Articles tagged "Split-liver transplantation"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Ex Vivo Liver Resection and Autotransplantation – Should It Be Used More Frequently?
J. Weiner¹, A. Griesemer¹, A. Hemming², D. Levi³, T. Beduschi⁴, R. Matsumoto¹, A. Mathur¹, J. Emond¹, T. Kato¹
¹Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ³Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, ⁴University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: Ex vivo liver resection expands the limits of resectability for advanced liver tumors but remains underutilized due to concerns about technical complexity and vascular…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Thrombolytic Therapy During Ex-Vivo Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Human Livers Reduces Peribiliary Vascular Plexus Injury
O. Haque¹, S. Raigani², I. Rosales², C. Carroll², T. M. Coe², S. Baptista², H. Yeh², K. Uygun², J. F. Markmann²
¹Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: A major limitation in expanding the use of DCD livers in transplantation are the higher rates of graft failure secondary to ischemic cholangiopathy. Warm…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Adult Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation with Split Liver Grafts vs Whole Liver Grafts. A Single-Center Experience
P. Vargas¹, C. Argo², H. Zachary², M. Stotts², N. Intagliata², P. Northup², S. Pelletier¹, J. Oberholzer¹, N. Goldaracena¹
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: The present study aims to report outcomes of adults following SLT in a single-center and compare this selected group with adults recipients following whole…
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
Living Donor versus Deceased Donor Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes
A. Barbetta¹, C. Butler², S. Barhouma², R. Hogen¹, B. Roque¹, H. Schillperoort³, G. Meeberg⁴, J. Shapiro⁵, Y. Kwon¹, R. Kohli⁶, J. Emamaullee¹
¹Surgery, abdominal transplat, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Norris Medical Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Department of Surgery,, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Reduced size deceased donors and living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) can help address the organ shortage for pediatric liver transplant candidates. Concerns regarding technical…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Center Use of Technical Variant Grafts Impacts Pediatric Liver Transplant Waitlist and Recipient Outcomes in the United States
G. Mazariegos¹, E. R. Perito², J. Squires¹, K. Soltys¹, A. Griesemer³, S. A. Taylor⁴, E. Pahl⁵
¹Childrens Hosp of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁵Omnilife, Lexington, KY
*Purpose: Assessing composite outcome measures are critical when evaluating graft type selection in pediatric liver transplantation (LT).*Methods: OPTN data on children listed for first-time LT…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Deceased Donor Split/Partial Liver Transplant for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
L. Matsuoka, T. Sutcliffe, I. Feurer, S. Rega, S. Alexopoulos
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: To mitigate waiting time for liver transplant for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and increase available organs, partial or split liver transplant (SLT) has been utilized.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Split Liver Transplantation in a Combined Adult/Pediatric Transplant Program
J. Botha, R. Britz, J. Loveland, B. Strobele, S. Rambarran
School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa
*Purpose: Split liver transplantation (SLT) is an accepted surgical strategy to decrease waitlist mortality for pediatric recipients, concerns regarding increased morbidity right tri-segment graft (RTG)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Adult Split Liver Transplants Increased after Implementation of a Pediatric Liver Transplant Program
J. Cullen¹, P. Vargas¹, S. Pelletier¹, K. Soltys², S. Rasmussen¹, G. Mazariegos², J. Oberholzer¹, N. Goldaracena¹
¹Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Split liver transplantation (SLT) is a strategy to address organ shortage, but is technically more demanding than whole liver transplants.*Methods: SLTs conducted at a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
New Concept of Liver Transplatation in Pediatric Patient – Up Side Down Metod
P. Dubska, L. Janousek, J. Chlupac, M. Kocik, J. Fronek
Transplantation Surgery, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LTx) in pediatrics has become an accepted modality for treatment in end-stage liver disease and irreversible acute liver failure. Left lateral segment…