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Articles tagged "Post-operative complications"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of a Pharmacist in an Outpatient Heart Transplant Clinic

    A. Prom1, D. Ricciuti1, J. Newman2, C. Doligalski1

    1UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC, 2Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC

    *Purpose: Data describing the impact of a pharmacist in ambulatory medication management of heart transplant recipients (HTRs) is lacking. Following the addition of an ambulatory…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Application of Incisional Wound Vac to Decrease Wound Complications and Surgical Site Infections: A Single Center Pilot Project

    E. K. Venniro, M. Dokus, J. Taylor, R. Kashyap

    University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

    *Purpose: Wound complications and surgical site infections (SSIs) are common but morbid complications of transplant in immunosuppressed patients. Kidney transplant patients who are obese, highly…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Comparative Outcomes of Endovascular Interventions for Hepatic Artery Stenosis Following Adult Liver Transplantation

    S. Desai1, D. Crabtree2, A. Parsikia2, R. Ahuja1, A. Desai1, B. Natarajan1, P. Brady1, H. Kaul3, K. Khanmoradi3, R. Zaki3, N. Chandolias3

    1Interventional Radiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2General Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 3Transplant Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: There is mounting evidence supporting interventional radiology (IR) treatment for hepatic artery stenosis (HAS) following liver transplantation to improve diminutive graft perfusion and to…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Biliary Complications Following Adult Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation: Risk Factors and Implications at a High-Volume US Center

    A. Matar, K. Ross-Driscoll, L. Kenney, H. Wichmann, J. F. Magliocca, W. H. Kitchens

    Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA

    *Purpose: Biliary leaks and anastomotic strictures comprise the majority of biliary complications (BCs) following liver transplantation. Most case series of BCs in adult deceased donor…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Comprehensive Intrahepatic Biliary Anatomy Underscores the Split-ability and the Origin of Biliary Leakage in Hemiliver Split Liver Transplant

    J. Nguyen1, K. Musto1, M. Dougherty1, R. Paz-Fugamalli2, D. Harnois1

    1Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, 2Radiology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL

    *Purpose: Hemiliver splitting is an effective approach to optimize the number of liver allografts available for both adult and pediatric patients on liver transplant waitlist.…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Intestinal Insufficiency May Affect Outcomes After Pediatric Liver Transplantation

    A. K. Batra, M. Desai, J. Yang, K. Cummins, H. Oden-Brunson, H. Ling, S. Beer, J. Goss, N. Galvan

    Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine if pre-transplant feeding intolerance is associated with poorer post-OLT (orthotopic liver transplant) outcomes in pediatric liver…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Splenectomy on Living Donor Liver Transplantation Using Small Grafts

    M. Fujiki, E. Aleassa, C. Quintini, F. Aucejo, K. Sasaki, B. Eghtesad, T. Diago, D. Kwon, C. Miller, K. Hashimoto

    Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: Simultaneous splenectomy with living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is widely used in Asian countries to decrease the risk of small-for-size syndrome (SFSS). However, the…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Postoperative Tracheostomy as a Predictor of Poor Clinical Outcomes in Lung Transplantation

    E. C. Klipsch, T. J. Hathaway, D. Roe, C. Hage, M. Duncan, R. S. Mangus

    Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

    *Purpose: Tracheostomies are commonly performed postoperatively in lung transplant recipients to provide ventilation for prolonged periods, and with relatively few studies detailing these patients’ outcomes…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Re-Do Hepatic Artery Reconstruction for Thrombosis Can Save Grafts and Patients without Retransplantation: Lessons Learned from 1,355Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantations

    S. Hong, N. Yi, K. Hong, E. Han, S. Suh, J. Lee, S. Hong, Y. Choi, U. Jin, H. Chang, K. Lee, K. Suh

    Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) after liver transplantation is associated with a marked increase in morbidity, being the main cause of graft loss and bile…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    AM PAC Scores and Liver Transplant Resource Utilization

    M. Pierpont1, M. Gosselin2, K. Robichaux3, A. Kumar1, J. Buggs4, N. Kemmer5

    1Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2Honors College, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, 3Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 4Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, 5Transplant Hepatology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL

    *Purpose: Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC) is a tool utilized to assess three functional domains: basic mobility, daily activities, and applied cognition. Previous studies…
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