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2021 American Transplant Congress
Living Organ Donor Perspectives on Covid-19 Vaccines
M. N. Harhay¹, A. Klassen², H. Zaidi¹, M. Mittelman³, R. Bertha³, R. Mannon⁴, K. Lentine⁵
¹Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ³American Living Organ Donor Fund, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Promoting widespread COVID-19 vaccinations is a crucial strategy to protect living organ donors and transplant recipients during the pandemic. We examined perspectives and sources…
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Prostate Cancer Mortality is Not Worse Among Kidney Transplant Recipients Compared to Dialysis Patients
N. Sarabu¹, W. Dong², S. M. Koroukian²
¹University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Recent recommendations from expert panel of American Society of Transplantation (AST) state that most patients with prostate cancer (PCa) do not need to wait…
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Characterizing Kidney Transplant Recipients with SARS-CoV-2: An Academic Single Center Experience
S. Nahi, A. Shetty, S. Tanna, J. Leventhal
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Kidney transplant (KTx) recipients are a unique cohort in regard to SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and clinical course, owing to their immunosuppressed state and propensity for…
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Outcomes of Liver Transplantation for Combined Hepatocellular Cholangiocarcinoma: A Single-center Experience
Y. Liu¹, C. Hanlon¹, S. Zhou¹, D. Toy¹, K. King², K. Zhou³, J. Kahn³, L. Yuan³
¹Internal Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Radiology, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Internal Medicine - Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcinoma (cHCC-CCA) is a hepatic tumor that exhibits histological features of both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). cHCC-CCA is often diagnosed…
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Hla Antigens and Recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
B. I. Shaw¹, A. Ochoa², C. Chan², R. A. Gbadegesin³, A. M. Jackson¹, E. T. Chambers³
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Recurrence of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) reduces graft survival yet risk factors remain elusive. While HLA risk alleles are known to be associated with…
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Liver Transplantation for Unresectable Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: A Multicenter Experience
L. I. Ruffolo¹, K. Sasaki², K. Tomiyama¹, A. Nair¹, M. Orloff¹, B. Al-Judaibi³, M. Levstik³, M. Laryea³, K. Dokus¹, J. Errigo¹, A. Moro², C. Quintini², K. Hashimoto², M. Fujiki², K. Menon², C. Kwon², T. Diago Uso², R. Hernandez-Alejandro¹, F. Aucejo²
¹Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ³Transplant Hepatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
*Purpose: Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer related death, unfortunately 50% of patients will develop colorectal liver metastases (CRLM), and a minority…
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T Cell Repertoire Diversity in HCV-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Waitlisted for Liver Transplantation and Receiving Liver-Directed Therapy
K. Nunez, T. Sandow, A. Cohen, P. Thevenot
Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: T cell receptor (TCR) sequencing in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients revealed a diverse TCR repertoire in hepatitis B-associated HCC-infiltrating T cells. In this study,…
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Drivers of Graft Failure in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Change Over Time
E. Benz¹, D. Schaubel², S. Amaral¹
¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Short-term pediatric kidney transplant outcomes have improved over time with advanced surgical techniques and better immunosuppression, but long-term graft outcomes remain suboptimal - concerning…
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Delayed Graft Function in Pediatric Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
M. MacConmara, J. Shah, L. de Gregorio, D. Desai, P. Vagefi, C. S. Hwang
Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Pediatric recipients of living donor kidneys have a low rate of delayed graft function (DGF). The aim of this study was to examine the…
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A Randomized, Multicenter, Blinded Study Assessing the Effects of Gaseous Nitric Oxide in an Ex Vivo System of Human Lungs
M. G. Hartwig¹, J. A. Klapper¹, N. Poola², A. Banga³, P. G. Sanchez⁴, J. S. Murala³, J. L. Potenziano²
¹Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Bedminster, NJ, ³University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The effects of nitric oxide (NO) on donor lungs during ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) have not been studied. We assessed whether the novel…