2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Anatomic Variation and Reconstructive Technique on Complications Following Living Liver Donor Transplantation – A Report from the A2ALL Consortium
Introduction: Living donor liver transplantation [LDLT] is a technically demanding endeavor that requires command of the complex anatomy of partial liver grafts. The aim of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Fast Track of Adult-to-Adult Live Donor Liver Transplant Recipients: Avoiding ICU Admission Reduces Complications and Post Transplant Hospital Stay
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Objective: We investigated if fast track of adult-to-adult live donor liver transplant (LDLT) recipients is safe and provides benefits for the post transplant hospital stay.Methods:…2015 American Transplant Congress
Increased Ratio of Estimated Spleen/Graft Volume Is a Strong Predictor of Posttransplant Portal Hypertension in Adult-To-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Significance of Splenectomy On Portal Venous Pressure and Patient Survival
Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan.
Splenectomy is generally performed to control portal venous pressure (PVP) in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (ALDLT) with small-for-size graft. However, we sometimes experience portal…2015 American Transplant Congress
Patients With Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) Experience Survival Benefit After Live Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT)
Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Diseases, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
Background: SBP is a life threatening complication of end stage liver disease. Reports indicate a 40-50% one year mortality rate in patients who experience SBP…2015 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia has Equivalent Survival and Shorter Waiting Time Compared to Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
Purpose: To determine the benefit of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) compared to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) in the treatment of end stage liver…2015 American Transplant Congress
Systematic Medical Record Review to Identify Safety Risks in Living Liver Donors
BACKGROUNDPrevention of adverse events (AEs) is important in Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT), as these are healthy volunteers who undergo a major procedure with no…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Preoperative MELD Score On Small for Size Syndrome in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been expanded worldwide and the outcome of even adult-to-adult LDLT using left lobe reported to be equivalent to that…2015 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donation in the Elderly: The United Kingdom Experience
Introduction: The increasing demand for organs has led many institutions to accept elderly patients onto their living donor programmes. However no large UK based datasets…2015 American Transplant Congress
Live Donor Liver Transplantation With Older (>50years) Vs Younger (<50years) Donors: Does Age Matter?
Multi Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Introduction: The risks of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) with older donors remains controversial and many centers avoid using live donors ≥45 years of age.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an alternative to deceased donor transplantation (DDLT), and can mitigate the risk of dying while waiting for transplant.…
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