Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Liver Function of Deceased Liver Transplantation Using Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Positive Grafts.
W.-C. Lee,¹ Y.-C. Wang,¹ C.-H. Cheng,¹ T.-H. Wu,¹ C.-F. Lee,¹ R.-S. Soong,¹ T.-J. Wu,¹ H.-S. Chou,¹ K.-M. Chan,¹ C.-S. Lee.²
¹Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ²Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Background: Deceased donors with hepatitis B [HBs Ag(+)] were not recommended to recover the livers for liver transplantation. However, in endemic area of hepatitis B…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Tipping the Scales: Liver Transplant Outcomes of the Super Obese.
R. Gedaly, J. Berger, X. Mei, F. Marti, L. Turcios, M. Shah.
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Objective: We aim to study outcomes in liver transplant recipients with BMI >50 using the UNOS database.Methods: We reviewed patients undergoing liver transplantation recorded in…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Decellularized Rat Liver Scaffolds Support Multilineage Xenogenic and Heterogenic Cell Growth.
W. Hassanein, U. Dhru, J. Woodall, M. Uluer, A. Cimeno, D. Parsell, C. Rivera, S. Klepfer, C. Drachenberg, R. Barth, J. LaMattina.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Background:Recent years have seen a proliferation of methods leading to successful organ decellularization. Nonetheless, the ability to reproducibly generate a robust recellularized construct remains challenging.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
When Liver Transplants and Procurement Occur at One Location – A National Study of Graft Survivals.
J. Ortiz,¹ N. Koizumi,² C. Kwon,² Y. Zhang,² C. Ortiz.³
¹University of Toledo, Toledo, OH; ²George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; ³Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.
Organ procurement and placement processes entail complex scheduling, logistics and other administrative challenges, especially when organs travel outside the procuring Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) area.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors in a Successful Transfer of Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients to Adult-Based Care.
J. Bilhartz, M. Lopez, J. Magee, V. Shieck, S. Eder, E. Fredericks.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Purpose: A structured shift in allocation of responsibility (AoR) for health-management tasks from parents to adolescents is an important component of the transfer to adult-based…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Assessing the Impact of the Share35 Liver Allocation Policy: Survival Outcomes Among Liver Re-Transplant Recipients.
J. Ortiz,¹ N. Koizumi,² C. Kwon,² Y. Zhang,² C. Ortiz.³
¹Department of Surgery, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH; ²George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; ³Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.
Liver retransplantation (reLTx) is the only treatment option for those who experienced graft loss after primary liver transplantation (LTx). Yet, in an era of increasing…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Ultrasound Failure to Detect Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhotic Livers.
M. Samoylova, N. Mehta, J. Roberts, F. Yao.
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Background: Current guidelines recommend ultrasound (US) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) surveillance in cirrhotic livers. However, certain patient and disease characteristics may pose a technical challenge…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Non-Invasive Biomarkers for Graft Quality and Outcome Post-Liver Transplantation.
R. Gehrau, V. Mas, S. Bontha, D. Maluf.
Surgery, UVA, Charlottesville, VA.
Background: Graft quality is a determinant of graft function after liver transplantation (LT). This study aimed to evaluate graft molecular markers that correlate to peripheral…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Machine Perfusion (MP) at 21[deg]C Simulates Hibernation Metabolic Pathways in a Non-Hibernator Mammal.
B. Banan, S. Dobrowolski, G. Michalopoulos, P. Fontes.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Background: Hibernation is a complex and multi stage process that leads to unique metabolic changes over an extended period of time. Regulatory genes and transcription…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Decline of HCV RNA and Core Antigen: Predictors of Achieving SVR in Transplant Recipients Undergoing DAA-Therapy.
S. Pischke,³ V. Proske,¹ S. Polywka,⁴ M. Lütgehetmann,⁴ M. Lang,¹ S. Stauga,¹ L. Fischer,¹ A. Lohse,³ B. Nashan,² M. Sterneck.¹
¹University Transplant Center, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; ²Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; ³Department of Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Greece; ⁴Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Background:DAA-treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) re-infections in orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recipients has been demonstrated to be safe and effective in controlled studies, but…