2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Liver Grafts from Donors with Very High Transaminases.
Department of Surgery, Transplant Division, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA.
Introduction: Traditionally, elevation of transaminases has been broadly used as markers of hepatic ischemic injury and crucial parameters for liver graft assessment. We wanted to…2016 American Transplant Congress
How Small Is Too Small: A Comparison of Access and Survival by Weight in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients.
Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Introduction: Orthotopic liver transplantation is a well-established treatment modality for a wide variety of pediatric illness. With its associated technical challenges, paucity of size-matched allografts,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Limited Hepatitis B Immune Globulin Following Liver Transplant for Hepatitis B.
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
IntroductionThe hypothesis of this study was that the long-term outcomes in liver transplant (LTx) patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) who were treated with nucleos(t)ide…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Preoperative Body Composition on Outcomes After Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Background: Skeletal muscle depletion has been shown to be an independent predictor of lower overall survival in various diseases. In surgical fields, however, the significance…2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of DCD Livers.
Liver transplantation benefits registrants with MELD≥18. However, this benefit no doubt varies by donor characteristics, and the benefit of DCD livers remains unclear.Methods: We used…2016 American Transplant Congress
Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Human Orthotopic Liver Transplant Biopsies.
The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles.
Liver ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is an inflammatory event that contributes to graft dysfunction in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) are responsible for…2016 American Transplant Congress
Intraoperative Blood Loss Is a Promoter of Early Tumor Recurrence in Liver Transplant Patients with High Risk Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Background:Currently, there is an increasing body of evidence that risk of early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) relapse following liver transplantation (LT) may be promoted by mechanisms…2016 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to the Wider Utilization of Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT).
Purpose: LDLT reduces waitlist mortality, improves access to transplantation and has post-transplant outcomes that are equivalent to or better than deceased donor transplant. Despite these…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospital Readmissions Following Discharge After Liver Transplantation (LT).
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Background:Our objective was to describe incidence and causes readmissions within 30 days of discharge following liver transplantation (LT).Methodology:Medical records of 1027 consecutive patients who underwent…2016 American Transplant Congress
MELD as a Metric for Survival Benefit of Liver Transplantation.
MELD predicts waitlist mortality and thus, patients with higher MELD get higher priority in liver allocation. However, this disease severity based allocation system is controversial…
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 142
- 143
- 144
- 145
- 146
- …
- 180
- Next Page »