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View article: Long‐term growth and nutrition outcomes in children following intestinal transplantation
Long‐term growth and nutrition outcomes in children following intestinal transplantation Open
Objective Intestinal transplantation (ITx) has become an accepted option for children with serious complications from intestinal failure and parenteral nutrition (PN) dependence. We aimed to assess long‐term growth and nutritional outcomes…
View article: Liver Transplant Costs and Activity After United Network for Organ Sharing Allocation Policy Changes
Liver Transplant Costs and Activity After United Network for Organ Sharing Allocation Policy Changes Open
Importance A new liver allocation policy was implemented by United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) in February 2020 with the stated intent of improving access to liver transplant (LT). There are growing concerns nationally regarding the i…
View article: Considerations for the use of porcine organ donation models in preclinical organ donor intervention research
Considerations for the use of porcine organ donation models in preclinical organ donor intervention research Open
Use of animal models in preclinical transplant research is essential to the optimization of human allografts for clinical transplantation. Animal models of organ donation and preservation help to advance and improve technical elements of s…
View article: Anthropometrics, body composition, sarcopenia, and frailty in intestinal transplantation: A literature review and commentary
Anthropometrics, body composition, sarcopenia, and frailty in intestinal transplantation: A literature review and commentary Open
Frailty and sarcopenia are increasingly incorporated in the evaluation of solid organ transplant candidates. There can be adverse outcomes both pre- and post-transplant amongst patients identified as frail. Nutritional deficiencies and chr…
View article: Long-term outcomes of patients with kidney and intestine-containing graft co-transplantation
Long-term outcomes of patients with kidney and intestine-containing graft co-transplantation Open
Introduction: Transplant is the standard of care for patients with kidney or intestine failure. However, in patients with both kidney and intestine failure, it is unclear whether simultaneous or delayed transplant is preferred. This study …
View article: Gastric bypass reversal in patients with short bowel syndrome
Gastric bypass reversal in patients with short bowel syndrome Open
Background: 5–10 % patients developing short bowel syndrome (SBS) have undergone a previous gastric bypass (GBP) for morbid obesity. The benefits of restoring gastric anatomy in these patients is assumed but remains unclear. Our aim was to…
View article: Liver Transplantation as a New Standard of Care in Patients With Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma? Results From an International Benchmark Study
Liver Transplantation as a New Standard of Care in Patients With Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma? Results From an International Benchmark Study Open
Objective: To define benchmark values for liver transplantation (LT) in patients with perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PHC) enabling unbiased comparisons. Background: Transplantation for PHC is used with reluctance in many centers and even co…
View article: Presentation of preclinical gastrointestinal anatomy via laparoscopic simulation
Presentation of preclinical gastrointestinal anatomy via laparoscopic simulation Open
In this report, the authors examine the integration of teaching anatomical science with clinical implications in minimally invasive surgery. The authors hypothesized that implementation of integrated laparoscopic simulation during undergra…
View article: Impact of Portable Normothermic Blood-Based Machine Perfusion on Outcomes of Liver Transplant
Impact of Portable Normothermic Blood-Based Machine Perfusion on Outcomes of Liver Transplant Open
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02522871.
View article: A North American single-center experience with liver transplantation using thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion for donation after circulatory death
A North American single-center experience with liver transplantation using thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion for donation after circulatory death Open
To the Editor: Persistent interest in controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) liver transplantation exists due to supply-demand discrepancy for liver allografts. In the United States, over 2000 patients die or become too sick wh…
View article: Successful lung transplantation with graft recovered after thoracoabdominal normothermic perfusion from donor after circulatory death
Successful lung transplantation with graft recovered after thoracoabdominal normothermic perfusion from donor after circulatory death Open
Lung transplantation with lungs procured from donors after circulatory death (DCD) has been established as an alternative technique to traditional donation after brain death (DBD) with comparable outcomes. Recently, in situ thoracoabdomina…
View article: Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor With Humoral Hypercalcemia and High Tumor PD-L1 Score
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor With Humoral Hypercalcemia and High Tumor PD-L1 Score Open
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms. They can be functioning tumors with secretion of a variety of peptide hormones, or nonfunctioning tumors with metastases to the liver at the time of diagnosis.…
View article: Central diabetes insipidus unmasked by kidney transplantation: a case report and literature review
Central diabetes insipidus unmasked by kidney transplantation: a case report and literature review Open
Background: Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a relatively uncommon abnormality of water homeostasis resulting in the excess production of hypotonic polyuria. Post-transplant polyuria is typically self-limited and resolves without intervention. W…
View article: Ciliated Hepatic Foregut Cyst: A Report of a Case Incidentally Discovered during Transplant Evaluation
Ciliated Hepatic Foregut Cyst: A Report of a Case Incidentally Discovered during Transplant Evaluation Open
Ciliated hepatic foregut cyst (CHFC) is a rare benign cyst of the liver derived from an embryonic remnant of foregut epithelium. CHFC is typically asymptomatic and is found incidentally. Recent reports of malignant transformation may warra…
View article: Including colon in intestinal transplantation: a focus on post‐transplant renal function – a retrospective study
Including colon in intestinal transplantation: a focus on post‐transplant renal function – a retrospective study Open
Intestinal transplant recipients experience a high rate of renal complications secondary to dehydration due to increased ostomy output. It is hypothesized that inclusion of donor colon in the intestinal allograft may improve renal function…
View article: Repeated metastasectomy in an adolescent with fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report
Repeated metastasectomy in an adolescent with fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report Open
The fibrolamellar variant of hepatocellular carcinoma (FL-HCC) is a primary malignancy of the liver classically identified in the non-cirrhotic liver. By virtue of the non-cirrhotic liver background, patients with FL-HCC are more likely to…