Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Extreme Hyponatremia as a Risk Factor for Early Mortality After Liver Transplantation in the MELD-Sodium Era
T. Ivanics¹, S. Leonard-Murali¹, H. Mouzaihem¹, D. Moonka², T. Kitajima¹, S. Yeddula¹, T. Shamaa¹, M. Rizzari¹, K. Collins¹, A. Yoshida¹, M. Abouljoud¹, S. Nagai¹
¹Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: The impact of hyponatremia on waitlist and post-transplant outcomes following the implementation of MELD-Na based liver allocation remains unclear. We sought to evaluate waitlist…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes After Abo Incompatible Pediatric Liver Transplantation are Comparable to Abo Identical/compatible Transplant
C. Lemoine, K. Brandt, R. Superina
Division of Transplant and Advanced Hepatobiliary Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: In order to evaluate if the incidence of vascular and biliary complications as well as patient and graft survival in ABO incompatible (ABOi) liver…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of COVID-19 on Solid Organ Transplantation
E. Sampson¹, S. Hall², K. Robichaux³, A. Kumar², N. Kemmer⁴, J. Buggs⁵
¹Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tampa, FL, ²Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁵Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Patterns of racial disparities have been identified throughout the history of American medicine. In December 2019, COVID-19 was first detected and has had a…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Extended Living Donor Criteria on Donor Safety in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
J. KIM
Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Daegu College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Donor safety is major concern during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and most transplant centers accept strict selection criteria although some centers have been…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Short-term Therapy with Anti-icam-1 Monoclonal Antibody Induced Long-term Liver Allograft Survival in Non-human Primates
S. Hong¹, D. Han², S. Lee², J. Kim³, E. Hwang³, H. Kim⁴, J. Lee⁵, K. Hong¹, E. Han¹, J. Cho¹, J. Lee¹, Y. Choi¹, K. Lee¹, N. Yi¹, J. Yang¹, K. Suh¹
¹Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Tolerance induction remains challenging following liver transplantation and the long-term use of immunosuppressants, especially calcineurin inhibitors, leads to serious complications. We aimed to test…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist Outcomes for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Following the 2019 Exception Policy Change
K. Young¹, C. Enestvedt², W. Naugler¹, E. Maynard², A. Mitra¹, M. Wungiranirun¹, J. Jou¹, J. Ahn¹, M. Chang¹, D. Lhewa¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, OHSU, Portland, OR, ²Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant, OHSU, Portland, OR
*Purpose: We aim to compare waitlist (WL) outcomes for HCC patients after the implementation of the most recent UNOS exception policy change on 5/1/2019.*Methods: All…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Should We Worry About Covid-19 Infection in Pediatric SOT?
U. Ekong¹, S. Paul¹, S. Royal², J. Chahine³, N. Yazigi¹, S. Kaufman¹, K. Khan¹, C. Matsumoto¹, A. Kroemer¹, T. Fishbein¹
¹Surgery, Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, ²Pediatrics, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
*Purpose: We describe the clinical presentation & immune response to COVID-19 infection in pediatric SOT.*Methods: Medical records of COVID-19 PCR+ or seropositive patients were reviewed…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis E Diagnosis and Management After Liver, Kidney, or Heart Transplant: A Single Center Experience
M. Carter¹, M. Fitzmaurice², S. Yeddula², A. Singh², S. Nagai², S. Jafri²
¹Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, ²Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Transplant-related Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a rarely recognized entity with significant clinical importance given potential for chronic hepatitis post-transplant. We evaluated HEV…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Dynamics of IgG Subclass as a Mechanism of Desensitization Using Rituximab for Presensitized Patients Undergoing Living Related Liver Transplantation
H. Egawa¹, K. Ide², T. Ishizuka³, H. Ohdan⁴, Y. Kotera¹, T. Kato¹, A. Ohmori¹, Y. Hirata¹, G. Shibuya¹, S. Yamashita¹, S. Ariizumi¹
¹Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, ³Clinical Laboratory, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
*Purpose: Although impact of preformed HLA-related donor specific antibody (DSA) and necessity of desensitization in liver transplantation (LT) has been recognized, mechanisms of desensitization in…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Intrahepatic Spatial Location of HCC Recurrence Following Loco-regional Therapy for Solitary Tumors Predicts a Higher Oncologic Risk & Increased Recurrence Post-transplant
A. Mathur, E. Baughan, S. Haider, A. Griesemer, T. Kato, J. Emond
Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Loco-Regional therapy (LRT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients is an established bridge to Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLT). However, no large cohort data exist correlating…