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2020 American Transplant Congress
Envarsus XR Use Can Benefit Serum Creatinine Levels in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Patients
C. M. Cooney¹, V. Javia¹, J. Littleton¹, D. S. Cooney¹, R. J. Redett¹, J. T. Shores¹, D. C. Brennan², G. Brandacher¹
¹Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is a life-enhancing (as opposed to life-saving) procedure. Therefore, minimizing adverse outcomes associated with chronic immunosuppression is vital to determining…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Public Information Needs about VCA Donation and Transplantation in the United States
H. Sung¹, A. Ferzola¹, J. Uriarte², N. Anderson², C. Cooney¹, G. Brandacher¹, E. Gordon², M. Henderson¹
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
*Purpose: Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) involves transplantation of multiple tissues (e.g., skin, muscle, bone, nerves, blood vessels, etc.) as a structural unit from a donor…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy of Photobiomodulation Therapy Combined with Short-Term Immunosuppressants Prolonged Allotransplant Survival in a Rodent Hind-Limb Model
Y. Kuo¹, C. Chen², R. Chen², Y. Li²
¹Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ²Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery,, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
*Purpose: Photobiomodulation has been applied for accelerating the skeletal muscle repair process. Our formal study demonstrated vitamin D could be involved in allograft survival and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Induction of Delayed Immune Tolerance after Reconstructive Transplantation by Combining Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation and High-Dose Cyclophosphamide Treatment
Y. Guo¹, F. Messner¹, B. Oh¹, G. Furtmüller¹, W. Lee¹, D. Cooney¹, L. Luznik², G. Brandacher¹
¹Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Hematology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Immunosuppression avoidance by induction of immune tolerance represents a primary goal in the field of transplantation. Yet, success of this concept relies on extensive…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Experience with Allograft Pancreatectomy
V. Gurram, A. Farney, J. Rogers, G. Orlando, C. Jay, R. Stratta, D. Harriman
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: Limited data on indications for and outcomes following allograft pancreatectomy (AP) exist. The purpose of this study was to analyze our single center experience…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Transplant in Chronic Kidney Disease for Type 1 Diabetic Patients
R. A. Choudhury, D. Yoeli, H. B. Moore, H. Yaffe, K. D. Conzen, T. L. Nydam, P. T. Kennealey
Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Although both pancreas transplantation alone (PTA) and islet cell transplantation (ICT) have been associated with peri-operative declines in eGFR, the magnitude of decline is…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Informed Consent and Decision Making for Upper Extremity VCA
B. Kuramitsu¹, C. Berumen¹, A. Ferzola², H. Sung², C. Kim³, D. Scarton³, T. McHugh³, A. Schultheis³, T. Riggleman³, J. Taylor³, M. Henderson², G. Brandacher², S. Tintle³, E. Gordon¹
¹Northwestern U Feinberg Sch of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
*Purpose: The field of upper rxtremity (UE) Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) continues to advance with more patients undergoing the informed consent process each year. However,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Who Says Yes to Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCA) Donation?
M. S. Gharibdousti¹, C. Martucciello², M. T. Khasawneh¹, A. L. Friedman³
¹Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, ²Quality Assurance and Process Improvement, Live On NY, New York, NY, ³Preservation, Live On NY, New York, NY
*Purpose: To analyze psychosocial factors associated with affirmative authorization for VCA donation.*Methods: In an IRB approved protocol, individuals (authorized parties, AP) who previously authorized both…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Noninvasive Genotyping of Donor’s HLA in Kidney Transplant Patients by Target Capture Sequencing
T. Jiang, L. Shu, F. Liu, H. Liu, J. Ge
AlloDx, Shanghai; Suzhou, China
*Purpose: Antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is the major cause of kidney transplant failure, which requires donor-specific antibodies (DSA) for a definitive diagnosis based on Banff 2013.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Transplants in Asian Recipients
A. Gruessner, C. Gruessner, S. Saggi, J. Renz
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Over the years, a change in patients receiving a pancreas transplant could be observed. While in the beginning the standard pancreas transplant recipient was…