2018 American Transplant Congress
Ischemia-Free Liver Transplantation for Fatty Liver Grafts in Human
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Analysis of Liver Transplantation Combined with Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients with Unresectable Locally-Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Pregnancies in Female Liver Transplant Recipients
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Partial Grafts in Pediatric Candidates with Acute Liver Failure Awaiting Liver Transplantation: SRTR Analysis over 26 Years
Objective: Pediatric fulminant hepatic failure (PFHF) is a devastating condition which portends a poor prognosis without liver transplantation (LT). In comparison to adult candidates, there…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Center Performance beyond Patient and Graft Survival
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Introduction: LT centers are judged by patient survival at 1-yr post LT; however risk incurred on the waitlist or center specific practices post LT are…2018 American Transplant Congress
Development of Post-Transplant DSA Following Immunosuppression Minimization/Withdrawal in Liver Transplant Recipients
Despite the allograft-risk associated with DSA, the development of post-transplant HLA donor-specific antibody (DSA) is not well described in liver transplant (LT) patients undergoing immunosuppression…2018 American Transplant Congress
Staged Biliary Reconstruction after Liver Transplantation Reduces Post-Transplant Biliary Complications in High-Acuity Patients
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Biliary complications (BC) after liver transplantation (LT) are strongly associated with inferior patient outcomes and increased healthcare cost. High-acuity LT patients are at increased risk…2018 American Transplant Congress
Large Decrease in Liver Waiting List Dropout Rate for MELD > 14
1SRTR, Minneapolis; 2Stanford University, Stanford; 3Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Median MELD at transplant has increased steadily over the past 10 years. One possible mechanism is decreased waitlist dropout rates, particularly among liver candidates with…2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) is Not Inferior to Liver Donor Risk Index (LDRI) in Predicting Long-Term Liver Graft Survival
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Background: The primary aim of this study was to assess liver graft survival as a function of Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI), and compare the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Radiation Exposure to the Transplant Surgeon: A Case Study of Recent Yttrium-90 Treatment in an Explanted Liver
BACKGROUND: Yttrium-90 (Y-90) radioembolization for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma can present safety challenges to the surgeon when transplanting a recently treated Y-90 patient. To…
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