Articles tagged "Liver"

2020 American Transplant Congress
High Health Literacy is Associated with Decreased Likelihood of Waitlist Mortality for Some Solid Organ Transplant Candidates
L. Dageforde¹, S. Rega², I. Feurer³
¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN, ³Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Health Literacy (HL) impacts post-transplant outcomes and listing for kidney transplant patients, but little is known about likelihood of solid organ transplant for kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Prophylactic Biliary Intra-Operative Stents at Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLTx)
M. Aldamry
Mcgill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Biliary complications can affect up to 40% of patients after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx). Endoscopic management has a high success rate but involves multiple…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Intravenous Administration of Mitochondria Minimizes Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Lean and Diet Induced Obese Mice
T. Rousselle¹, E. Patterson¹, C. Kuscu¹, J. Pierre², C. Kuscu¹, J. Eason¹, D. Maluf¹, V. Mas¹, A. Bajwa¹
¹Dept of Surgery, Transplant Research Institute, James D. Eason Transplant Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ²Dept of Pediatrics, UTHSC, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Ischemia induces altered bioenergetics within cells with increased mitochondrial swelling and reactive oxygen species and that ultimately degrade of cellular function. Ischemia reperfusion injury…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Concurrent Final Acceptance Associated with Decreased Deceased Donor Liver Utilization
A. Robinson¹, K. Shutterly², M. Sellers³, J. Rosendale¹, D. Brockmeier⁴
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Center for Organ Recovery and Education, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Emory University Hospital and LifeLink of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Mid-America Transplant Services, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: With broader sharing for candidates with high MELD scores, it is not unusual for liver candidates to receive offers from multiple donors. Accepting multiple…
2020 American Transplant Congress
IM Naltrexone Post Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Hepatitis Patients to Prevent Relapse
A. Flecha
Transplant Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: The number of patients requiring liver transplants due to Hepatitis C Virus is declining due to the new treatment options, and the growing number…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Relative Transplant Center Organ Volumes are Associated with Patient and Graft Survival
J. T. Adler, T. C. Tsai, S. K. Malek, S. G. Tullius, J. S. Weissman
Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Transplant programs differ in relative volume of kidney and liver transplants. While there is a known volume-outcome relationship for organ-specific transplantation at an institutional…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Normothermic Ex Vivo Perfusion of Marginal Liver Grafts Rapidly Stimulates Release of Graft-Derived Exosomes and Markedly Decreases the Inflammatory Pathways Induced at Early Times after Transplant Reperfusion
K. E. Brown¹, K. S. Keslar¹, D. Margeta¹, Q. Liu², A. Simioni², L. Del Angel Diaz², W. M. Baldwin¹, R. L. Fairchild¹, C. Quintini²
¹Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Normothermic ex vivo machine perfusion of liver grafts (EVLP) is emerging as a superior preservation technology to cold storage. Normothermic EVLP transforms a metabolically…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Increasing Financial Challenge of Liver Transplantation
D. Axelrod¹, S. Hohmann², K. Lentine³, H. Xiao³, B. Kasiske⁴, J. Snyder⁴, M. Ostrander⁵, M. Schnitzler³
¹Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²Vizient Inc, Chicago, IL, ³Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis, MO, ⁴SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Visient, Inc., Minneapolis, IA
*Purpose: Despite innovations in clinical care, liver transplant (LT) remains highly resource intensive due to medical complexity and organ quality. National allocation systems prioritize access…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Economic Impact of Surgical Site Infections in Liver Transplantation
Y. Natori¹, D. Kumar², A. Humar², S. Husain², C. Rotstein³
¹Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, ²Transplant Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Complications arising after liver transplantation result in additional healthcare costs. Previous studies have not evaluated the impact of surgical site infections on healthcare costs…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatopancreatobiliary Training In Transplant Fellowships: H And B, Maybe?
R. Borscheid¹, A. Saharia², E. Cho¹, F. Lewis¹, H. Osman¹, J. Kurtz¹, D. Jeyarajah¹, A. Gaber²
¹Methodist Richardson Medical Center, Richardson, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: HPB surgery is an evolving specialty, but only about 15% of the active HPB surgeons have undergone training in a dedicated HPB program -…