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| Jean F BothaSummaryAffiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: an updateJean F Botha
Department of Surgery, Section of Transplantation, UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3285
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 4:762-7. 2006..Controversy now exists regarding the use of living donors, expansion of selection criteria, and role of adjuvant therapy...
Endovascular closure of a hemiportocaval shunt after small-for-size adult-to-adult left lobe living donor liver transplantationJean F Botha
Division of Transplantation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Liver Transpl 15:1671-5. 2009..In this report, we describe a novel technique for occluding a hemiportocaval shunt in a patient who developed hepatic encephalopathy after receiving a small-for-size left lobe liver allograft from a living donor...- Left lobe adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation: small grafts and hemiportocaval shunts in the prevention of small-for-size syndromeJean F Botha
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Liver Transpl 16:649-57. 2010..As it matures, this technique has the potential for widespread application and could positively effect donor safety, the donor pool, and waiting list times... - Isolated liver transplantation in infants with end-stage liver disease due to short bowel syndromeJean F Botha
Department of Surgery, Section of Organ Transplantation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68918 3285, USA
Liver Transpl 12:1062-6. 2006..65 to 3.05). In conclusion, Isolated liver transplantation in children with liver failure as a result of SBS, who have favorable prognostic features for full enteral adaptation, is feasible with satisfactory long-term survival... - Mild donor liver steatosis has no impact on hepatitis C virus fibrosis progression following liver transplantationJean F Botha
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3285, USA
Liver Int 27:758-63. 2007..This study examines the impact of donor liver macrovesicular steatosis on recurrence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) disease after liver transplantation... - Portosystemic shunts in children: a 15-year experienceJean F Botha
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3285, USA
J Am Coll Surg 199:179-85. 2004..PSS, in particular the distal splenorenal shunt, has produced excellent results. This experience challenges the need for alternative forms of portal decompression... - Stool calprotectin monitoring after small intestine transplantationDavid F Mercer
Section of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3285, USA
Transplantation 91:1166-71. 2011..The ability to diagnose rejection noninvasively, ideally before pathologic manifestations, would be a major advance in the care of intestinal transplant patients... - Plasma nitrite and nitrate levels as a noninvasive marker of pathology after human small bowel transplantationYimin Sun
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3285, USA
Transplantation 89:307-11. 2010..We hypothesized that increased plasma nitrite and nitrate (NOx) levels measured after small bowel transplant would be associated with abnormal final pathology... - Should multivisceral transplantation be considered in patients colonized with multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa?Diana F Florescu
Transplant Infectious Diseases Program, Infectious Diseases Division, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska NE 68198 5400, USA
Microb Drug Resist 18:74-8. 2012..We discuss the dilemma concerning the transplantation of patients colonized with multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas spp., its potential consequences, and the peri and postoperative management of these patients... - Risk of cytomegalovirus disease in high-risk liver transplant recipients on valganciclovir prophylaxis: a systematic review and meta-analysisAndre C Kalil
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Liver Transpl 18:1440-7. 2012..9-fold increase in the risk of leukopenia. Alternative CMV prophylaxis should be used for liver transplant recipients... - Immunosuppression in liver transplantationSandeep Mukherjee
Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 983285 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3285, USA
Curr Drug Targets 10:557-74. 2009..This article will review currently used immunosuppressants in liver transplantation, novel therapies in development and the impact of these medications of the recurrence of hepatitis C after liver transplantation... - Acute Budd-Chiari syndrome during pregnancy: surgical treatment and orthotopic liver transplantation with successful completion of the pregnancyWendy J Grant
Organ Transplantation Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Liver Transpl 9:976-9. 2003..It is the only case of surgical treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome during pregnancy reported in the literature... - Transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinomaB Daniel Campos
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 7:409-16; quiz 417. 2009..The future challenge is to better characterize biologic staging/prognostic indicators that could expand the understanding and success in treating both malignancies... - Salvage of renal allograft using venous thrombectomy in the setting of iliofemoral venous thrombosisSamual P Sterrett
Nebraska Medical Center, Surgery, Omaha, 68198, USA
Nephrol Dial Transplant 19:1637-9. 2004 
Preresection obesity increases the risk of hepatobiliary complications in short bowel syndromeJon S Thompson
The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Nutrients 4:1358-66. 2012..14%, p < 0.05). Obese patients developing SBS are at increased risk of developing hepatobiliary complications. ESLD was similar in the two groups overall but occurs more frequently in obese patients maintained on chronic PN...- West Nile virus-associated encephalitis in recipients of renal and pancreas transplants: case series and literature reviewKadiyala V Ravindra
Department of Surgery, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3285, USA
Clin Infect Dis 38:1257-60. 2004..We also review the literature on West Nile fever in organ transplant recipients. In areas where West Nile virus is endemic, one must have a high index of suspicion for the illness when dealing with fever in transplant recipients... - Strategies to optimize donor safety with smaller grafts for adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantationB Daniel Campos
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Curr Opin Organ Transplant 17:230-4. 2012..To describe our current understanding of adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (AA-LDLT) in terms of graft size...