2015 American Transplant Congress
Ten-Year Follow-Up After Live Kidney Donation – A Prospective Cohort Study
BACKGROUNDPreviously reported short-term results after live kidney donation, show no negative consequences for the donor. The occurrence of e.g. cardiovascular diseases takes years to emerge,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Are Living Kidney Donors Who Apply Via a Web-Based Screening Application as Likely to Be Evaluated and Donate as Compared to Phone Applicants?
Vanderbilt University, Nashville.
Purpose: Most transplant centers screen self-referring donors using phone and written surveys. Previous research at our center has shown that a web-based application for screening…2015 American Transplant Congress
Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy of Multiple Renal Artery Kidneys: Single Center Experience
Multi-Organ Transplant Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Introduction:Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) is the preferred procedure to procure kidneys from most living donors (LDs). However, transplant surgeons might shy away from LDN when…2015 American Transplant Congress
Psychological Benefit After Living Kidney Donation: Is It a Myth?
Renal Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: The moral and ethical justification for living donation is provided by an assumed psychological benefit to the donor after donation. However, there are no…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Kidney Transplantation Using Right Versus Three Left Renal Arteries After Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Single-Center Experience of 764 Cases
Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
OBJECTIVE:In laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN), technical problems are less common in the right side than in the left side. In addition, several study series have…2015 American Transplant Congress
Induction Avoidance in 2-Haplotype-Matched White Living Kidney Transplantation
Background: We hypothesize that 2-haplotype matched white living kidney transplant recipients carry a low immunologic risk for rejection, and therefore do not give induction therapy…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Kidney Transplantation from Obese Living Donors: Histological Evaluation Using Zero-Time Biopsy Specimens
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The relationship between preimplantation biopsy and graft outcome in kidney transplantation from obese living donors has not been studied. We reviewed graft…2015 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of the Clinical Outcome and Surgical Invasiveness for Living Donor Nephrectomy Between Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery and Single-Port Surgery
Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:Single-port surgery (SPS) for living donor nephrectomy (LDN) is challenging. Whether SPS is less invasive compared to conventional laparoscopic surgery (CLS) using several…2015 American Transplant Congress
C1q Reactivity and IgG Subtypes After HLA Antibody Removal Therapy With Carfilzomib in Thoracic Transplant Recipients
Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Conventional therapies for antibody removal consisting of plasma exchange with IVIG and Rituximab are partially effective in desensitization protocols and for treatment of antibody mediated…2015 American Transplant Congress
Histologic Patterns of C4d Associated With Acute Antibody Mediated Rejection of the Lung Allograft
Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
The diagnosis of antibody mediated rejection (AMR) of the lung allograft still represents a diagnostic challenge for pathologist and transplant physicians alike. The morphologic and…
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