, Baltimore, MD
Background:Organ bioengineering has the potential to completely eliminate the donor organ shortage. Here, we examine the feasibility of a decellularized liver construct to support the…2017 American Transplant Congress
Subclinical Histologic Findings Are Observed in 25% of Stable Adult Liver Transplant Recipients (ALTRs) Screened for Immunosuppression Withdrawal (ISW): OPTIMAL (NCT02533180).
OPTIMAL is a 6-center ISW study in non-autoimmune, non-HCV ALTRs ≥3 yrs post-transplant (tx). Studies have shown a correlation between portal inflammation associated with tissue…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Brief Frailty Assessment and Outcomes Among Candidates for Liver Transplantation.
Introduction: As frailty correlates with post-transplant outcomes, brief frailty measures are needed in clinical practice to appropriately risk stratify LT candidates. We used an abbreviated…
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