2023
The Current State of Liver Transplantation for Colorectal Liver Metastases in the United States: A Call for Standardized Reporting
Sasaki K, Ruffolo L, Kim M, Fujiki M, Hashimoto K, Imaoka Y, Melcher M, Aucejo F, Tomiyama K, Hernandez-Alejandro R. The Current State of Liver Transplantation for Colorectal Liver Metastases in the United States: A Call for Standardized Reporting. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2023, 30: 2769-2777. PMID: 36719568, PMCID: PMC9888331, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-13147-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColorectal liver metastasesLiving donor LTLiver transplantationLiver metastasesNonresectable colorectal liver metastasesSurvival rateTime of LTOverall survival rateMELD-Na scoreDDLT groupLT patientsTransplant center characteristicsOncological historyDisease-freeTherapeutic optionsPatient selectionLiver tumorsHepatocellular carcinomaTransplant oncologyU.S. transplant centersPosttransplant outcomesSharing databaseTransplant centersUNOS dataPatients
2020
Long-Term Financial, Psychosocial, and Overall Health-Related Quality of Life After Living Liver Donation
Raza M, Kim M, Ding L, Fong T, Romero C, Genyk Y, Sher L, Emamaullee J. Long-Term Financial, Psychosocial, and Overall Health-Related Quality of Life After Living Liver Donation. Journal Of Surgical Research 2020, 253: 41-52. PMID: 32320896, PMCID: PMC8351216, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.03.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth-related quality of lifeHealth-related qualityQuality of lifeHRQoL outcomesU.S. population normsShort Form-36Quality of Life SurveyFollow-upDiverse patient populationsPhysical activityHealthy potential donorsPopulation normsLiving liver donorsShort formHealth insuranceLifetime follow-upU.S. populationQuality of Life Survey dataLife SurveyAging populationLiver donationPatient populationPostdonation follow-upOutcomesWork performance
2019
Immunologic benefit of maternal donors in pediatric living donor liver transplantation
Kim M, Akbari O, Genyk Y, Kohli R, Emamaullee J. Immunologic benefit of maternal donors in pediatric living donor liver transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation 2019, 23: e13560. PMID: 31402535, DOI: 10.1111/petr.13560.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLDLT recipientsPediatric LDLT recipientsPediatric LDLTImmune tolerancePost-transplantPrimary diagnosis of biliary atresiaImpact of graft typeMechanisms of immune toleranceDiagnosis of biliary atresiaOperational toleranceImprove outcomesLong-term follow-upPediatric LDLT patientsWithdrawal of immunosuppressionRegulatory T cellsImproving allograft survivalTime post-transplantDonor liver transplantationDeceased donor recipientsMaternal-fetal microchimerismRate of rejectionLDLT patientsAllograft survivalBiliary atresiaPatient survival