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2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding the Relationship between Health Literacy, Education Level, and Transplant Actions among Low-Income and Black Patients
A. Waterman¹, S. L. Skelton², O. N. Ranasinghe¹, J. L. Beaumont³, L. Alvarez³
¹Transplant Research and Education Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, ³Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Limited health literacy in end stage kidney disease patients is associated with low transplant referral rates. We estimated the prevalence of low health literacy…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Peritoneal Dialysis in Delayed Graft Function, a Safe and Effective Option
A. Gardezi, B. Muth, F. Aziz, N. Garg, M. Mohamed, A. Djamali, D. Mandelbrot, S. Parajuli
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been utilized increasingly in the past decade. Many of these patients undergo transplantation and may require dialysis for delayed graft…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Single Port Robot Assisted Kidney Transplantation
E. Miller, C. Wilson, G. Sawczyg, S. Kim, A. Aminsharifi, J. Garisto, J. Kaouk, A. Wee, M. Eltemamy
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute CCF, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Innovative methods are needed to further optimize safe outcomes in kidney transplantation (KT), therefore as an alternative surgical approach we present a single case…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hyperspectral Imaging of Human Kidney Allografts
R. Sucher¹, H. Köhler², A. Lederer¹, H. M. Hau¹, I. Gockel¹, D. Seehofer¹
¹Department of Visceral, Transplant-, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ²Innovation Center for Computer Assisted Surgery, University Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
*Purpose: Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is capable to deliver non-contact, non-ionizing and non-invasive quantitative diagnostic information about tissue pathology, morphology and composition, based on the spectral…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplantation Into Urinary Diversions and Reconstructed Bladders
J. J. Chong, R. H. Zakri, S. Khan, G. Koffman, N. Mamode, J. Olsburgh
Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Renal failure secondary to urological disorders can necessitate urinary diversion or reconstruction either pre or post-kidney transplant. Decision making regarding timing of diversion or…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Operative vs. Non-Operative Management of Hemorrhage in the Postoperative Kidney Transplant Patient
R. Shaw¹, T. Reavis¹, V. Meruva², F. Montz³, E. Rogers⁴, A. Kumar¹, V. Bowers⁴, J. Buggs⁴
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, FL, ³University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Postoperative hemorrhage has been described at rates of 14 percent in kidney transplant (KT) literature. The preferred management of postoperative hemorrhage in this population…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Successful Transplantation of the Kidney Graft with 5 Arteries and Intimal Dissection Injury – 9 Year Follow Up
P. J. Bachul¹, A. Perez-Gutierrez¹, R. Saoud¹, B. Juengel¹, D. J. Grybowski¹, P. Borek¹, R. Anteby², A. Lucander¹, M. Dimitrov¹, J. Fung¹, P. Witkowski¹
¹Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
*Purpose: Utilization of the Carrel patch allows easier implantation of the kidney graft with multiple small renal arteries. If it is not feasible, side-to-side renal…
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Frailty at Time of Kidney Transplant Evaluation is Associated with Higher Rate of Waitlist Denial
J. Klein¹, A. Jurgensen², M. Gupta¹, N. Herrera¹, A. Gupta¹, D. Cibrik¹
¹Nephrology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, ²University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: To determine the association of patient frailty, as assessed by the Fried frailty score at the time of kidney transplant evaluation (KTE), with kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Lims1 Gene and Risk of T-Cell Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Y. Caliskan¹, G. Karahan², S. Mirioglu³, Y. Ozluk⁴, R. Ouseph¹, H. Yazici³, H. Randall⁵, F. Savran Oguz⁶, A. Turkmen³, M. S. Sever³, K. Lentine¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Immunohematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Division of Nephrology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Department of Pathology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Center for Abdominal Transplantation, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ⁶Department of Medical Biology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
*Purpose: Recent advances have provided new insights into the pathogenesis of kidney allograft rejection caused by additional antigens associated with genetic risk variant of LIM…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pre- And Post-Transplant (Tx) Clazakizumab (CLZ, Humanized Anti-IL-6 Monoclonal Antibody) Treatment Increased Regulatory T Cell (Treg) Percentage in CD4+ T Cells in HLA-Sensitized Kidney Transplant Patients (HS KTx Pts)
S. Ge¹, M. Chu¹, E. D. Ortiz¹, A. D. Guzman¹, A. Vo², N. Ammerman², S. C. Jordan², M. Toyoda¹
¹Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: IL-6 is a B cell growth factor and pro-inflammatory cytokine. Inhibition of IL-6 signaling modulates B cell activation and inflammatory process possibly through Treg…