Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Histologic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Liver Transplantation: A Large Single Center Experience
F. M. Kaldas, T. Ito, S. Younan, J. Aziz, M. Lu, V. G. Agopian, J. DiNorcia III, H. Yersiz, D. G. Farmer, R. W. Busuttil
Department of Surgery, The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI) is known to adversely affect graft outcomes in Liver Transplantation (LT). Large series examining the significance of IRI found on…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Sleeve Gastrectomy Following Liver Transplant in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatosis: A Five-Year Experience
M. C. Morris¹, A. D. Jung¹, Y. Kim¹, V. K. Dhar¹, S. Shah¹, D. Schauer², E. Smith², T. Diwan¹
¹Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) cirrhosis is an increasingly common indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States and obese patients continue to be at…
2019 American Transplant Congress
MELD Score and Anti-Angiotensin Receptor Antibody Predict Long-Term Survival of Liver Re-Transplant
Q. Xu¹, A. Skaro², V. C. McAlister²
¹Pathology and Lab Medicine, London Health Science Center, London, ON, Canada, ²Surgery, London Health Science Center, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Recent reports indicated important while inconsistent roles of preformed donor specific antibody (DSA) to HLA in liver transplantation. Re-transplant liver patients were understudied due…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and BMI in Liver Transplant Candidates: 9-Center Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation Study
C. Haugen¹, M. McAdams-DeMarco¹, D. Segev¹, E. Verna², R. Rahimi³, M. Kappus⁴, M. Volk⁵, M. Dunn⁶, A. Duarte Rojo⁶, D. Granger⁷, J. O'Leary⁸, D. Ladner⁷, J. Lai⁹
¹JHU, Baltimore, MD, ²Columbia, NYC, NY, ³Baylor, Dallas, TX, ⁴Duke, Durham, NC, ⁵Loma Linda, Loma Linda, CA, ⁶Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ⁸DVA, Dallas, TX, ⁹UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Obesity and frailty are associated with an increased risk of waitlist mortality (WLM) in liver transplant (LT) candidates. However, body mass index (BMI) may…
2019 American Transplant Congress
‘Back-to-Base’ Normothermic Clinical Liver Perfusion – Cold before NMP Does Not Compromise Protective Benefit
K. Dajani, M. Bral, D. leon Izquierdo, D. Bigam, N. Kneteman, J. Shapiro
University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: In previous clinical studies utilizing normothermic ex situ liver machine preservation, perfusion was initiated rapidly following organ procurement using a portable system transported to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Utility Of SIPAT Scoring System In Predicting Risk Of Recidivism In Patients With Alcoholic Liver Disease.
A. Ur Rahman¹, H. Singh¹, M. Abusaif¹, J. Shaw², O. Knighton², L. Clark², T. Santos², S. Ebaid², D. Reino², J. Vanatta², A. Tzakis², K. Alkhalloufi², X. Zervos²
¹Gastroenterology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, ²Transplant Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
*Purpose: The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant (SIPAT) score is a comprehensive tool that was developed to standardize pretransplant psychosocial evaluations and has been…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of an Invasive Fungal Infection Prophylaxis Strategy after Liver Transplantation at a Large Academic Medical Center
M. Jorgenson¹, J. Descourouez¹, D. Felix¹, N. Marka², G. Leverson², J. Smith², L. Fernandez², D. Foley²
¹UW Health, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Invasive fungal infection (IFI) after liver transplant (LTx) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Studies show that IFI prophylaxis improves outcomes but the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Aborted Live Donor Organ Recovery Procedures in the United States
M. Henderson, M. Waldram, A. Thomas, N. Desai, S. Ottman, J. Garonzik Wang, A. Massie, D. Segev, J. Bannon, F. Al Ammary, D. Brennan
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Although live organ donation is a carefully and meticulously planned surgical procedure, live donor organ recovery procedures are occasionally aborted. These include procedures which…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Multimodal Analgesia Reduces Opioid Use after Liver Transplantation
K. Tong, W. Nolan, D. O'Sullivan, H. Kutzler
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
*Purpose: The study aimed to determine if multi-modal pain management (MPM) can reduce opioid use in patients post-liver transplant.*Methods: This was a retrospective review of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Correlations between Preoperative Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient and Graft Hemodynamics after Reperfusion in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
H. Matsushima, M. Fujiki, K. Sasaki, F. Aucejo, T. Diago Uso, C. Kwon, B. Eghtesad, C. Miller, C. Quintini, K. Hashimoto
General Surgery, Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) is known to correlate with severity of portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis. We retrospectively investigated the clinical…