Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Coronary Artery Disease on Long-Term Mortality after Liver Transplantation
S. S. Patel¹, V. A. Rodriguez², M. B. Siddiqui¹, J. Laurenzano³, F. Lin³, J. Clinton³, M. Faridnia⁴, A. Chandrakumaran⁴, T. Reichman⁵, C. Bhati⁵, M. S. Siddiqui¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Department of Bio-statistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ³Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁵Department of Transplant Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an important cause of post liver transplantation (LT) mortality and is higher than age-and gender matched cohorts. This happens despite…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Recipient Age in Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation (CLKT): Caution is Needed for Elderly Patients≥70 Years
B. Ekser¹, W. C. Goggins¹, R. S. Mangus¹, P. Mihaylov¹, J. A. Fridell¹, M. A. Lacerda², M. S. Ghabril², J. A. Powelson¹, C. A. Kubal¹
¹Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Gastroenterology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Recent SRTR analysis showed that elderly recipients (≥70 years) accounts for 2.6% of all liver transplant alone (LTA) and do as well as younger…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Effectiveness Of The Vittal Viability Criteria During Ex Situ Normothermic Machine Perfusion To Discriminate Hepatobiliary Organ Injury And Investigation Of Biochemical Markers For Post-transplant Complications
Y. L. Boteon, R. Laing, J. Attard, L. Wallace, A. Smith, M. Perera, D. Mirza, H. Mergental, S. Afford
Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The VITTAL (viability testing and transplantation of marginal livers) clinical trial demonstrated that ex situ end-ischaemic normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) allows functional assessment and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Comparable Outcomes of Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Outcomes in Recipients with Previous Abdominal Surgery (PAS) after Pre Listing Surgical Categorization. A Propensity-Score Matched Pair Analysis
H. Sharma, H. Bohorquez, D. Oganesyan, D. Bruce, E. Bugeaud, I. Carmody, A. Cohen, J. Seal, D. Sonnier, G. Loss
Department of Transplant Surgery, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Few studies have evaluated the impact of previous abdominal surgery (PAS) on deceased donor liver transplantation-(DDLT). Furthermore, there is no evidence of impact of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis among Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients; Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole vs Alternative Therapies
E. Aldag, C. Pagels, R. Pedersen, I. Nadeem, V. Gunabushanam, A. Sahajpal, T. J. Dilworth
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
*Purpose: To describe Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis (ppx) practices in our transplant recipients and to determine its safety and efficacy.*Methods: Retrospective review of kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Impact of Spontaenous Portosystemic Shunts on the Short Term Outcome of Liver Transplantation
E. A. Rodriguez¹, R. M. Perez², N. Zhang³, E. S. Lim³, C. R. Miller⁴, M. A. Schwartz², A. J. McGirr⁴, A. Srinivasan⁵, W. R. Hewitt⁵, A. C. Silva⁴, J. Rakela¹, H. E. Vargas¹
¹Transplant Hepatology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ³Division of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Radiology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: The aim of our study was to compare Liver Transplant (LT) candidates with and without spontaneous portosystemic shunts (SPSS) and assess their impact on…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pleural Effusion In Liver Transplantation Associated With Worse Hospital Outcomes And Lower Patient Survival
C. Vega¹, J. Clouse², A. Cabrales¹, W. Bush¹, C. Kubal¹, R. S. Mangus²
¹Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Pulmonary complications after liver transplantation have previously been associated with longer hospital stays, increased time on a ventilator, and higher mortality. This study reports…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Management of Orphan Ducts After Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation
N. Celik¹, A. Ganoza², A. Khanna², G. Bond², K. Soltys², R. Sindhi², J. Crowley³, A. Humar¹, G. Mazariegos²
¹Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Living donor (LDLT) and split (SLT) livers are two technical variants of standard liver transplants that potentially increase the number of liver allografts available…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Increasing the Number of Liver Transplants through Active Review of Offers Turned Down
M. L. Melcher, C. A. Bonham, A. Gallo, W. Concepcion, I. Jacobson, C. O. Esquivel
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: To increase the number of patients benefiting from a liver transplant, a university transplant program instituted a weekly review meeting of the transplant surgeons…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Size Mismatch on Long-Term Graft Survival after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
K. Kamrani¹, A. Okoh², A. Mathur³, L. Brown⁴
¹Dept. of Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, ²Dept. of Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, ³Div. of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁴Div. of Liver Transplant Surgery, University Hospital, Newark, NJ
*Purpose: The aim of the current study is to investigate recent trends in mismatched organs utilized for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and examine the impact…