Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipients with BMI 40 to <50 kg/m² Have Excellent Patient and Graft Survival
K. Daniel, J. Hause, F. Osman, J. Mezrich, E. Spengler
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Obesity rates in the United States (US) have reached nearly 40%, which has led to an increasing proportion of liver transplant (LT) candidates with…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Public Health Insurance is Associated with Reduced Access to Living Donor Liver Transplantation and Increased Liver Transplant Waiting List Mortality: An Analysis of the SRTR
R. Hogen¹, M. Aljehani², J. Lee³, L. Sher¹, Y. Genyk¹, J. Emamaullee¹
¹Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary and Abdominal Organ Transplant Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is associated with improved survival and lower hospital costs, but it continues to makes up less than 5% of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
National Trends in Locoregional Therapy among Liver Transplant (LT) Candidates with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) in the United States
A. Kwong¹, W. Kim¹, F. Yao², N. Mehta²
¹Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Advances in locoregional therapy (LRT) have expanded treatment options for patients with HCC. As recent policy changes in the United States (US) have lengthened…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Does Choice of Inferior Vena Cava Reconstruction Technique Have an Impact on the Short and Long Term Postoperative Renal Function in Liver Transplant Recipient?
S. Chartier-Plante¹, S. Asrani², J. Bayer², H. Fernandez², A. Gupta², E. Martinez², G. J. Mckenna², N. Onaca², N. Onaca², R. M. Ruiz², G. Saracino², A. Wall², G. Testa²
¹Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) is common after liver transplant (Oltx). It is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and is a risk factor…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Immunosuppression with Immunological Testing and Surveillance Biopsies Late after Liver and Intestine Transplantation (LT, IT)
L. Remaley, R. Falik, K. Soltys, G. Bond, J. Winnier, P. Kachmar, C. Ashokkumar, A. Ganoza, A. Kepler, A. Khanna, J. Squires, P. McKiernan, J. Rudolph, F. Alissa, G. Mazariegos, R. Sindhi
Pediatric Transplant, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Assessing adequacy of immunosuppression is essential during late allograft surveillance after LT or IT.*Methods: To explain why allograft function tests can be normal despite…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant with Donation after Cardiac Death versus Donation after Brain Death Donors: Survival and Outcomes at 10 Years
O. Haque¹, E. Roth², A. Fleishman¹, K. Khwaja¹
¹Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: This observational study utilizes the SRTR database to assess liver transplant outcomes after Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) versus Donation after Brain Death (DBD)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
CEACAM1 / ASK1 / p38 Signaling Axis Alleviates Peri-Transplant Liver Injury: From Mouse-to-Human
H. Hirao¹, K. Nakamura², S. Kageyama¹, T. Ito¹, K. Kadono¹, H. Kojima¹, K. J. Dery¹, S. Younan¹, R. W. Busuttil¹, F. M. Kaldas¹, J. Kupiec-Weglinski¹
¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
*Purpose: Although CEACAM1 (CM1; carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1; CD66a) regulates hepatic metabolic homeostasis, its role in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) remains unknown. A…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Induction Immunosuppression with Thymoglobulin May Improve Graft Outcomes without Increasing a Risk for Infection in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation Alone
M. Henry¹, T. Kitajima², J. Konel¹, S. Yeddula², M. Rizzari², K. Collins², D. Moonka², A. Yoshida², M. Abouljoud², S. Nagai³
¹Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, ²Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ³Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Immunosuppression protocols for liver transplant (LT) vary between institutions and roles of induction immunosuppression in LT remain controversial. The aim of this study was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Development of Novel Multivariable Logistic Regression Model for Predicting Graft Failure within 2 Weeks and 4 Weeks after Liver Transplantation Using Post-Transplantation Laboratory Values
J. Kwon, S. Kim, G. Choi, J. Joh, J. Park, J. Rhu, K. Kim, O. Lee, M. Lim, E. Jeong, J. Yang
Transplantation, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: This study designed a prediction model for graft failure after liver transplantation.*Methods: Multivariable logistic regression including aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total bilirubin (TB), and international…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Development of Recommendations for Liver Transplant Anesthesia Teams Using a Modified Delphi Process
C. Crouch, A. Hendrickse, S. Mandell
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: We utilized a modified Delphi technique to develop recommendations to guide service responsibilities for liver transplant anesthesia teams (LTATs).*Methods: The Society for the Advancement…