Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Changes in the Development and Incidence of Bacterial Infections – A 16-Year Analysis
I. Bajjoka, S. Serra, M. Jade, M. Callaghan, C. Crombez, S. Foley, M. Abouljoud
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Bacterial infections may occur at any time but mostly within the first month post-transplant. However, since recent advances in transplant there has not been…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Prognostic Impact of Peritumoral Neutrophil Infiltration on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence Following Liver Transplantation
M. Najjar¹, K. Halazun², M. Mondal¹, A. Srivastava¹, M. Moore¹, E. Rizk¹, R. Gartrell¹, H. Remotti¹, L. Fazlollahi¹, E. Verna¹, A. Griesemer¹, A. Mathur¹, B. Samstein², J. Emond¹, Y. Saenger¹
¹Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Peritumoral neutrophil (PMN) infiltration has been associated with poor clinical outcomes in various tumors; however, its role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains understudied. Moreover,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Shorter Waiting Time Was Associated with Higher Risk of Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Liver Transplantation
T. Kitajima¹, S. Nagai¹, D. Moonka², S. Yeddula¹, O. Rizzo¹, M. Kavousi¹, R. Salgia², M. Rizzari¹, K. Collins¹, A. Yoshida¹, M. S. Abouljoud¹
¹Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) is an established treatment option for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). After 6-month waiting rule was implemented, the impact of wait-listing (WL) time…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Hepatic Artery Thrombosis: A Single Center Study with Multiple Surgeons
M. Fitzsimons¹, M. Bindal², J. Buggs³, D. Patino⁴, E. Rogers³, A. Kumar¹, A. Lu³
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Hepatic Artery Thrombosis (HAT) is an uncommon complication after liver transplant, but its occurrence can lead to significant and fatal outcomes. Our objective was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Prophylaxis Strategies for CMV Infection in Liver Transplant Recipients
K. Schnelle, A. Leino, M. Chunduru, L. Von Stein, O. Witkowsky
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: The best strategy to prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) following liver transplantation is not defined for intermediate risk recipients (recipient seropositive (R+) regardless of donor status).…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Converting from Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate to Tenofovir Alafenamide for Treatment of Patients with Hepatitis B Following Liver Transplantation
C. Cheng
Department of General Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Kwei-Shan Township, Taoyuan, Taiwan
*Purpose: Taiwan has a high prevalence of hepatitis B (HBV) and HBV related end-stages liver diseases are the leading causes of liver transplantation (LT). Tenofovir…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Anonymous Living Donor Liver Donation: Establishing A Protocol and Understanding Donors Experience
S. Shan¹, J. Durden¹, T. Seay², P. Vargas³, S. Pelletier³, J. Oberholzer³, C. Argo⁴, N. Goldaracena³
¹School of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Division of Transplantation, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Anonymous living liver donation (ALLDs) are not as widely accepted as directed donations from friends and family, despite having significant potential to help mitigate…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Artificial Intelligence May Predicts Early Sepsis in Liver Transplantation
R. D. Kamaleswaran¹, R. Lowell Davis², J. D. Eason³, S. Sataphaty⁴, V. R. Mas⁵, D. Maluf³
¹Biostatistics, Emory, Atlanta, GA, ²Center for Biomedical Informatics & Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ³Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ⁴Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases & Transplantation, Northshore University Hospital/Northwell Health, NSHS, NY, ⁵Biostatistics, Emory, Atlanta, TN
*Purpose: Sepsis post liver transplantation is a frequent challenge impacting patient outcomes. We aimed to develop an artificial intelligence method to predict earlier the onset…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Proteomics Analysis Identifies L-FABP as a Putative Biomarker of Graft Injury During Liver Transplantation Using the ITRAQ/MRM Approach
M. Chen, Y. Zhang, M. Han, W. Ju, Q. Zhao, Y. Chen, D. Wang, X. He
Transplant Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: In liver transplantation, much of factors have a pernicious influence on liver donor quality, such as hepatic steatosis, long term of donor hypotension, cardiac…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Predicting the Safe Use of Deceased after Circulatory Death Liver Allografts in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
V. Fleetwood, A. Gracon, D. Aufhauser, C. Papageorge, K. Janek, G. Leverson, D. Foley, J. Mezrich, A. D'Alessandro, L. Fernandez, D. Al-Adra
Department of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The use of deceased after circulatory donation (DCD) liver allografts in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is controversial given the already-increased risk of…