Hepatology

Transplant Hepatology

Questions discussed in this category

With an increase in the prevalence of MASLD in the United States population, what recipient and donor characteristics do you find favorable for acceptance of a highly steatotic graft?

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How do you determine when you would treat an identified spleno-renal shunt and how?

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What would be the right patient profile and experience for someone who may have (operational) tolerance and how do you approach immunosuppresison management (or withdrawal) in this patient?

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Can tacrolimus in a transplant patient be used during radiation and concurrent chemoradiation?

Does your practice differ depending on the disease site?

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How do you determine which patients are good candidates to have their organ receive machine perfusion therapy before implantation?

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What patient features would favor the creation of a Hutson loop intra-operatively?

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How do you approach the evaluation of a living donor liver transplant candidate?

What kind of patient would be an ideal recipient of such an organ?

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How do you counsel patients on the use of marginal organs and/or high risk donors who are on the liver transplant wait list?

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How do you approach risk of development of PTLD in liver transplant recipients with positive EBV antibodies and/or viral loads?

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How much do you factor in a patient's frailty in selection for transplant if the underlying driver for their debility is their underlying liver disease itself?

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Papers discussed in this category

Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 2024 Jun 10

Percutaneous Biliary Interventions via the Modified Hutson Loop in Patients with Biliary-Enteric Anastomoses: A Retrospective Study.

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