2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Enteral Feeding After Living Donor Liver Transplantation Prevents Infectious Complications: A Prospective Pilot Study.
Background: Infectious complications, including bacteria, virus, and fungus, often occur after liver transplantation and are the most frequent cause of in-hospital mortality. The present study…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Ideal Body Weight vs. Actual Body Weight for the Prediction of Small for Size Syndrome and Graft Loss After Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Transplantation, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Introduction: We compared the impact of estimating graft to recipient body weight ratio (GBWR) with actual body weight (ABW) and ideal body weight (IBW) on…2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Children With Biliary Atresia in the Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease Era: The Role of Age and Insurance Status.
Lower socioeconomic status has been linked to inferior health outcomes. We have previously shown that children with biliary atresia (BA) who have public insurance (PU)…2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes After Splenectomy for Small-for-Size Syndrome in Live Donor Liver Transplantation.
Transplantation, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Introduction: The use of lower volume liver grafts has the potential to expand the donor pool in adult-to-adult live donor liver transplantation (LDLT), but is…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Maternal Graft in Early Acute Cellular Rejection After Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Objectives: It has been reported that the living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in which the patients received a maternal graft could be more successful compared…2016 American Transplant Congress
Fatigue, Pain, and Other Physical Symptoms of Living Liver Donors.
Background: Post-operative pain and fatigue can be significant for some living liver donors (LLD). A better appreciation of these outcomes may inform pre-donation education and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Long Term Outcome After Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Sequential 653 Recipients with or without Viral Infection: Is HBV & HCV Co-Infection Better Than the Monoinfection? A Single Center Retrospective Analysis.
Organ Transplantation, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Background:End-stage liver disease secondary to HBV and HCV coinfection is not uncommon in Asia.However,long term outcome of such patients after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT)…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Comparative Intention-to-Treat Analysis of Liver Transplantation for HCC – Living Donor Liver Transplant vs. Deceased Donor Liver Transplant.
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
IntroductionLiving donor liver transplantation (LDLT) can reduce waiting times and potentially decrease drop-out rates for cirrhotic patients with HCC. However, it has also been reported…2016 American Transplant Congress
Longitudinal Psychological Outcomes of Living Liver Donors.
Background: Living liver donors (LLD) are healthy adults donating a portion of their liver to a recipient in need. To justify the risk to LLD,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Live Donor Liver Transplantation for NASH: The Toronto Experience.
General Surgery, Multi-Organ Transplant, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background:Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an increasingly common indication for liver transplantation in North America. In the context of organ scarcity and significant waitlist mortality, our…
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