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Articles tagged "Post-operative complications"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Use of Right or Left Kidneys in Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation. Comparative Study of 320 Cases

    M. Perosa,1 J. Branez,1 H. Noujaim,1 L. Mota,1 B. Zeballos,1 M. Castro,1 G. Marchini,1 L. Ianhez,1 L. Alvim,1 D. Machado,1 C. Watanabe,1 A. Saldanha,2 H. Abensur,2 W. Luconi,1 T. Genzini-Miranda,3 R. Haddad,4 T. Genzini.1

    1Leforte Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2Beneficencia Portuguesa Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 3Medical School, PUC Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 4Medical School, ABC, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    In more than 95% of worldwide living-donor kidney transplants(LDKT), the donor's left kidney (LK) is preferred because of technical difficulties and a shorter vein of…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Staged Biliary Reconstruction after Liver Transplantation Reduces Post-Transplant Biliary Complications in High-Acuity Patients

    T. Pearson, M. Zimmerman, J. Kim, P. Palines, M. Wong, C. Erickson, J. Hong.

    Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

    Biliary complications (BC) after liver transplantation (LT) are strongly associated with inferior patient outcomes and increased healthcare cost. High-acuity LT patients are at increased risk…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Intervention for Splenorenal Shunt May Decrease the Incidence of Post-Liver Transplant Acute Kidney Injury

    J. Wang, A. Nickkholgh, R. Shahbazov, S. Pelletier, D. Maluf.

    Dept. of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.

    Background: Splenorenal shunt (SRS) is a type of portosystemic shunt that develops frequently in the setting of chronic portal hypertension and cirrhosis. It remains controversial…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Can Delayed Abdominal Fascia Closure Modify the Short Term Outcome after Adult Liver Transplantation?

    I. Vella,1 M. Pellicciaro,1 G. Ciancio,2 T. Manzia,1 R. Angelico,3 J. Gaynor,2 G. Iaria,1 G. Tisone,1 R. Vianna.2

    1Transplant Unit, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy; 2Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami; 3Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Ges[ugrave], Rome, Italy.

    BackgroundThe abdominal fascia at the end of adult liver transplantation could often represents a dangerous procedure, complicated by graft size mismatch and post reperfusion hepatic…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Single-Center Experience of Biliary Reconstruction for Multiple Bile Duct in Right Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation

    J-.D. Kim, D-.L. Choi, T. Kim.

    Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Daegu College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

    Biliary anastomosis stricture (BAS) is still major concerns especially for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Recent studies have described multiple duct and multiple anastomoses as…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Preemptive Chest Tube in Liver Transplantation – An Unconventional Way to Reduce Morbidity

    P. Ritschl, L. Wiering, F. Sponholz, A. Brandl, F. Aigner, M. Biebl, M. Schmelzle, D. Eurich, I. Sauer, K. Kotsch, J. Pratschke, R. Öllinger.

    Department of Surgery, Campus Charité Mitte / Campus Virchow-Klinikum CCM/CVK, Charité - Universtitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

    For various reasons, liver recipients are frequently affected by pleural effusions in the postoperative phase. Besides high volume turn over and low serum albumin, local…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Sequential Percutaneous Insertion of Two Plastic Biliary Stents through One Percutaneous Access for Biliary Anastomotic Strictures after Liver Transplantation

    F. Boyvat,1 A. Harman,1 A. Akdur,2 C. Aytekin,1 M. Kirnap,2 G. Moray,2 M. Haberal.2

    1Radiology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey; 2Transplantation, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.

    Introduction: Our purpose was to evaluate the management of biliary anastomotic strictures with simultaneous multiple percutaneous plastic stents for liver transplantsMaterials and Methods: Between 2007…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Obesity on Incidence of Vascular Complications after Liver Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis

    R. Deng, Y. Shi, B. Huang, Y. Ma.

    Organ Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    Background: In response to the growing number of obese patients undergoing liver transplantation(LT), it is important to investigate the impact of obesity on post-transplant outcomes.…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Transplant Hepatectomy with Portacaval Shunt and Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System (MARS) Therapy for Perioperative Catastrophe

    A. Cimeno, S. Sultan, J. Alvarez-Casas, S. Hanish, D. Bruno, W. Hutson, D. Stein, T. Scalea, R. Barth, J. LaMattina.

    University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

    Background: Increased worldwide focus on maximal donor utilization and transplantation of patients once considered too ill to survive liver transplantation may increase the otherwise rare…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Isolated Right Hepatic Vein (RHV) Obstruction after Piggyback Liver Transplantation, an Infrahepatic Terminolateral Cavo-Cavostomy as a Rescue Technique to Save the Graft

    K. Pineda-Solis, C. Florez-Zorrilla, A. Sanchez-Cedillo, L. Ladrón de Guevara-Cetrina.

    Transplant Unit, National Medical Center "20 de Noviembre", Mexico City, Mexico.

    Background: The “piggyback” technique for liver transplantation (LT) has gained acceptance around the world. However, outflow problems are more common than the classic technique.Material and…
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