In This Section

Abdominal Organ Transplant

Antonio Di Carlo, MD

  • Nguyen K, Diamond A, Carlo AD, Karhadkar S. Characterization of Kidney Retransplantation Following Graft Failure Due to BK Virus Nephropathy J Surg Res. 2022 Jan;269:110-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.047. Epub 2021 Sep 20. 
  • Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Moten AS, Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Lau KN. Fatty liver: The metabolic syndrome increases major hepatectomy mortality. Surgery. 2021 May;169(5):1054-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.021. Epub 2020 Dec 24. 
  • Fagenson AM, Powers BD, Zorbas KA, Karhadkar S, Karachristos A, Di Carlo A, Lau KN. Frailty Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: An ACS-NSQIP Cohort Analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Apr;25(4):932-940. doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04570-1. Epub 2020 Mar 24.
  • Panichella J, Curtis H, Nguyen K, Resweber C, Gunder M, Di Carlo A, Karhadkar S.  High and Low Frequency Domino Liver Transplantation Centers Demonstrate Similar Performance Outcomes.  J Surg Res. 2022 Jan;269:144-150. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.08.016. Epub 2021 Sep 23.
  • Fatty liver: The metabolic syndrome increases major hepatectomy mortality. Alexander M. Fagenson, Henry A Pitt, Ambria S. Moten, Sunil Karhadkar, Antonio Di Carlo, Kwan N. Lau. 2021 May;169(5):1054-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.021. Epub 2020 Dec 24.PMID: 33358472 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.021
  • Frailty Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: An ACS-NSQIP Cohort Analysis.  Alexander M. Fagenson, Henry A Pitt, Ambria S. Moten, Sunil Karhadkar, Antonio Di Carlo, Kwan N. Lau. J Gastrointest Surg.  2021 Apr;25(4):932-940. doi: PMID: 32212087 PMCID: PMC7222970 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-020-04570-110.1007/s11605-020-04570-1. Epub 2020 Mar 24.
  • Characterization of Kidney Retransplantation Following Graft Failure Due to BK Virus Nephropathy.Kaitlin Nguyen ,Adam Diamond , Antonio Di Carlo , Sunil Karhadkar .J Surg Res 2021 Sep 18;269:110-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.047. Online ahead of print.  PMID: 34547587 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.047
  • Gunder, M., Lakhter, V., Lau, K., Karhadkar, S. S., Di Carlo, A., & Bashir, R. (2019). Endovascular intervention for iliac vein thrombosis after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant. Journal of surgical case reports, 2019(4), rjz024. https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz024
  • Fagenson AM, P Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Fatty Liver: The Metabolic Syndrome increases Post-Hepatectomy Mortality, accepted for ACS, Chicago, October 2020
  • Fagenson AM, Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Congested Liver: An Uncommon Entity Associated with Increased Post-Hepatectomy Morbidity, accepted for ACS, Chicago, October 2020
  • Fagenson, A. M., Powers, B. D., Zorbas, K. A., Karhadkar, S., Karachristos, A., Di Carlo, A., & Lau, K. N. (2020). Frailty Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: An ACS-NSQIP Cohort Analysis. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 1–9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-020-04570-1

Sunil Karhadkar, MD

  • Nguyen K, Diamond A, Carlo AD, Karhadkar S. Characterization of Kidney Retransplantation Following Graft Failure Due to BK Virus Nephropathy.  J Surg Res. 2022 Jan;269:110-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.047. Epub 2021 Sep 20.
  • Panichella J, Curtis H, Nguyen K, Resweber C, Gunder M, Di Carlo A, Karhadkar S.  High and Low Frequency Domino Liver Transplantation Centers Demonstrate Similar Performance Outcomes.  J Surg Res. 2022 Jan;269:144-150. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.08.016. Epub 2021 Sep 23.
  • Fagenson AM, Powers BD, Zorbas KA, Karhadkar S, Karachristos A, Di Carlo A, Lau KN. Frailty Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: An ACS-NSQIP Cohort Analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Apr;25(4):932-940. doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04570-1. Epub 2020 Mar 24.
  • Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Moten AS, Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Lau KN. Fatty liver: The metabolic syndrome increases major hepatectomy mortality. Surgery. 2021 May;169(5):1054-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.021. Epub 2020 Dec 24. 
  • Nguyen K, Diamond A, Carlo AD, Karhadkar S. Characterization of Kidney Retransplantation Following Graft Failure Due to BK Virus Nephropathy J Surg Res. 2022 Jan;269:110-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.047. Epub 2021 Sep 20. 
  • Fatty liver: The metabolic syndrome increases major hepatectomy mortality. Alexander M. Fagenson, Henry A Pitt, Ambria S. Moten, Sunil Karhadkar, Antonio Di Carlo, Kwan N. Lau. 2021 May;169(5):1054-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.021. Epub 2020 Dec 24.PMID: 33358472 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.021
  • Frailty Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: An ACS-NSQIP Cohort Analysis.  Alexander M. Fagenson, Henry A Pitt, Ambria S. Moten, Sunil Karhadkar, Antonio Di Carlo, Kwan N. Lau. J Gastrointest Surg.  2021 Apr;25(4):932-940. doi: PMID: 32212087 PMCID: PMC7222970 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-020-04570-110.1007/s11605-020-04570-1. Epub 2020 Mar 24.
  • Characterization of Kidney Retransplantation Following Graft Failure Due to BK Virus Nephropathy.Kaitlin Nguyen ,Adam Diamond , Antonio Di Carlo , Sunil Karhadkar .J Surg Res 2021 Sep 18;269:110-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.047. Online ahead of print.  PMID: 34547587 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.07.047
  • Outcomes of Older Ptients in the Recent Era of Heart Kidney Transplantation.  Lynn R Punnoose , Swati Rao , Mythili M Ghanta , Sunil S Karhadkar , Rene Alvarez .  Transplant Proc Jan-Feb 2021;53(1):341-347.
  • Gunder, M., Lakhter, V., Lau, K., Karhadkar, S. S., Di Carlo, A., & Bashir, R. (2019). Endovascular intervention for iliac vein thrombosis after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant. Journal of surgical case reports, 2019(4), rjz024. https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz024
  • Fagenson AM, P Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Fatty Liver: The Metabolic Syndrome increases Post-Hepatectomy Mortality, accepted for ACS, Chicago, October 2020
  • Fagenson AM, Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Congested Liver: An Uncommon Entity Associated with Increased Post-Hepatectomy Morbidity, accepted for ACS, Chicago, October 2020
  • Fagenson, A. M., Powers, B. D., Zorbas, K. A., Karhadkar, S., Karachristos, A., Di Carlo, A., & Lau, K. N. (2020). Frailty Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: An ACS-NSQIP Cohort Analysis. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 1–9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-020-04570-1

Kwan Nang Lau, MD

  • Moten AS, Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Lau KN.  Recent Improvements in Racial Disparity in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: How Times Have Changed. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Oct;25(10):2535-2544. doi: 10.1007/s11605-021-04912-7. Epub 2021 Feb 5.
  • Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Moten AS, Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Lau KN.  Fatty liver: The metabolic syndrome increases major hepatectomy mortality. Surgery. 2021 May;169(5):1054-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.021. Epub 2020 Dec 24.
  • Fagenson AM, Powers BD, Zorbas KA, Karhadkar S, Karachristos A, Di Carlo A, Lau KN. Frailty Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: An ACS-NSQIP Cohort Analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Apr;25(4):932-940. doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04570-1. Epub 2020 Mar 24.
  • Taylor GA, Fagenson AM, Kuo LE, Pitt HA, Lau KN.  Predicting Operative Outcomes in Patients with Liver Disease: Albumin-Bilirubin Score vs Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium Score. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Apr;232(4):470-480.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.11.020. Epub 2020 Dec 18.
  • Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Nabi F, Lau KN, Pitt HA. When does a Pringle Maneuver cause harm?  HPB (Oxford). 2021 Apr;23(4):587-594. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2020.07.014. Epub 2020 Sep 12.
  • Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Minimally Invasive Hepatectomy in North America: Laparoscopic Versus Robotic. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Jan;25(1):85-93. doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04703-6. Epub 2020 Jun 24.
  • Fagenson AM, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Perioperative Blood Transfusions or Operative Time: Which Drives Post-Hepatectomy Outcomes? Am Surg. 2021 Jan 1:3134821998666. doi: 10.1177/0003134821998666. Online ahead of print.
  • Fatty liver: The metabolic syndrome increases major hepatectomy mortality. Alexander M. Fagenson, Henry A Pitt, Ambria S. Moten, Sunil Karhadkar, Antonio Di Carlo, Kwan N. Lau. 2021 May;169(5):1054-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.021. Epub 2020 Dec 24.PMID: 33358472 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.021
  • Frailty Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: An ACS-NSQIP Cohort Analysis.  Alexander M. Fagenson, Henry A Pitt, Ambria S. Moten, Sunil Karhadkar, Antonio Di Carlo, Kwan N. Lau. J Gastrointest Surg.  2021 Apr;25(4):932-940. doi: PMID: 32212087 PMCID: PMC7222970 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-020-04570-110.1007/s11605-020-04570-1. Epub 2020 Mar 24.
  • Predicting Operative Outcomes in Patients with Liver Disease: Albumin-Bilirubin Score vs Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodim Score.  Taylor GA, Fagenson AM, Kuo LE, Pitt HA, Lau KN.  J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Apr;232(4):470-480.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.11.020. Epub 2020 Dec 18.
  • PMID: 33346079
  • Gunder, M., Lakhter, V., Lau, K., Karhadkar, S. S., Di Carlo, A., & Bashir, R. (2019). Endovascular intervention for iliac vein thrombosis after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant. Journal of surgical case reports, 2019(4), rjz024. https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz024
  • Fagenson, A. M., Powers, B. D., Zorbas, K. A., Karhadkar, S., Karachristos, A., Di Carlo, A., & Lau, K. N. (2020). Frailty Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis: An ACS-NSQIP Cohort Analysis. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 1–9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-020-04570-1
  • Fagenson, A. M., Gleeson, E. M., Pitt, H. A., & Lau, K. N. (2020). Albumin-Bilirubin Score vs Model for End-Stage Liver Disease in Predicting Post-Hepatectomy Outcomes. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 230(4), 637–645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.12.007
  • Fagenson AM, Gleeson EM, Lau KN, Karachristos A, Pitt HA, Early drain removal after hepatectomy: an underutilized management strategy. HPB (Oxford). 2020 Mar 24. pii: S1365-182X(20)30086-1.
  • Fagenson AM, Gleeson E, Pitt HA, Lau KN.  Minimally Invasive Hepatectomy in North America: Laparoscopic Versus Robotic, accepted for oral presentation, SSAT, Chicago, May 2020
  • Moten AS, Lau KN. Racial Disparity in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Have Times Changed, accepted for ACS, Chicago, October 2020
  • Fagenson AM, P Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Fatty Liver: The Metabolic Syndrome increases Post-Hepatectomy Mortality, accepted for ACS, Chicago, October 2020
  • Fagenson AM, Karhadkar SS, Di Carlo A, Pitt HA, Lau KN. Congested Liver: An Uncommon Entity Associated with Increased Post-Hepatectomy Morbidity, accepted for ACS, Chicago, October 2020