2019 American Transplant Congress
Expanding the Donor Pool with Extended Criteria DCD Livers
*Purpose: Utilization of extended criteria donation after circulatory death (ECD DCD) livers has remained cautious due to potentially worse outcomes because of higher rates of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Renal Recovery and Prognostic Factors in Children Following Liver Transplantation
Department of Pediatrics II, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
*Purpose: Progression to chronic renal disease (CKD) is highly prevalent in adults following liver transplantation (LT) with a profound impact on patient survival, assuming that…2019 American Transplant Congress
Treg Plasticity is Induced by ENV,HERV1_I and UPR Activation in De Novo Autoimmune Hepatitis
*Purpose: FOXP3+regulatory T cells (Tregs) are not a terminally differentiated population & can, under specific environmental conditions, acquire the phenotype of effector T cells. We…2019 American Transplant Congress
Combined Liver and Delayed Kidney Transplantation (CLKT) Enables Similar Patient Survival as Liver Transplantation Alone (LTA): Propensity Score-Based Comparison
*Purpose: We previously showed the positive impact of delayed KT in CLKT on patient survival compared to simultaneous KT. It is well known from the…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Liver Frailty Index is Associated with Current and Subsequent Disability in Liver Transplant Candidates
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: The Liver Frailty Index (LFI) was developed to capture the effects of malnutrition and muscle wasting in patients with cirrhosis awaiting liver transplantation (LT).…2019 American Transplant Congress
Ischemia-Free Liver Transplantation Protects Bile Duct from Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Ischemia-free liver transplantation (IFLT), based on normothermic machine perfusion and innovations in surgical technique, can provide continue blood supply from procurement to implantation that…2019 American Transplant Congress
Patients With Biliary Complications Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Can Be Successfully Managed By Serial Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-pancreatography
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: We evaluated the quality of endoscopic intervention for biliary complications after liver transplantation in a diverse urban center.*Methods: A retrospective chart review of liver…2019 American Transplant Congress
Patient Response to a Formal Living Donor Liver Transplant Educational Program
Transplantation Center, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Informed consent for liver waitlist candidates is required and includes discussion of donor graft options. Living donor liver transplant (LDLT) is an established option…2019 American Transplant Congress
Finding Opportunities for Increased Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Utilization: Results of an American Society of Transplant Surgeons/Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Survey
*Purpose: Liver allografts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors remain underutilized in the U.S. Improved utilization requires expanded potential donor identification by organ procurement…2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Acute Hepatic Insufficiency Induced by Imatinib
*Purpose: Case report of a Woman, pediatrician, 40 yo,with chronic myeloid leukemia using Imatinib who developed Serious Acute Hepatic Failure and needed liver transplant to…
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