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…2019 American Transplant Congress
Incisional Hernia Repair Post Liver and or Kidney Transplantation
*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
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
*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
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…
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