Articles tagged "Retransplantation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Early Recurrence of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis After Liver Transplantation Has No Negative Impact on Patients outcome'
B. Lowry,¹ W. El Moghazy,^1,2 G. Meeberg,¹ N. Kneteman.¹
¹Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery and Transplantation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; ²Surgery, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.
Liver transplantation (LT) is the only therapeutic option for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), however, recurrence of PSC (rPSC) post-LT occurs at rates ranging from 9-47%.…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Liver Re-Transplant Recipients With MELD above 40: A Decade Long Experience
Z. Baghmanli,¹ C. Ortiz,² N. Koizumi,³ J. Ortiz.¹
¹Surgery, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH; ²Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA; ³School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
Introduction:A significant proportion of liver transplant recipients will suffer from graft loss, after which liver retransplant (reLTx) becomes their only therapeutic option. Patients with very…