2016 American Transplant Congress
Conversion to Once-Daily Tacrolimus in Stable Pediatric Liver Transplantation Recipients.
Department of Surgery Organ Transplant Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Purpose: Pediatric patients are known to have lower compliance than adult patients. Once-daily formulation of tacrolimus may increase compliance in pediatric liver transplant recipients. The…2016 American Transplant Congress
Virological Response at 4 Weeks With a Sofosbuvir-Based Antiviral Regimen in Liver Transplant Recipients with Recurrent Hepatitis C.
Background: The literature is growing in the area of safety, efficacy and tolerability of sofosbuvir (SOF)- based antivirals therapy (AVT) in recurrent hepatitis C virus…2016 American Transplant Congress
Improving the Efficiency, Safety and Cost of Evaluating Living Donor Liver Candidates Using Single Sequence MRI.
Background: Current evaluation of donor candidates for adult-to-adult living donor liver transplant (LDLT) includes MRI and CT without and with contrast for defining liver anatomy.…2016 American Transplant Congress
What Are the Charges and Costs of Transplanting High MELD Patients?
Transplant Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY.
Purpose: There is a significant variation in the MELD scores and subsequent morbidity among liver recipients in the US. Larger OPOs consistently serve patients with…2016 American Transplant Congress
DNA Methylation Patterns and Association with Graft Injury Severity Post Liver Transplantation.
Background: Epigenetics modifications in the graft may influence injury severity and function post liver transplantation (LT). This study aimed to interrogate the effect of different…2016 American Transplant Congress
Occult Multifocal Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Surgical Patients.
Introduction: Resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is associated with high rates of intrahepatic recurrence. However, it is unclear whether recurrence results from occult multifocal disease…2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes After Splenectomy for Small-for-Size Syndrome in Live Donor Liver Transplantation.
Transplantation, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Introduction: The use of lower volume liver grafts has the potential to expand the donor pool in adult-to-adult live donor liver transplantation (LDLT), but is…2016 American Transplant Congress
Life-Years Saved After Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
Introduction: Transplantation has provided tremendous progress for pediatric patients with liver failure.We determined the survival benefit for pediatric patients as reported to UNOS.Methods: In this…2016 American Transplant Congress
Strategies to Prevent Ischemic Cholangiopathy After Donation After Circulatory Death Donor Liver Transplantation.
Background: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donor pool remains underutilized for liver transplantation (LT). We describe optimizing the “modifiable risk factors”, such as CIT, recipient…2016 American Transplant Congress
Amino Acid (AA) Metabolism During Liver Allograft Preservation Comparing Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion (MP) Against Cold Storage (CS).
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Introduction: Liver is the major site for nitrogen metabolism. Most hepatic transcriptional activity is related to protein-specific synthesis. Liver preservation has a direct impact in…
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