2022 American Transplant Congress
Vascularized Tracheal Transplantation; A One Year Update
Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
*Purpose: In January 2021, we performed the first single stage vascularized tracheal transplantation for reconstruction of a 9.5 cm tracheal airway defect. One year after…2022 American Transplant Congress
Tracheostomy After Liver Transplantation: Utility and Impact
Liver and Pancreas Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: High acuity Liver transplant (LT) patients have an increased risk of postoperative respiratory failure requiring tracheostomy (TS). The use of TS in ventilator-dependent patients…2019 American Transplant Congress
Tracheostomy Following Liver Transplantation
Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: With the current demand for liver transplantation, sicker patients are frequently transplanted. These patient are at a higher risk of significant morbidity following surgery,…2018 American Transplant Congress
IL-17 is Critical for Airway Epithelial Injury after Transplantation
Background: Obliterative bronchiolitis is the major obstacle limiting long-term allograft survival of lung transplantation. Airway epithelium is the primary target in obliterative airway diseases. Th17…2016 American Transplant Congress
Airway Inflammation and Symptoms in Children Following Liver and Heart Transplantation.
Objectives: To describe the upper airway endoscopic findings of patients with stridor, stertor or sleep-disordered breathing after liver transplantation (LT) or heart transplantation (HT).Methods: Retrospective…2015 American Transplant Congress
Detergent-Sonication Method for the Whole Laryngeal Decellularization
Background: Each year, about 136,000 individuals worldwide are diagnosed with larynx carcinoma. Tissue engineered organs shows promising alternative to a conventional transplantation in both preclinical…
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