Articles tagged "Living-related liver donors"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Extended Living Donor Criteria on Donor Safety in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
J. KIM
Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Daegu College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Donor safety is major concern during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and most transplant centers accept strict selection criteria although some centers have been…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Different Levels of GFR of Retained Kidney on the Long-term Safety of the Donors in Living-related Renal Transplantation
M. Dou, P. Tian, B. Zheng, G. Deng, Y. Shi, C. Ding
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
*Purpose: To summarize the long-term safety of different levels of GFR of retained kidney among living-related donors.Health status,postoperative recovery,and postoperative complications were compared and analyzed.*Methods:…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Is Low Systemic Fibrinolytic Activity During the Anhepatic Phase Liver Transplant Surgery Associate with the Dreaded Post-Operative Complication of Hepatic Artery Thrombosis?
H. B. Moore¹, Y. Bababekov¹, J. Pomposelli¹, T. Ferrell¹, F. Azam¹, M. Adams², D. Yoeli¹, R. Choudhury¹, M. Wachs², E. Pomfret¹, T. Nydam¹
¹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Childrens Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Removal of the native liver during transplantation results in impaired clearance of clot degrading proteins and activation of fibrinolysis as appreciated by Starzl in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Ethical Considerations and Post-Operative Outcomes in Good Samaritan Living Liver Donors: What Motivates Individuals to Donate to Strangers
C. Flaig, A. Humar, E. Kirschner, C. Hughes, S. Ganesh, A. Tevar, J. Steel
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Few transplant centers evaluate Good Samaritan living liver donors, secondary to ethical concerns and lack of evidence that the post-operative outcomes are comparable to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Lose Weight to Donate Program: Preliminary Results of a Program Intended to Optimize Obese Living Donor Liver Candidates
J. Rose¹, T. Seay², A. Pesch³, P. Vargas⁴, S. Pelletier⁴, J. Oberholzer⁴, C. Argo⁵, N. Goldaracena⁴
¹School of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Division of Transplantation, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Radiology Department, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁵Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Living donation (LD) can alleviate organ shortage, but is limited by obesity compromising organ quality and donor safety. This study intends to assess the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Recipient Genetic Relationship and Outcomes of Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT): Does it Really Matter?
A. M. Elsabbagh¹, A. Mohamed¹, E. M. Elsabbagh², A. Al-Kurd¹, T. Ivanics¹, E. Ulrich¹, T. Kitajima¹, M. Rizzari¹, K. Collins¹, A. Yoshida¹, M. Abouljoud¹, S. Nagai¹
¹Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The impact of donor-recipient genetic relationship on LDLT outcomes has been raised by some recent reports. We sought to study this over a large…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Left Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation Using Rapid Procedure in a Cirrhotic Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma with a GRWR of 0.35
D. Balci¹, O. Kirimker¹, M. Kologlu², U. Goktug¹, E. Ustuner³, S. Karadag⁴, E. Er⁵, G. Cinar⁶, M. Bayar⁴, A. Yilmaz⁴, A. Azap⁶, K. Karayalcin¹
¹General Surgery and Transplantation, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, ²Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, ³Radiology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Anesthesiology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, ⁵Gastroenterology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, ⁶Infectious Disease, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
*Purpose: Here, we describe a new approach using Rapid Procedure, a 2 stage hepatectomy technique, with living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in the cirrhotic setting…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Offspring to Parent Living Donor Liver Transplantation: An Analysis of the A2ALL Database
R. A. Choudhury¹, H. J. Braun², J. D. Grab², J. L. Dodge², H. B. Moore¹, D. Yoeli¹, J. J. Pomposelli¹, T. Nydam¹, N. L. Ascher², E. A. Pomfret¹, J. P. Roberts²
¹Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Recently, there have been concerns regarding inferior graft survival following offspring to parent kidney transplantation due to issues related to alloimmunity during pregnancy. It…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepatic Artery Reconstruction in Living Donor Liver Transplantation Using Surgical Loupes: Achieving Low Rate of Hepatic Arterial Thrombosis in Consecutive 1000 Recipients- Tips and Tricks to Overcome the Poor Hepatic Arterial Flow
A. Thorat, L. Jeng, S. Hsu, P. Li, H. Yang, T. Chen, K. Poon
Organ Transplantation Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
*Purpose: The reconstruction of hepatic artery (HA) is most complex step in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) due to smaller diameter of the artery and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Comparison Study of Liver Regeneration in Laparoscopic versus Open Right Hemihepatectomy for Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation
J. Kim, J. Yang, J. Rhu, G. Choi, J. Joh
Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: This study aims to compare differences between laparoscopic donor right hemihepatectomy (LDRH) and open donor right hemihepatectomy (ODRH) in the quality of the operation,…