Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Analytical Evaluation and Comparison to STR of an Accurate and Sensitive Microchimerism Monitoring Tool for Liver Transplant Recipients
A. S. Kothari¹, C. Egidio¹, J. Miles², N. Gulbahce¹, S. Dholakia³, M. Grskovic⁴
¹Clinical Development, CareDx, South San Francisco, CA, ²Medical Affairs, CareDx, Brooklyn, NY, ³Medical Affairs, CareDx, South San Francisco, CA, ⁴CareDx, Brisbane, CA
*Purpose: Peripheral blood chimerism is associated with clinically relevant events post liver transplantation (LT). Accurate quantification of donor chimerism in LT recipients with ultra-sensitive chimerism…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Steatosis Following Liver Transplantation for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis is Associated with a Higher Rate of Cardiovascular Complications
W. Alhamoudi¹, S. Alqahtani², K. Bzeizi², A. Albenmousa², Y. Saleh², D. Broering², S. Alghamdi²
¹Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Liver Transplantation, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Cirrhosis secondary to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is projected to become the leading indication for liver transplantation (LT) worldwide. Objectives: to evaluate the prevalence of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipient Social Support Network: Impact on Clinical Outcomes
M. M. French¹, R. S. Mangus², R. Holmes³, A. Krause³, J. Sumner³, C. Kubal⁴, B. Ekser⁵, P. Mihaylov⁶, J. Fridell⁷, A. Lutz⁸
¹Social Work, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ³Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Department of Surgery, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Surgery, Indiana University - Transplant Surgery, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Department of Surgery, Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁷Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁸Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Fishers, IN
*Purpose: Health disparities are present in transplantation, just as in other areas of medicine. This is a retrospective review of liver transplant (LT) recipients to…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Initial Outcome of External Biliary Drainage Tube Insertion in Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Pure Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy Dominant Center Experience
E. Jang¹, S. Hong¹, S. Hong¹, S. Lee¹, S. Suh¹, E. Han¹, Y. Choi², N. Yi², K. Lee³, K. Suh⁴
¹Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Surgical technique advancements and enhanced perioperative management improved outcome in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) recipients. However, biliary complication(BC) including biliary leakage(BL) and biliary…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Efficacy of Adjuvant Immunotherapy for Liver Transplant Recipients with Exceeding Japan Criteria of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Donor Liver Derived Natural Killer Cells
M. Ohira¹, Y. Imaoka², K. Sato³, K. Imaoka¹, N. Tanimine¹, H. Tahara¹, K. Ide¹, T. Kobayashi¹, Y. Tanaka¹, A. G. Tzakis⁴, S. Nishida⁵, H. Ohdan¹
¹Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, ²Hiroshima Uni., Hiroshima, Japan, ³Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, ⁴Digestive Diseases and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Univ of Miami School of Medicine, Valhalla, NY
*Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide and is an indication for liver transplantation (LT). Immunosuppressive regimens currently used after…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Creating a Workflow for the Electronic Medical Record Allows Living Donor Liver Transplantation Programs to Track Candidates and Identify Areas for Optimization
A. Liapakis¹, R. Batra¹, E. Cohen², D. Haakinson¹, M. Schilsky¹, K. Ventura², D. Mulligan¹
¹Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: To provide a pathway to increase living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) opportunities through creation of a simple workflow algorithm embedded within the EPIC electronic…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Ethnic Variation in Adult and Pediatric Liver Transplantation
N. Kemmer¹, M. Malespin¹, S. Agrawal¹, R. Syed¹, K. Alkhalloufi¹, B. Alkurdi¹, C. Albers¹, J. Buggs²
¹Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Despite several policy reforms over the years, disparities in the access to solid organ transplantation continues to exist remains a significant barrier to liver…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Organ Transplantation From Donors With Active Sars-cov-2 Infection: The Italian Experience
P. A. Grossi¹, R. Romagnoli², S. Gruttadauria³, M. Colledan⁴, L. De Carlis⁵, S. Martin-Suarez⁶, G. M. Ettorre⁷, F. Parisi⁸, F. Di Benedetto⁹, U. Maggiore¹⁰, G. Tisone¹¹, E. Andorno¹², M. Carmellini¹³, L. G. Lupo¹⁴, U. Livi¹⁵, A. Montemurro¹⁶, L. Lombardini¹⁷, M. Cardillo¹⁸
¹Medicine and Surgery, Univ degli Studi dell'Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy, ²Liver Transplant Center -General Surgery 2U, University of Turin, Torino, Italy, ³Abdominal Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, ISMETT, Palermo, Italy, ⁴Medicine and Surgery, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, 24127 Bergamo, Italy, ⁵CHIRURGIA GENERALE E DEI TRAPIANTI, A.O. Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, 20162 Milano, Italy, ⁶Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Department, University of Bologna S.Orsola - Malpighi, 40138 Bologna, Italy, ⁷Dipartimento Interaziendale Trapianti Silvio Natoli, A.O. San Camillo - Forlanini, 00149 Roma, Italy, ⁸DIPARTIMENTO CARDIOCHIRURGIA CARDIOLOGIA E TRAPIANTO CUORE POLMONE, Ospedale Bambino Gesù, 00165 Roma, Italy, ⁹Medicine and Surgery, AOU Policlinico, 41124 Modena, Italy, ¹⁰Dipartimento di Medicina Generale e Specialistica, Ospedale Maggiore - Parma, 21100 Varese, Italy, ¹¹Chirurgia Generale, A.O.U. Policlinico Tor Vergata, 00133 Roma, Italy, ¹²Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy, ¹³Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Neuroscienze, A.O.U. Senese - S.M. Alle Scotte, 53100 Siena, Italy, ¹⁴E’mergenza e trapianti di organi, AOU Consorziale Policlinico, 70124 Bari, Italy, ¹⁵Medicine and Surgery, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy, ¹⁶Centro Nazionale Trapianti Operativo, CNT, 00162 Roma, Italy, ¹⁷Medical DirectOR, CNT, 00162 Roma, Italy, ¹⁸General Director, CNT, 00162 Roma, Italy
*Purpose: In the present study we want to report safety and outcome of organ transplantation from donors with active SARS-CoV-2 infection in Italy.*Methods: In November…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Acuity Circle Allocation Policy is Associated with Worse Graft Survival After Liver Transplant with Donation After Circulatory Death Donors in Low-MELD Centers
T. Kitajima¹, T. Ivanics², D. Moonka¹, M. Shamaa¹, A. Mohamed³, S. Shimada¹, K. Collins⁴, M. Rizzari¹, A. Yoshida¹, M. Abouljoud⁴, S. Nagai¹
¹Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ³Department of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ⁴Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Liver allocation in the United States was updated in February of 2020, with introduction of the acuity circle (AC) model. However, the effect of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Antibody and Cellular Immunity After Primary mRNA Vaccination in Adolescents with Stable Liver or Liver-Inclusive Intestine Allografts
G. Mazariegos¹, C. Ashokkumar², K. Soltys², M. Michaels², G. Bond², A. Khanna², M. Ningappa², P. Morgan², R. Sindhi²
¹UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Transplant recipients experience lower seroconversion rates after COVID-19 vaccination compared with healthy adults and have been prioritized to receive booster doses. To assess pre-…