Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Higher Population Donor Service Areas Are Associated With Lower Meld At Death On Wait List And Higher Meld At Removal For “Too Sick
Y. Hung, Y. Bababekov, C. Rickert, Y. Hsu, D. Chang, H. Yeh
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Plans for distance based allocation in liver transplantation have raised concerns that patients listed in more rural Donor Service Areas (DSAs) will be disadvantaged…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Respiratory Viral Infections and Patient Outcomes in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
M. Gonzalez¹, A. Vostal¹, N. Darling², C. Papastamelos², M. Natarajan³, P. Kumar³, J. Timpone³
¹Internal Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ²School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ³Infectious Disease, MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Community acquired respiratory viral infections (RVI) have been associated with significant morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR). Acute rejection and allograft…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Incisional Ventral Hernia Repair (IVHR) in Post Liver Transplant Recipients (OLT) through a Robotic-Assisted Intervention (RAI): Initial Single-Center Experience
A. Mejia, C. G. Fasola, A. Stegall
Liver Transplantation, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: To analyze the outcome of IVH repairs in liver transplant recipients using a minimally invasive technique.*Methods: From 2016 to 2018, we analyzed the IVHR…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome after Liver Transplantation- Etiology and Treatment Options
P. Mihaylov¹, D. Soma², D. Kuruppu², B. Ekser², R. Mangus², J. Fridell², R. Snook², C. Kubal²
¹Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Pavia University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is the only effective therapy for patients with end stage liver failure that increases long-term survival, but is not without…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Case Series Of Total Laparoscopic-hand Assisted Living Donor Right Hepatectomy: First 19 Cases At A Single Center In Usa
P. N. Martins¹, B. Movahedi², D. Litwin², A. Bozorgzadeh²
¹Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Massachusett, Worcester, MA, ²Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
*Purpose: One of the major limitations of living-donor liver donation is the associated morbidity of the procedure. Although left and left-lateral hepatectomy has been performed…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Taking a Step toward Standardization: Results of an American Society of Transplant Surgeons/Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Survey of Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Recovery Practices
M. Hobeika¹, R. Glazner², D. Foley¹, S. Hanish¹, C. Quintini¹, E. Eidbo², D. Axelrod¹
¹American Society of Transplant Surgeons DCD Task Force, Arlington, VA, ²Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, Vienna, VA
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplants (LT) represented only 6.3% of total U.S. LT in 2017, despite DCD comprising 18.3% of the deceased…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Large Series Of Liver Transplantation In Patients With Portal Vein Thrombosis
Y. Cheah, C. J. Simon, R. L. Jenkins, M. E. Akoad
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA
*Purpose: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is common in the cirrhotic population and no longer considered an absolute contraindication to liver transplantation in most centers.*Methods: Retrospective…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Policy Changes in Liver Graft Allocation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the USA: Improved Survival for African American Recipients
M. Molinari¹, D. Jorgensen¹, A. Tevar¹, C. Hughes¹, A. Humar¹, N. Jonassaint²
¹Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To evaluate the effect of policy changes in liver graft allocation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) on the overall survival of patients of different ethnicities…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Opioid Use Policies and Practices in Liver Transplant and Lung Transplant Candidates: A Comparison of National Surveys
H. Bruschwein¹, V. Andersen¹, H. Patel², S. S. Rogal³, J. N. Fleming⁴
¹University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Pre-transplant opioid use has been associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Alternatively, opioid substitution therapy (OST) has been proven to be a…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pilot Testing Of A Novel Transition Program
J. Uze, N. Yazigi
Transplantation, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washigton, DC
*Purpose: Pediatric patients coming of age face many compliance hurdles, the roots of most lying in poor coping with heir state as a transplant recipient,…