Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Living Liver Donors Are Worse Than Those of Matched Healthy Controls: Nationwide Cohort Study
J. Kim¹, J. Choi², J. Kim³, H. Kim⁴, J. Joh¹
¹Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Myongji Hospital, Goyang, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Donor death is the most serious complication of living liver donation, but is reported rarely. We investigated the actual mortality of living liver donors…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Meld/Peld Exception Policy and Outcomes in Children with Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Requiring Liver Transplantation in the United States
M. H. Raza¹, P. Kobierski¹, A. Misra², A. Lim³, C. Goldbeck², K. Etesami², R. Kohli⁴, J. Emamaullee²
¹Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Liver Transplant Program, Children's Hospital-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is associated with increased waitlist mortality in liver transplant (LT) candidates. Children with HPS are currently granted MELD/PELD exception for LT…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Comparison of Strategies Across the SPLIT Consortium
E. D. Knackstedt¹, S. G. Anderson², R. Anand², J. Mitchell², J. Bucuvalas³, L. Danziger-Isakov⁴
¹Univ of Utah/Primary Children's Hosp, SLC, UT, ²Emmes, Rockville, MD, ³Icahn School of Med at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hosp Med Ctr, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: To compare the effectiveness of short (180d) cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in pediatric liver transplantation (pLTX).*Methods: A prospective cohort study of primary pLTX (≤18 yrs…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Portal Vein Challenges in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: The Utility of Interposition Grafts as an Acceptable Management Strategy
K. Etesami¹, R. Hogen², J. Cervantes³, Y. Kwon⁴, S. Zielsdorf³, J. Emamaullee³, Y. Genyk³
¹Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Southern California, West Hollywood, CA, ³University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Hepatobiliary and Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Portal vein (PV) anomalies and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) can present as challenging cases in the pediatric cohort, necessitating analysis and an algorithmic approach.*Methods:…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Measurement of Physical Activity and Frailty in the Early Post-Operative Period After Liver Transplant Surgery: Single-Center Pilot Study Using Fitbit Watch
T. Shamaa, L. Allenspach, O. Shamaa, S. Shimada, C. Crombez, O. Hage-Hassan, T. Kitajima, S. Yeddula, I. Bajjoka, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Robust physical activity after liver transplant (LT) is an important determinant of long-term health. Patient and providers assessments of perioperative physical activity do not…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Use of Organ-Specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor Promotes Liver Recruitment of Regulatory T Cells
E. Landmann¹, P. Ruiz¹, A. Kurt¹, E. Kodela¹, M. Martinez-Llordella², A. Sanchez-Fueyo¹
¹King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Quell Therapeutics, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Owing to their potent immune-modulatory properties, regulatory T cells (Tregs) have been explored as novel cell therapy to induce allograft tolerance, with first clinical…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pure Laparoscopic Donor Right Hepatectomy (PLDRH) – Can It be a Standardized, Reproducible and Cost Effective Procedure?
A. Kadimella, B. Palat, R. S
HPB and Liver Transplantation, AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
*Purpose: Few centers in the world are doing PLDRH because of the long learning curve and donor safety concerns. Further longer operative time, difficulty in…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Retransplantation in a High-Volume Institution: Historical, Socioeconomic and Survival Trends
D. von Ahrens, O. Sulimani, M. Holzner, M. Akhtar, S. Florman, A. Arvelakis
The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
*Purpose: Retransplantation for liver allograft failure is a challenge within the field. The evolution of organ allocation policy from Child to MELD in 2002 and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Insulin Utilization for Early Post-Transplant Glycemic Control in Liver Transplant
L. F. Borges, K. Gutierrez, T. A. Sparkman, J. Banbury
UAB Hospital, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Transient hyperglycemia after liver transplant (LT) is common due to the use of high-dose steroids at the time of transplant, but some patients may…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Outcomes with Persistent Post Transplant Alcohol Consumption
B. Evans¹, D. Patino², R. Sauls³, R. Shargo³, S. Mohammed³, M. Gosselin⁴, K. Robichaux³, A. Kumar⁵, J. Buggs¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Lansing, MI, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁵Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Although transplant centers educate patients on outcome risks from alcohol relapse, half of the alcoholic liver disease patients are thought to consume alcohol after…