Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Incisional Hernia Repair Post Liver and or Kidney Transplantation
J. Buggs¹, A. Brando², J. Sokolich¹, E. Rogers¹, A. Kumar³, V. Bowers¹
¹Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ³University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The literature has demonstrated worse patient survival rates with incisional hernias in abdominal transplant patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate patient…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Rituximab Desensitization to Liver Transplantaiton Recipients with Preformed Donor Specific Antibodies to Prevent Antibody Mediated Rejecton
Y. Ogura, M. Shizuku, N. Kurata, K. Jobara, H. Kamei
Transplantation Surgery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya City, Japan
*Purpose: Preformed donor-specific antibodies (DSA) are considered as a risk factor after solid organ transplantation. Strong DSA is associated with high mortality and increased risk…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Multicenter Experience Evaluating Outcomes of HCV-Seropositive Donors to HCV-Seronegative Recipients Liver Transplantation
K. Wijarnpreecha¹, B. Aqel², S. Pungpapong¹, C. Taner³, K. Reddy⁴, M. Leise⁵, R. Dickson²
¹Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ³Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁴Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁵Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Grafts from hepatitis C virus (HCV)-seropositive donors can now be considered for liver transplant (LT) due to the advent of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAA).…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease Growth Failure Threshold on Waitlist Mortality in Children Awaiting Liver Transplant
S. M. Swenson, J. P. Roberts, S. Rhee, E. R. Perito
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: To examine the impact on waitlist mortality of Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD)’s incorporation of growth failure (GF) as a threshold variable—present or absent…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Liver Regeneration during Normothermic Machine Perfusion in Hepatectomized Rat Liver Model
M. Aburawi¹, S. Mert¹, E. Hafiz², P. Mahboub¹, H. Yeh¹, K. Uygun¹, J. Markmann¹
¹Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Pathology and Electron Microscopy, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
*Purpose: Realizing the liver’s unique ability to regenerate, this ongoing study examines Normothermic Machine Perfusion (NMP) as a promising platform for evaluating & potentially simulating…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Liver Transplantation for Mixed Hepatocellular-Cholangiocarcioma
M. Najjar¹, K. Bruestle¹, P. Jiang¹, S. Robbins-Juarez¹, R. Hwang¹, A. Mathur¹, E. C. Verna¹, A. Griesemer¹, B. Samstein¹, T. Kato¹, Y. M. Saenger¹, K. J. Halazun², J. C. Emond¹
¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Mixed hepatocholangiocarcinomas (HCC-CCA) are rare tumors with both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) differentiations. They are usually associated with a worse prognosis than…
2019 American Transplant Congress
HOPE in Action: A Multicenter Prospective Study of HIV to HIV Liver Transplantation
C. Durand¹, S. Florman², M. Bowring³, D. Brown¹, B. Haydel², J. Hamilton¹, P. Stock⁴, J. Price⁵, T. Pruett⁶, V. Kirchner⁷, D. Wojciechowksi⁸, N. Turgeon⁹, C. Wolfe¹⁰, V. Stosor¹¹, J. Charette¹¹, A. Cameron³, S. Ottmann³, S. Huprikar¹², D. Segev³
¹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ³Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁸Medicine, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁰Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, ¹¹Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹²Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY
*Purpose: HIV+ liver transplant (LT) candidates face higher mortality and lower access to transplant compared to HIV- counterparts. With the US HOPE Act, HIV+ donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Randomized, Controlled, Trial of Interventions to Promote Walking after Abdominal Organ Transplantation: The LIFT Study
M. Serper¹, I. Barankay², S. Chadha¹, J. Shults³, P. Reese¹
¹University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ²Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Substantial weight gain and sedentary behavior are common after transplantation. Behavioral economic strategies with financial incentives and reminders may promote healthy behaviors in the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Loss of FXR Exacerbates Liver Damage by Activating NLRP3 Inflammasome Induced Pyroptosis in Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Z. Zhu, Y. Zhang, Y. Tang, S. Huang, Q. Zhao, W. Ju, Z. Guo, X. He
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: The relationships among Farnesoid X receptor (FXR), nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor (NLR) family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome and pyroptosis are largely unknown in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Stratification of Patients Undergoing Simultaneous Liver Transplantation and Cardiac Surgery
T. Diago Uso, G. D'Amico, S. Armanyous, L. Lomaglio, B. Eghtesad, M. Fujiki, F. Aucejo, K. Sasaki, N. K. Menon, M. Fares, M. Tong, K. Hashimoto, C. Miller, C. Quintini
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Evaluate risk factors and outcomes of combined liver transplantation (OLT) and cardiac surgery, including coronary artery grafting and valve replacement.*Methods: Between 1/2005 and 8/2018,…