Articles tagged "Living-related liver donors"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Pure Laparoscopic versus Open Right Hepatectomy in Living Liver Donors (Graft Weight Discrepancy)
J. Seo¹, S. Hong¹, S. Lee², S. Suh², S. Hong¹, E. Han¹, Y. Choi², N. Yi², K. Lee³, K. Suh¹
¹Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The studies of volumetric evaluation in pure laparoscopic donor hepatectomy (PLDH) are relatively less known than that of conventional donor hepatectomy. The aim of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Better Option for Patients 70 Years or Older
A. Ganoza, A. Duarte-Rojo, V. Gunabushanam, M. Molinari, S. Ganesh, D. Reddy, A. M. Thompson, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, A. Humar
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The burden of liver diseases in patients of advanced age has risen. Irrespective of its possible causes, older recipients have a higher waitlist mortality…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Disparities Associated with Road Travel Distance of Living Kidney Donors in the United States: An SRTR Analysis
K. Nijhar¹, A. Kernodle¹, J. D. Motter¹, K. Khoo¹, A. Massie², E. King³, D. Segev¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: To identify disparities associated with travel distance of living kidney donors (LKDs) in the United States.*Methods: We identified all U.S. citizen adult LKDs from…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Living Liver Donors Are Worse Than Those of Matched Healthy Controls: Nationwide Cohort Study
J. Kim¹, J. Choi², J. Kim³, H. Kim⁴, J. Joh¹
¹Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Myongji Hospital, Goyang, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Donor death is the most serious complication of living liver donation, but is reported rarely. We investigated the actual mortality of living liver donors…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Is Remnant Liver Volume Ratio Less Than 30% Still Contraindication to Right Hepatectomy for Living Liver Donors?
J. Kim, D. Choi
Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Daegu College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Recently, some centers reported that extended resection with remnant/total volume ratio(RTVR) less than 30% for living donor right hepatectomy(LDRH) but there is no consensus…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Acute Liver Failure – Do Outcomes Justify the Risks?
A. Shingina¹, I. A. Ziogas², P. Vutien³, E. Uleryk⁴, E. Renner⁵, M. P. Bhat⁶, J. Tinmouth⁴, J. Kim⁷
¹Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, MB, Canada, ⁶Multi-Organ Transplant, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Living-donor Liver Transplantation(LDLT) has emerged as a safe and effective alternative in children and adults with pre-existing liver diseases. Utilization of LDLT for patients…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Liver Regenerative Effect of Substance P After Major Hepatectomy in Rat Models
H. Ahn¹, H. Ko²
¹Surgery, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The hepatic damages are inevitable under liver surgery. Therefore, post-hepatectomy liver failure remains one of the most dangerous and lifethreatening complications of hepatectomy. The…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pure Laparoscopic Donor Right Hepatectomy (PLDRH) – Can It be a Standardized, Reproducible and Cost Effective Procedure?
A. Kadimella, B. Palat, R. S
HPB and Liver Transplantation, AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
*Purpose: Few centers in the world are doing PLDRH because of the long learning curve and donor safety concerns. Further longer operative time, difficulty in…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Paired Exchanges in LDLT- A Good Option for Patients with Incompatible Donors
A. Humar, C. Hughes, G. Mazariegos, S. Kyle, A. Gallatin, K. Emmett, A. Tevar, M. Molinari, A. Ganoza, V. Gunabushanam, S. Ganesh
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: In the US, paired exchanges are common for LD kidney transplant but not for LDLT. We present our series of paired exchanges for LDLT,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Growing LDLT Volumes at a US Center- What Does It Take to Do Over 100 LDLTs Per Year
A. Humar, C. Hughes, G. Mazariegos, K. Soltys, A. Gallatin, K. Emmett, A. Tevar, M. Molinari, A. Ganoza, V. Gunabushanam, S. Ganesh
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: LDLT remains underutilized in the US, accounting for

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