Articles tagged "Liver transplantation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Pre-Transplant Insomnia and Post-Transplant Insomnia on Survival among Solid Organ Recipients
K-.F. Lee,² Y. Tsai,¹ C. Lin,¹ C-.B. Hsieh,^3,5 S. Wu,⁴ T. Chen,⁵ Y-.C. Lin,¹ W-.H. Lee,^6,7 F. Lin,⁸ C. Tsai.^1,9,10
¹Cardiovascular Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ²Biobank Management Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ³General Surgery, Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, Hualien County, Taiwan; ⁴Urology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁵General Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁶Pathology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁷Pathology, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan; ⁸Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; ⁹Cardiovascular Surgery, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ¹⁰Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
BackgroundBecause studies about insomnia among organ recipients were scarce, we used National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) between 2001 and 2012 to understand how pre-transplant…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Cannabis Use in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience
J. Lee, M. Valadez, E. Moreno, D. Markovic, V. Agopian, J. DiNorcia, H. Yersiz, D. Farmer, R. Busuttil, F. Kaldas.
Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplant, David Geffen School of Medicine, LA, CA.
Introduction: Cannabis is one of the most commonly used illicit drugs worldwide. In the US, cannabis has gained wider social and political acceptance. Liver transplant…
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Portal Vein Flow as an Indicator of Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure
C-.H. Cheng,¹ C. Lee,² Y-.C. Wang,¹ T-.H. Wu,¹ C-.F. Lee,¹ T-.J. Wu,¹ H. Chou,¹ K-.M. Chan,¹ W-.C. Lee.¹
¹Division of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ²Department of Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Background: Liver transplantation is the most effective treatment for acute liver failure. Timing of liver transplantation is important to rescue the dying patients. This study…
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Prevalence and Infection-Related Outcomes Associated with Transplant Tourism
J. Slomovic, S. Humar, D. Kumar, A. Humar.
Transplant Infectious Diseases, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background:Patients who receive organ transplants via transplant tourism may have a greater risk of complications. We sought to describe the infectious risks associated with this…
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Liver Transplants from Older Donors Have Worse Outcomes in Elderly Recipients with Renal Dysfunction
R. Schilke,¹ M. Safwan,¹ S. Nagai,¹ M. Abouljoud,² A. Patel.¹
¹Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI; ²Nephrology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
Background: Most end stage liver disease patients suffer from concomitant renal insufficiency. We aimed to study influence of donor age on outcomes in elderly liver…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Postoperative Immunological Profiles of Adult ABO-Incompatible Living Donor Liver Transplant Recipients
T-.J. Wu, Y-.C. Wang, C-.H. Cheng, T-.H. Wu, C-.F. Lee, H. Chou, K-.M. Chan, W-.C. Lee.
Division of Liver and Transplantation Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang-Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Background: Adult ABO-incompatible (ABOi) living donor liver transplantation has been performed for acute liver failure or end stage liver diseases when deceased liver allografts or…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Preventing Recurrence of Incisional Hernia after Liver Transplantation
J. Butler, D. O'Brien, J. Kays, C. Kubal, B. Ekser, J. Fridell, R. Mangus, J. Powelson.
Transplant Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Incisional hernia is a well-known complication of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Although factors that affect incidence of hernia after OLT have been described, recurrence…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Ischemia-Free Liver Transplantation for Fatty Liver Grafts in Human
W. Ju, S. Huang, Z. Guo, G. Chen, X. He.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
BACKGROUND&AIMS: Fatty liver diseases have led to a continuous increase of available donor livers containing fat. Fatty liver grafts were identified as an independent risk…
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Outcomes Analysis of Liver Transplantation Combined with Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients with Unresectable Locally-Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma
M. Wong,¹ J. Kim,¹ C. Eriksen,¹ T. Pearson,¹ J. Robbins,² B. George,³ M. Zimmerman,¹ J. Hong.¹
¹Div. of Transplant Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital (MCW & FH), Milwaukee, WI; ²Dept. of Radiation Oncology, MCW & FH, Milwaukee, WI; ³Div. of Hematology/Oncology, MCW & FH, Milwaukee, WI.
Objective: Liver transplantation (LT) combined with neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NCR) in well-selected patients with unresectable cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) achieves excellent long-term recurrence-free survival. Current criteria for NCR-LT…
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Outcomes of Pregnancies in Female Liver Transplant Recipients
L. Coscia,¹ D. Armenti,¹ P. Patel,² S. Constantinescu,^1,3 M. Moritz.^1,2,4
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia, PA; ²Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.
The purpose of this study is to describe 544 pregnancies in 278 liver transplant recipients reporting to the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPR) from 1991…