2016 American Transplant Congress
Probability, Risk Factors, and Long-Term Outcomes of Biliary Complications After Hepatic Artery Thrombosis in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients: 20 Years Experience from a Single Center.
General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) after liver transplantation (LT) is a devastating complication associated with ischemic biliary cholangiopathy (IBC) that can occur even after successful revascularization.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Biliary Epithelial Damage, Regenerative Capacity and Local Immune Response After Cold Storage of DBD Livers Determine Biliary Complications After Liver Transplantation.
Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Background: The aim of this study was to examine the development and molecular mechanisms of bile duct (BD) damage between organ retrieval and transplantation and…2016 American Transplant Congress
When Living Donor Liver Allografts Fail: Exploring the Pitfalls of Retransplantation Using Deceased Donor Organs.
Background: In the US, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is associated with increased long-term graft and patient survival compared to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT).…2016 American Transplant Congress
Financial Burdens and Coping Mechanisms of Living Kidney Donors.
1Yale U, New Haven; 2Northwestern U, Chicago; 3U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
BackgroundFinancial disincentives remain a major barrier to increasing rates of living kidney donation. A recent study found that 96% of living kidney donors (LKD) reported…2016 American Transplant Congress
Return on Investment for Financial Assistance for Living Kidney Donors in the United States.
Background: Federal financial support through the National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC) assists potential living donors who have prohibitive out-of-pocket expenses. We calculated the return…2016 American Transplant Congress
Who Should Decide? Potential Living Kidney Donor Preferences for Making Decisions About Risk.
1Yale U, New Haven; 2Northwestern U, Chicago; 3U Pennyslvania, Philadelphia.
BackgroundTransplant centers debate how to manage risks to potential living kidney donors (LKDs) when there is a lack of consensus about reasonable donor risk .We…2016 American Transplant Congress
Offering HCV-Positive Kidneys to HCV-Negative Patients on the Kidney Transplant Waitlist Is Lifesaving: Results of a Markov Model.
Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: Patients with ESRD on the transplant waitlist face substantial risks of dying without a transplant. Because 2/3 of kidneys from hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Readmission following Kidney Transplantation: Is Readmission Becoming More Risky?
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: Following kidney transplantation, 31% of recipients experience early hospital readmission (EHR) and readmission is independently associated with increased risk of graft loss and mortality.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Functional Status and Comorbidity Are Associated with High Costs After Liver Transplantation.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the clinical characteristics associated with high costs of liver transplantation (LT) at a large transplant center…2016 American Transplant Congress
Have We Gone Too Far Defining Performance Outliers? One-Third of Kidney Transplant Programs Now Identified for Low Performance within Three Years.
Transplant center report cards developed by SRTR are publicly available and utilized for regulatory oversight and insurance contracting. There are significant associations of performance oversight…
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