2020 American Transplant Congress
Domino Transplantation – Expanding the Liver Donor Pool to the Pediatric Recipient
*Purpose: Background: Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is an inherited autosomal recessive metabolic disorder of amino acid metabolism, caused by a defect of the branched-chain…2020 American Transplant Congress
Sleeve Gastrectomy Compared with Gastric Bypass for Morbidly Obese Liver Transplant Candidates: A Decision Analysis
*Purpose: The use of bariatric surgery has increased for morbidly obese liver transplant candidates for whom placement on the waitlist is often restricted until they…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcome of Patients Transplanted for Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis Related Cirrhosis
*Purpose: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. Cirrhosis secondary to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is projected to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Progression of Insulin Resistance after Liver Transplantation – Prospective Study
*Purpose: Insulin resistance (IR) plays an important role in pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and other diseases. The data about prevalence and evolution…2020 American Transplant Congress
A NASHional Crisis: Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Female Hispanics
1Pathology and Lab Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Obesity and metabolic syndrome have recently become an epidemic with Hispanics bearing a disproportionate burden. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a severe immune-mediated stage of…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Long Term Impact of Metabolic Syndrome on Post-Donation in Living Kidney Donors
Division of Nephrology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
*Purpose: The long waiting list for kidney transplant (KTx) in Taiwan, the willingness of transplant centers increase to accept complex donors, eg. metabolic syndrome (MS).…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Preoperative Glucose Intolerance and Hypertension on the Living Kidney Donors
*Purpose: Recently the mortality of living kidney donors was demonstrated to be significantly worse than that of healthy general population. However, the impact of preoperative…2020 American Transplant Congress
Marginal Livers Have Excellent Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Metabolic Liver Disease
*Purpose: Pediatric patients with metabolic diseases are listed so that livers are preferentially allocated to them, having the option of receiving a very high quality…2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Management and Post-Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Methylmalonic Acidemia, Propionic Acidemia and Urea Cycle Disorders: 20 Years’ Experience
1Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: To examine long-term outcomes after liver transplantation for organic acidemias and urea cycle defects at our center which utilizes standardized pre-, peri- and post-operative…2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Sarcopenia and Obesity by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Transplant and Hepatobiliary Populations
*Purpose: Sarcopenia and obesity are common among transplant and hepatobiliary patients; however, current methods of measuring these risk factors may provide an inadequate representation of…
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