2020 American Transplant Congress
Split Liver Transplantation in a Combined Adult/Pediatric Transplant Program
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
*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
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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Deceased Donor Split/Partial Liver Transplant for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Primary Indications and Waitlist Status for Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplants
*Purpose: Since 1989, living donor liver transplantation (LD) has been used for a selected population and has shown improved long-term graft survival. The aim was…2019 American Transplant Congress
Expansion Of The Use Of Left Lobe Grafts In Adult Liver Transplantation In The United States: Different Strategy Between Deceased And Living Donor Grafts
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Left-lobe grafts are underused for adult liver transplantation in the United States. Better strategy is needed to expand the use of left lobe in…2019 American Transplant Congress
Development and Implementation of a Pediatric Transplant Consortium
*Purpose: Access to pediatric liver transplant expertise varies nationally and variability in practice leads to potential suboptimal organ utilization and outcomes. A multi-institutional collaborative was…2018 American Transplant Congress
Frequency of Whole-Organ in Lieu of Split-Liver Transplantation over the Last Decade: Children Experienced Increased Wait Time and Death
Background: Organ shortage is a barrier in liver transplantation (LT). Split liver transplantation (SLT) increases organ utilization where a donor provides segmental grafts to 2…2018 American Transplant Congress
Split/Reduced Liver Grafts in Adult Liver Transplantation, No Longer a Risk for Graft Loss
General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Objective:Split/reduced graft liver transplantation(SRLT), while widely accepted in pediatrics, remains underutilized in adults. SRLT is considered a negative factor for graft quality(HR;1.52) in liver donor…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes from 194 Consecutive Split Left Liver Transplants: Comparison of Living versus Deceased Donors
Recanati/Miller Transplant Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.
Methods:Analysis of long term outcomes of 194 consecutive left lateral segment grafts (LLS) including 94 living (LD) and 99 deceased (DD) donor grafts (1992 -…