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Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Transplantation for Propionic Acidemia: A Review of the United States Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and Non-US Case Series.

    N. Celik, K. Soltys, G. Bond, Q. Sun, G. Vockley, R. Sindhi, G. Mazariegos.

    Surgery, Childrens Hospital of Pgh, Pittsburgh.

    Background: A fifth of all pediatric liver transplants in the US are performed for metabolic disease. Propionic acidemia, an autosomal recessive branched chain organic acidemia…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Long-Term Outcomes After Pediatric Liver Transplantation for Malignant Liver Tumors: Effects of Era and Age.

    R. Patel,1 I. Feurer,1 S. Karp,1 L. Gillis,1 H. Katzenstein,1 H. Lovvorn III,1 J. Pietsch,1 D. Chung, G. Tiao,2 D. Hanto.1

    1Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN; 2Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

    Background: Hepatoblastoma (HB), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), along with hemangioendothelioma, hemangiosarcoma, and angiosarcoma (HHA) are rare tumors in children that are treated with orthotopic liver transplantation…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Acute Kidney Injury After Liver Transplantation Is Set in Motion Early After Reperfusion of the Liver Graft: A Prospective Cohort Study.

    I. Jochmans,1 N. Meurisse,2 D. Monbaliu,1 J. Pirenne.1

    1Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; 2Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University of Liège, Academic Hospital, Liège, Belgium.

    Objective: Determine creatinine changes during liver transplantation and risk factors for acute kidney injury (AKI) in a prospective cohort study (NCT01333319).Background Data: AKI, a major…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion (NEVLP) Using Steen Solution as Preservation Technique for Liver Transplantation-First Clinical Results.

    M. Selzner, N. Goldaracena, J. Echeverri, I. Linares, M. Kaths, N. Selzner, M. Cattral, E. Renner, A. Ghanekar, L. Lilly, P. Greig, I. McGilvray, D. Grant.

    Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

    The European trial investigating NEVLP as preservation technique for liver transplantation uses Gelafusine, a non-FDA approved bovine derived gelatin-based perfusion solution. In contrast, we report…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    A Sustained Viral Response Achieved with Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir May Increase the Incidence of Acute Cellular Rejection Post Liver Transplantation.

    K. Bortecen, R. Layman, B. Gelb, A. Winnick, G. Morgan, H. Tobias, L. Teperman.

    Transplant Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY.

    Acute cellular rejection following liver transplantation has decreased in incidence with the use of potent immunosuppressive agents, affecting less than 25 percent of liver transplantation…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Predictive Value of Preoperation Serum Gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Prognosis After Liver Transplantation.

    S. Fu, Q. Zhao, M. Chen, L. Wu, Q. Ren, F. Ji, Z. Guo, X. He.

    Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

    Objectives: The aims of this study were to evaluate the prognostic value of preoperative serum gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GGT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) underwent liver…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Influence of Inclusion of the Liver on the Outcome After Intestinal Transplantation.

    E. Canovai,1 D. Monbaliu,1 I. Jochmans,1 M. Sainz Barriga,1 L. Ceulemans,1 G. De Hertogh,2 J. Pirenne.1

    1Abdominal Transplantation, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; 2Pathology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

    Introduction: Intestinal transplantation (ITx) is indicated when life-threatening complications occur following chronic total parenteral nutrition in intestinal failure patients. Several complications (TPN related irreversible liver…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Comparing Renal Function After Liver Transplantation: Modified Piggyback versus Conventional Techniques without Venovenous Bypass.

    J. Lee, J. Lee, S. Song, J. Lee, S.-K. Kwon, D. Han, M. Ju, G. Choi, J. Choi, M. Kim, S. Kim, D. Joo.

    Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

    BackgroundThere are several options available for caval reconstruction in liver transplantation. Prior reports demonstrated that caval reconstruction technique could affect the renal function. However, there…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Increased Utilization of High Risk Deceased Donors with Share 35 Does Not Affect Outcomes in Liver Transplantation.

    M. Boktour, A. Saharia, D. Victor, S. Gordon-Burroughs, C. Mobley, R. McFadden, V. Ankoma-Sey, J. Galati, A. Gaber, H. Monsour, R. Ghobrial.

    Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.

    Background: Demand for livers from deceased donors exceeds supply after Share 35 in June 2013. This leads liver transplant centers to consider high risk deceased…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Cholangioscopy in Liver Transplant Recipients.

    U. Agbim,1 E. Verna,1 R. Brown, Jr,2 A. Sethi.1

    1Columbia University, New York; 2Cornell University, New York.

    BackgroundBiliary complications in the post-liver transplant population are common and are a source of significant morbidity, which are preferably managed, if technically feasible, by endoscopic…
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