Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Variation of Liver and Kidney Transplant Practice and Outcomes During Public Holidays in the United States
M. Shamaa, T. Kitajima, T. Ivanics, A. Elsabbagh, M. Lu, K. Delvecchio, A. Mohamed, S. Yeddula, M. Rizzari, K. Collins, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai
Transplant surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: The outcomes of liver transplant (LT) and kidney transplant (KT) have been shown to be unaffected by the time of transplant surgery whether done…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Center Cost is Not a Barrier to Aggressive Utilization of DCD Livers
L. M. Brewer, D. M. Faulkner, A. J. Logan, J. M. Sneddon, G. N. Brock, N. Singh, W. K. Washburn, A. D. Schenk
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Only 7% of livers transplanted in 2018 were from deceased from cardiac death (DCD) donors and only a minority of transplant centers aggressively utilize…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation with Super Obese Donors (BMI≥50) Grafts: An Acceptable Pathway to Expand the Donor Pool. Analysis of the OPTN/UNOS Liver Transplant Registry
P. Vargas¹, C. Argo², H. Zachary², M. Stotts², N. Intagliata², P. Northup², J. Oberholzer¹, S. Pelletier¹, N. Goldaracena¹
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: We aimed to analyze the impact of donor body mass index (BMI) on recipient morbidity and survival following liver transplantation (LT).*Methods: The UNOS-STAR database…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of SGLT2 Inhibitor Use After Abdominal Transplant
F. Hailemariam¹, S. Yeager², J. Schulte³, P. Singh¹, A. Yadav¹
¹Transplant Nephrology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²Abdominal Transplant Pharmacist, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ³Abdominal Transplant, Clinical Pharmacist, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Post solid organ transplantation, diabetic kidney disease (DKD) can progress due to recurrent pre-transplantation diabetes or the development of post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM). This…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Characterizing the Waitlist Candidate Who Was Bypassed by the Successfully Transplanted Candidate with Alcoholic Hepatitis
J. Ge¹, C. L. Berg², F. Y. Yao¹, J. P. Roberts³, J. C. Lai¹
¹Medicine - Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Early liver transplantation (LT) for acute alcoholic hepatitis (AH) has increased dramatically in the US since 2016. Due to high MELD-Na scores, AH candidates…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Muscle-Liver Crosstalk via the Myokine MG53 Plays a Critical Role in Hepatocellular Repair
C. Akateh, J. Ko, B. F. Reader, J. Kim, Y. Lee, B. A. Whitson, J. Ma, S. M. Black
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Transplantation remains the only effective treatment for end-stage liver disease, but the number of organs deemed suitable for transplantation falls far short of the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Opioid Avoidance in Liver Transplant Recipients: Significant Reduction in Opioid Use Through a Multidiscplinary, Multimodal Approach
H. Kutzler, R. Gannon, W. Nolan, L. Meisterling, M. Cech, D. Gleason, J. Uzl, C. Rochon, B. Maneckshana, O. Serrano, J. Riley, D. O'Sullivan, E. Urtasun-Sotil, M. Einstein, P. Sheiner
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
*Purpose: Given the association between substance use disorder and risk of post-surgical opioid use disorder, we developed an opioid avoidance pathway (OAP) in adult liver…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Preclinical Study for Liver Allograft Tolerance after Rapid Immunosuppression Withdrawal Using Cynomolgus Monkeys
H. Sakai¹, E. Berglund¹, S. Chaudhry¹, Y. Kato¹, J. Weiner¹, P. Alonso-Guallart¹, N. Llore¹, K. Bruestle¹, F. Fredriksson¹, J. Stern¹, D. Ekanayake-Alper¹, M. Martinez², G. Pierre¹, M. Danton¹, S. Kofman¹, D. Ordanes¹, J. Lefkowitch³, A. Iuga¹, T. Kato⁴, M. Sykes¹, A. Griesemer¹
¹Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, ²Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Departments of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Operational tolerance of liver allografts occurs in highly selected patients but cannot be reliably induced. Herein, we investigated if tolerance to liver can be…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Renal Function Parameters Improve PELDs Prediction of 90-day Death or Deterioration
L. Thalji¹, N. Thalji², D. Haile¹, J. Heimbach², S. Ibrahim³, P. Kamath⁴, D. Kor¹
¹Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Pediatric Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Reliance upon exception points to prioritize children for liver transplantation (LT) stems from concerns that the Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD) score underestimates mortality.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating the Efficacy of Robotic-Assisted Incisional Hernia Repair for Post-Liver Transplant Recipients
G. Rofaiel, G. Pan, M. Goodale, E. Martinez
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
*Purpose: Hernia formation is a well-known complication following open abdominal surgery that contributes to post-operative morbidity and decreases in patient quality of life. Herein we…