Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Recovery from Hypophosphatemia as a Predictor of Post-Operative Morbidity in Live Donor Hepatectomy.
O. Serrano,¹ D. Berglund,¹ V. Goduguchinta,¹ A. Reddy,¹ J. Menk,² D. Vock,³ V. Kirchner,¹ R. Kandaswamy,¹ A. Matas,¹ T. Pruett,¹ S. Chinnakotla.¹
¹Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Minneapolis, MN; ³Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN
OBJECTIVE: Live donor hepatectomy (LDH) is associated with significant post-operative hypophosphatemia (POH), which is associated with liver regeneration. We investigated whether the rate of recovery…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Use of Biodegradable Stents for the Treatment of Anastomotic Biliary Strictures in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients.
J. Quintero,¹ J. Juamperez,¹ V. Cabello,¹ M. Perez,³ I. Bilbao,² J. Molino,¹ R. Charco.²
¹Pediatric Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain; ²HPB Surgery and Transplants Department, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain; ³Interventional Radiologist Department, Hospital de La Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Objectives To evaluate feasibility, safety and mid-time outcome of pediatric liver transplant patients treated with a biodegradable biliary stent for anastomotic biliary strictures.Methods Retrospective study…
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Malignancy in Patients Undergoing Simultaneous Heart-Liver and Heart-Kidney Transplant.
A. Chin, A. Habertheuer, A. Chou, M. Acker, M. Williams, P. Atluri, C. Bermudez, P. Vallabhajosyula.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Purpose: While evidence suggests that patients undergoing simultaneous heart-liver and heart-kidney transplant may have improved immunoprotection from allograft rejection versus patients undergoing heart transplant only,…
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eHealth Literacy and Patient Portal Utilization Among Transplant Recipients.
K. Smith, A. Ruiz, J. Wedd, S. Pastan, R. Parker, R. Patzer.
Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
Background: Healthcare systems are required to engage patients with web-based patient portals. eHealth literacy is a distinct type of health literacy needed to properly understand…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Renal Function After a Transition to Everolimus or Mycophenolate Mofetil in Liver Transplant Recipients.
C. Perez,¹ J. Fleming,¹ M. Sell,¹ B. O'brien,¹ A. Rogers,¹ I. Lee,¹ C. Mardis,¹ A. Mardis,¹ N. Patel,¹ H. Meadows,¹ N. Pilch,² K. Chavin,² D. Dubay,² R. Vinayak,² D. Taber.²
¹Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Chareleston, SC; ²Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess if there is a difference in renal function over time when transitioning to everolimus vs. mycophenolate.Methods:…
2017 American Transplant Congress
HCV Eradication with DAA Therapy Should Be Attempted Prior to Liver Transplantation and Does Not Impact HCC Recurrence.
J. Emamaullee, M. Bral, G. Meeberg, A. Montano-Loza, V. Bain, D. Bigam, N. Kneteman, A. Shapiro.
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background: Recent advances in the direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment of HCV have lead to high rates of HCV eradication, even in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Normothermic Regional Perfusion of Donors Following Circulatory Death Improves Outcomes in Liver Transplantation.
E. Mowlem,¹ L. Randle,² C. Fear,¹ K. Crick,¹ S. Messer,⁴ S. Large,⁴ A. Butler,³ C. Watson.³
¹Cambridge Transplant Unit, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; ²OrganOx Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom; ³Dept of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; ⁴Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Introduction: Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) provides 23% of UK livers for transplantation, but such transplants are associated with more primary graft function and early…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Evaluation of the Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of Continuous Infusion of Treprostinil to Prevent Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury in Adult Orthotopic Liver Transplant Recipients.
O. Almazroo,¹ M. Miah,¹ V. Pillai,¹ A. Humar,² A. Tevar,² C. Hughes,² A. AlKhafaji,³ A. Demetris,⁴ S. Dermont,² S. Fedorek,² H. Johnson,¹ R. Lopez,² R. Planinsic,² B. Sengupta,² I. Sethu,² M. Sturdevant,² S. Ziobert,¹ R. Venkataramanan.^1,2,4
¹Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Thomas Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ⁴Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Introduction:Liver transplantation is currently the only therapeutic option for patients with end stage liver diseases. Liver allografts undergo cold ischemic injury and warm reperfusion injury…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Community Health, Center Proximity, and Liver Transplant Waitlist Mortality.
R. Lynch,¹ K. Ross,¹ D. Goldberg,² R. Patzer.¹
¹Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ²Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background: While regional organ availability is frequently discussed in allocation policy, the impact of community-level factors and access to a transplant center on waitlist mortality…
2017 American Transplant Congress
The Combined Effects of Induction Regimens and Antiviral Prophylaxis on the Risk of CMV Infection in Different Serostatus Subgroups After Liver Transplantation.
C. Low,² S. Hosseini-Moghaddam,^1,2 C. Rotstein,² E. Renner,² A. Humar,² D. Kumar,² S. Husain.²
¹Medicine, Western University, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada; ²University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Introduction: Simultaneous effects of anti-CMV prophylaxis and induction regimens on cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after liver transplantation (LTRs) have not been studied. We determined the magnitude…