Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Paradoxical Differential Post-transplant Rates Of Change Of Serum Proteins In Pediatric Liver Patients With Evidence For A Novel Sarcopenic-dependent Serum Protein Stimulating Factor
C. M. Schmidt¹, J. Molleston², G. S. Rao², C. A. Kubal¹, S. Atoa¹, R. S. Mangus¹
¹Surgery, Transplant Division, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Pediatrics, Division of GI and Hepatology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Pediatric patients with liver disease suffer from hypoalbuminemia, sarcopenia, and malnutrition. This study aims to quantify differential rates of change (ROC) and post-TX normalization…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Unplanned Pregnancies after Liver Transplant Are Associated with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
M. Sarkar¹, L. A. Coscia², D. Kliniewski², S. Rao³, S. Constantinescu⁴, M. J. Moritz⁵
¹Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, PA, ²Gift of Life Institute, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Medicine, Lewis Katz Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze planned vs. unplanned pregnancies in female liver transplant recipients. Background: Over 30% of female transplant patients…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Learning Curve for Living Donor Laparoscopic Left Lateral Sectionectomy
R. Hwang¹, D. von Ahrens², A. Griesemer¹, T. Kato¹, J. Emond¹, D. Cherqui³, B. Samstein²
¹Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Department of Surgery, Paul Brousse Hospital - Université Paris Sud, Villejuif, France
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an important method in reducing wait list mortality. Laparoscopic hepatectomy has been investigated in order to decrease donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Power of Young Donor Liver; Elixir of Life for Sick Liver Transplant Recipient
J. Kusakabe¹, J. McVey², D. J. Firl², M. Fujiki², F. N. Aucejo², C. Quintini², K. Hashimoto², K. Sasaki²
¹Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Young donor organs are known to have significant prognostic benefits in liver transplantation (LT). However, details of short- and long-term prognostic benefits of young…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Biliary Atresia Patients Receiving Liver Transplantation Reflect Changing Birth Demographics in the United States between 1987-2018
R. Sindhi, K. Soltys, G. Mazariegos, G. Bond, A. Khanna, P. McKiernan
Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To review the multi-center US experience with liver transplantation (LT) for Biliary Atresia (BA)*Methods: We reviewed LT outcomes in children with BA in the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Waitlist Dropout and Transplant Rates for Metropolitan vs. Non-Metropolitan Candidates
D. Schladt¹, T. Weaver¹, J. Pyke¹, A. Herreid¹, B. Thompson¹, B. Kasiske¹, J. Snyder¹, W. Kim², J. Lake³, A. Israni¹
¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ²Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, ³Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Rural candidates may be disadvantaged on the liver waiting list. We evaluated rates and hazards of waitlist dropout and transplant by urbanicity.*Methods: We selected…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Induction Immunosuppression Practices in Liver Transplantation are Variable and Predict Post-Transplant Survival
T. Bittermann¹, R. Hubbard², J. Lewis¹, D. Goldberg¹
¹Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Unlike in other solid organ transplants, the benefits of induction immunosuppression prior to liver transplantation (LT) remain uncertain. The objective of this study was…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Protective Effect of Ischemic-Free Liver Transplantation Technique on Distant Multiple Organ Function
L. Wang¹, Z. Guo¹, L. Yang², W. Xiong², S. Huang¹, T. Zhang², Y. Tang¹, Z. Zhang¹, Z. Zhu¹, C. Zhu¹, X. He¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Hypothermia, hypoxia and ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in standard liver transplantation (SLT) are the main factors that affect graft function and cause damage to remote…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Actual Outcomes and Technical Feasibility of Living Donor-Related Liver Re-Transplantation
W. Kim¹, G. Song², S. Lee²
¹Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the experience of liver re-transplantation (re-LT) at a large volume living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) center…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Validation Of The Optimized Prediction Of Mortality (Opom) Machine Learning Model For Non-hepatocellular Carcinoma Candidates Awaiting Liver Transplant
L. Lau¹, X. Xie², F. Jia², P. D. Greig¹, T. C. Chan²
¹Multi-Organ Transplant, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Currently the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) is used to rank candidates for liver transplant in many jurisdictions. However, MELD does not provide…