Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

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…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Cytokine Storm in Acute Post-Hepatectmy Phase Associates with Liver Injury and Impaired Liver Regeneration.
Y. Xu,^1,2 N. Navarro-Alvarez,¹ J. Dong,² J. Markmann,¹ H. Yeh.¹
¹Transplantation Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Background Posthepatectomy liver failure and its transplant counterpart, small-for-size syndrome, remain poorly understood. Large increases in IL-6 are associated with poor allograft function and IL-6…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Really Old (>84 Years) Deceased Donor Livers Can Save Lives.
A. Friedman, E. Marquez, K. DelliCarpini.
LiveOnNY, New York, NY.
Avoiding death of the liver transplant candidate who depends on the inadequate organ supply requires careful strategy. Nevertheless, transplantation of livers from potential donors older…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Role of Donor Hemodynamic Trajectory in Determining Graft Survival in Liver Transplantation from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors.
D. Firl, K. Hashimoto, C. O'Rourke, J. Fung, B. Eghtesad.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
This retrospective study of 87 donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplants from 2007-2015 tested the hypothesis that donor hemodynamic trajectory following withdrawal effects graft…