Articles tagged "Meta-analysis"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Patients with Cholangiocarcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survival Rates
I. A. Ziogas¹, K. P. Economopoulos², M. H. Hayat¹, L. K. Matsuoka¹, M. I. Montenovo¹, M. Izzy¹, S. P. Alexopoulos¹
¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) accompanied by neoadjuvant chemoradiation has emerged as the only curative option for unresectable cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Although numerous centers have published their…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Efficacy of Endoscopic Transpapillary Gallbladder Stenting for Symptomatic Gallbladder Disease in Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
K. F. Haq¹, U. Iqbal², M. Khan³, F. Kamal⁴, S. Solanki⁵, R. Chakinala⁵, M. Siddiqui¹, M. Abu Ghanimeh¹, O. Sadiq¹, A. Watson¹, T. Zuchelli¹, R. Salgia¹
¹Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ³Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, ⁵Medicine, Guthrie Hospital, Sayre, PA
*Purpose: Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder (cystic duct) stenting has been shown to be an effective treatment option for symptomatic gallbladder disease in patients with cirrhosis. However,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Non-Linear Relationship between Recipient BMI and Survival Outcomes after Liver Transplantation-A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis
T. Song
Organ Transplantation Center, Urology Department, Urology Research Institute, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu City, China
*Purpose: Dose-response relationship between preoperative and postoperative body mass index (BMI) and survival outcomes after liver transplantation (LT) has not been clearly defined yet.*Methods: PubMed,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology of Cannabis Use and Associated Outcomes among Kidney Transplant Recipients a Meta Analysis
P. Vaitla¹, C. Thongprayoon², F. Cabeza Rivera¹, F. Koller¹, P. Matemavi¹, S. Kanduri¹, R. Marathi³, W. Cheungpasitporn¹
¹Nephrology, University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, ²Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Internal Medicine, University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
*Purpose: Cannabis is the most commonly used recreational drug in the United States and transplant acceptability for cannabis using candidates varies among transplant centers. In…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery to Achieve Sufficient Weight Loss for Heart Transplant Candidacy: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
B. Orandi¹, J. Purvis¹, S. Mehta¹, M. Gray¹, S. Pamboukian¹, J. Tallaj¹, C. Hoopes¹, C. Lewis¹, N. Terrault², J. Locke¹
¹UAB, Birmingham, AL, ²USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: As the obesity epidemic grows, it can be expected that an increasing number of heart failure patients will be precluded from heart transplant based…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Composite Molecular and Cellular Instability Score Identifies the Sub-Phenotypes of Histologically Stable Kidney Transplants
D. Rychkov
Department of Surgery, BCHSI, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Recent molecular studies have highlighted the unrecognized burden of sub-clinical graft rejection of a histologically stable allograft, defined as transplants with absence of clinical…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery to Improve Candidacy for Kidney Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
J. Purvis¹, S. Mehta¹, R. Stahl¹, J. Grams¹, M. Hanaway¹, D. Anderson¹, C. Young¹, R. Cannon¹, C. Lewis¹, N. Terrault², J. Locke¹, B. Orandi¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: There is a growing epidemic of obesity in patients with end stage kidney disease in need of kidney transplant, paralleling the general population. Most…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery to Improve Candidacy for Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
J. Purvis¹, R. Stahl¹, J. Grams¹, M. Gray¹, D. Eckhoff¹, R. Cannon¹, C. Lewis¹, N. Terrault², J. Locke¹, B. Orandi¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: As non-alcoholic steatohepatitis grows as an indication for liver transplant, the challenge managing obese pre-liver transplant patients will become more pronounced, especially because most…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors of Invasive Fungal Infections in Liver Transplantation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
P. Phoompoung¹, S. Herrera², A. Perez Cortes Villalobos¹, F. Foroutan¹, A. Orchanian-Cheff¹, S. Husain¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Universidad de Alcalá (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
*Purpose: Invasive fungal infection (IFI) remains one of the most common infectious complications after solid organ transplantation. Liver transplant recipients (LTRs) have a higher mortality…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)+ Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) is Associated with Tumor CCL3/CCL4 Expression and an Increase in Tumor-Infiltrating Monocytes
J. Toh¹, F. Vallania¹, W. A. Haynes¹, G. Bhagat², F. E. Craig³, S. H. Swerdlow⁴, T. Tousseyn⁵, S. M. Krams¹, P. Khatri¹, O. M. Martinez¹
¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, NY, ³Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: PTLD is a serious post-transplant complication that encompasses a spectrum of abnormal lymphoproliferations, including B cell lymphoma-type PTLDs. Although many are EBV-driven, a significant…