Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Women Who Undergo Liver Transplant Have Increased Health Care Utilization in the Peri-Transplant Period Compared with Men
J. B. Rubin, G. Cullaro, J. Ge, J. C. Lai
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Univeristy of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: We have previously shown that women on the liver transplant (LT) waitlist are at greater risk of hospitalization compared with men, but whether this…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Intraoperative Portal Vein Flow Can Predict Early Acute Kidney Injury Following Allogeneic Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Observational Study
J. Zhang¹, A. Jiao², Q. Liu¹, C. Zhang¹, N. Sun¹, X. Li¹
¹Hepatobiliary Surgery Department and Unit of Organ Transplantation, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China, ²Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Shenyang, China
*Purpose: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major and severe complication following allogeneic orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and is associated with increased postoperative morbidity and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Feasibility of a Rapid Magnetic Resonance Protocol to Assess Body Composition Profiles in Adult Liver Transplant Candidates
S. Pine¹, L. Adamski¹, D. Gregory¹, C. Padilla¹, J. Gottstein², A. Lemmer¹, M. Forsgren³, M. Rinella¹, L. B. VanWagner⁴
¹Medicine-GI & Hepatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Center for Medical Image Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ⁴Medicine-GI & Hepatology and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Body mass index (BMI) is a poor marker of obesity and outcomes in liver transplant (LT) candidates. Data suggest that body composition profiling (BCP),…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Ischemia Reperfusion Injured Liver Tissue Provides Insight into Liver Allograft Quality Evaluation
M. Chen, M. Han, W. Ju, Q. Zhao, D. Wang, Z. Guo, X. He
Transplant Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Successful orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) surgery mostly depends on good and functional liver donor, besides of mature transplant technology. The molecular basis of different…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Immediate Post-Operative Extubation Decreases Pulmonary Complications in Liver Transplant Patients
M. Safwan, C. Acho, Y. Morita, V. Fernandez, D. Galusca, M. Abouljoud, A. Yoshida, J. El-Bashir, S. Nagai
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) have traditionally remained intubated in the early postoperative period. Recently, early extubation and fast track anesthesia (strategy for rapid…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Complications of Interposition Grafts for Middle Hepatic Vein Reconstruction in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
S. Kim, G. Chun, I. Song
Division of Hepatobiliay and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Allografts and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts are suitable for middle hepatic vein (MHV) reconstruction during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We experienced other complications depending…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor Hepatitis C Seropositivity Confers Poorer Post-transplant Outcomes In Recipients Of Marginal Livers In The Post-hepatitis C Treatment Era
M. B. Shah, M. Gupta, X. Mei, R. Gedaly
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
*Purpose: Since the introduction of newer antiretroviral therapies, utilization of hepatitis C (HCV) positive livers has increased significantly for HCV recipients. In an effort to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Enteric Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus Colonization on Waitlist Outcomes among Liver Transplant Candidates
E. Aldag, R. Pedersen, V. Gunabushanam, A. Sahajpal, T. J. Dilworth
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
*Purpose: To determine the impact of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization on 90-day Liver Transplant (LT) waitlist outcomes.*Methods: Single center, retrospective observational study of LT…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatic Artery Anastomosis Post-Operative Anatomy Influences Doppler Ultrasound Systolic Acceleration Time after Liver Transplantation
R. A. Choudhury, A. Yule, K. Conzen, E. A. Pomfret, T. L. Nydam
Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Prolongation of the systolic acceleration time (SAT) and decreased resistive index (R/I) of the proper hepatic artery following liver transplant have been associated with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Resource Utilization in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Liver Transplantation before and after the Six Month Wait Time
J. Sokolich¹, W. McClellan², J. Buggs¹, E. Rogers¹, K. Barber¹, K. Cocuy¹, A. Kumar²
¹Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine any difference in resource utilization since the implementation of the mandatory six month wait-time policy for…