2016 American Transplant Congress
A Virtual Crossmatch Algorithm That Mimics the Sensitivity of Flow Cytometric Crossmatch.
NJ Sharing Network, New Providence, NJ.
Aim: The new Kidney Allocation System has increased requests for virtual crossmatches (VXM) to predict the possibility of a negative donor specific crossmatch. This study…2016 American Transplant Congress
U.S. Dialysis Facility Characteristics Associated with Racial Disparities in Access to the Kidney Deceased Donor Transplant Waiting List.
BACKGROUND Dialysis facility characteristics have been significantly associated with variation in U.S. transplant rates but facility characteristics associated with disparities in access to the kidney…2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Scoring Systems Predicting Patient Survival at Time of Kidney Transplantation.
Nephrology, Charite, Berlin, Germany.
Introduction:Estimating life expectancy in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) at time of transplantation is important to achieve the best functional match between patient and graft survival.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Does DCD Donor Time-to-Death After Withdrawal of Support Affect Recipient Outcomes? Implications of Time-to-Death at a High-Volume Center in the United States.
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Introduction: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) kidneys represent 15% of the deceased donor kidneys transplanted in the United States. A majority of transplant centers will…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Recipient Absolute Weight Mismatch and the Risk of Graft Loss in Renal Transplantation.
Background: Relatively smaller kidney donor to recipient size is proposed to result in increased graft loss due to nephron underdosing and hyperfiltration injury but few…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Early Acute Rejection and Delayed Graft Function on Graft Outcomes at Six Months in Adult Deceased Donor Kidney Recipients.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Graft function as determined by GFR is an important predictor of long-term graft and patient survival after deceased donor kidney transplantation. KDPI is an important…2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Acute Rejections in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Time for HLA-DR Matching in Elderly Recipients?
Nephrology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Background. Within the Eurotransplant Senior Allocation Program (ESP) HLA-matching is neglected,potentially causing inferior outcomes. There is a lack of data analysing the long-term immunologic outcomes…2016 American Transplant Congress
Learning Curve of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy for Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellows.
PURPOSE: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) requires a high degree of surgical competence and skill. UNOS recommends that fellowship-trained surgeons participate in 15 LDN to be…2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Operative Complications and 1,5,& 10 Year Outcomes in Living Donors by Type of Live Donor Nephrectomy – UK Cohort Study.
It is important to have a better understanding of the short and long term outcomes and risks of kidney donation. We studied the occurrence of…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Oldest and Coldest in Kidney Paired Donation: Experience of the National Kidney Registry.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate renal allograft efficacy and survivability in elderly donors and prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT).METHODS: 1,402 living donor kidney transplants from 02/2008-06/2015 recorded…
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