Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Rejection One Year after Liver Transplantation Associated with Early versus Late Steroid Withdrawal
S. Yun, L. Miko, J. Ahmad
The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
*Purpose: The adverse effects associated with steroid use make earlier steroid withdrawal desirable, but the optimal time for withdrawal after liver transplantation (LT) is not…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Practice Patterns and Provider Adherence to Long Term Management Guidelines in the Post Liver Transplant (LT) Patient
F. Pradhan¹, P. Kang², A. Seetharam¹, S. Mehta¹, R. Nathan¹, M. Fallon¹, N. Patel¹
¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, ²Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Long-term use of immunosuppression is associated with increased risks of cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and cancer. We assessed practice patterns and provider adherence…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Liver Transplant Coronary Artery Disease Work-Up for Non-High-Risk Patients
C. Walker¹, M. Hook², T. Matyja², J. Buggs³, E. Rogers³, A. Kumar¹, N. Kemmer⁴
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ³Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Coronary artery disease is a leading cause of mortality following orthotopic liver transplant, yet there is not currently a standardized protocol for pre-liver-transplant coronary…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Predictors of Acute Kidney Injury among Liver Transplant Recipients
R. Berkowitz¹, N. Douville², G. Mentz², P. Sharma³, C. Sonnenday¹
¹Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Anesthesiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Gastroenterology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: We examined the perioperative and intraoperative risk factors associated with post-operative acute kidney injury (AKI) at post-op 7 days and 30-day estimated glomerular filtration…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Initial Experience of the First 13 Cases of Purely Laparoscopic Living Donor Right Hepatectomy
H. Choi¹, C. Seo¹, J. Ahn¹, G. Na², Y. You¹
¹Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Bucheon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Laparoscopic major hepatectomy is gradually increasing with two consensus meetings. However, purely laparoscopic donor right hepatectomy (PLDRH) is still being performed carefully, because donor…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Management and Post-Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Methylmalonic Acidemia, Propionic Acidemia and Urea Cycle Disorders: 20 Years’ Experience
P. Vuong¹, N. Ebel², A. Brubaker¹, P. Than¹, C. Baker², A. Pedroza¹, K. Taylor¹, S. Conlon¹, D. Romero¹, G. Enns², C. Esquivel¹
¹Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: To examine long-term outcomes after liver transplantation for organic acidemias and urea cycle defects at our center which utilizes standardized pre-, peri- and post-operative…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Galectin-3 as a Biomarker of Disease Severity in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
E. Cervantes-Alvarez¹, F. Tejeda-Dominguez², M. Lizardo-Thiebaud², E. Alatorre-Arenas³, O. Méndez-Guerrero¹, S. Yarza-Regalado¹, D. Kershenobich¹, A. Torre¹, M. Vilatobá⁴, C. A. Huang⁵, N. Navarro-Alvarez¹
¹Gastroenterology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Molecular Biology, Panamerican University, School of Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico, ³University of the Americas Puebla, School of Medicine, Puebla, Mexico, ⁴Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁵Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO
*Purpose: A matter of great importance is the discovery of alternative diagnostic measures that can detect liver disease at an early stage, especially when at…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Living versus Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation in Cholestatic Liver Disease: An Analysis of the OPTN Database
I. A. Ziogas¹, S. P. Alexopoulos¹, L. K. Matsuoka¹, S. K. Geevarghese¹, L. D. Gorden¹, S. J. Karp¹, J. D. Perkins², M. I. Montenovo¹
¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: The current MELD allocation system does not accurately reflect the urgency of liver transplantation (LT) in cholestatic liver disease (CLD) patients. Therefore, more CLD…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hypernatremia Predicts Waitlist Death and Deterioration, but Not Post-Transplant Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidates
L. Thalji¹, N. Thalji², S. Ibrahim³, J. Heimbach², P. Kamath⁴, D. Haile¹, D. Kor¹
¹Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Pediatric Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Pre-transplant hypernatremia has been shown to predict post-transplant mortality in adult liver transplant (LT) recipients. The effects of hypernatremia in children, however, remain unexplored.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of a Clinically Scaled Bioengineered Liver Seeded with Primary Hepatocytes and Endothelial Cells
D. S. Davidow¹, J. J. Ross¹, B. D. Anderson¹, A. Stumbras¹, A. A. Katane¹, R. Lindeman¹, B. G. Steiner¹, A. Mendenhall¹, K. Gahlbeck¹, S. Armstrong¹, B. P. Amiot², E. D. Nelson², T. Gilbert¹, S. L. Nyberg²
¹Miromatrix, Eden Prairie, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Advancements in whole organ bioengineering have the potential to offer solutions to a chronically insufficient donor organ supply. We recently demonstrated an ability to…