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2020 American Transplant Congress
Parathyroidectomy Post Kidney Transplant: A Single Center Report of Short Term Outcomes
S. Ong, F. Saad, K. Wille, C. Kew
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Whether parathyroidectomy in ESRD patients should be performed before or after kidney transplant remains controversial. There is concern that post-transplant parathyroidectomy can adversely affect…
2020 American Transplant Congress
HIV+ Living Kidney Donors in the United States: Cases and a Clinical Paradigm
D. Segev¹, C. Wolfe², D. Brown³, D. Fine³, K. Neumann⁴, N. Martinez⁵, D. Ostrander³, F. Al Ammary³, A. Tobian³, A. W. Baker⁶, C. Durand³
¹Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Unaffiliated, N/A, VA, ⁵Unaffiliated, N/A, GA, ⁶Duke University, School of Medicine, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To report clinical characteristics and outcomes of two people living with HIV who underwent laparoscopic donor nephrectomy*Methods: To facilitate donor selection, we first conducted…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Perioperative Management of Patients Undergoing Living Donor Nephrectomy Reduces Postoperative Length of Stay and Nausea and Vomiting
R. Chadha¹, S. Aniskevich¹, D. Perry², C. Taner², J. Burns²
¹Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Renal transplantation with organs from living donors saves thousands of lives every year. In the perioperative period, poorly controlled nausea and pain can prolong…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Empowering Recipients Through a Champion Program: A Life Saving Initiative
C. L. Rochon, D. Woch, K. Rancourt, O. K. Serrano, A. K. Asamoah
Transplantation, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
*Purpose: Our purpose was to increase access to living donor kidney transplantation for patients referred at our center. With our interventions, our patients and their…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Parathyroidectomy Remains Effective for Treating Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism: Long-Term Results of a Randomized Study
A. Coloma¹, P. Moreno², J. Torregrosa³, N. Montero¹, A. Manonelles¹, E. Melilli¹, J. Cruzado¹
¹Nephrology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de LLobregat, Spain, ²Surgery, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de LLobregat, Spain, ³Nephrology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Tertiary hyperparathyroidism is a common cause of hypercalcemia after kidney transplant (KT). The aim of this study is to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Easier Said Than Done? Stated versus Actual Usage of Less-Than-Ideal Kidneys
D. Stewart, H. McGehee, J. Rosendale, D. Klassen
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Despite long candidate waiting times and a persistent supply to demand gap, less-than-ideal (LTI) kidneys continue to be underutilized in the U.S. Usage rates…
2020 American Transplant Congress
HLA Cw12 in Kidney Transplant Recipients is a Novel Risk Factor for the Development of Post-Transplantation Diabetes: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study
N. Phagura¹, A. Culliford², F. Evison³, S. Gallier³, J. Nath², D. Briggs⁴, A. Sharif²
¹College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Department of Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴H&I Birmingham, NHS Blood and Transplant, Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Counselling kidney transplant candidates for their personalised risk of developing post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM) requires an understanding of risk factors. While some risk factors…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Post-Operative Opiate Utilization and Prescribing Patterns in Living Kidney Donors
E. Calderon¹, D. S. Ubl², C. Jadlowiec¹, P. Dean³, E. Castle⁴, P. Andrews⁴, B. Taner⁵, E. Habermann², A. K. Mathur¹
¹Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ²Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Living kidney donors (LKDs) become exposed to opioids during routine post-surgical care, which may lead to adverse outcomes. and since there is an absence…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improving DRG Based Reimbursement to Reflect Complexity of Kidney Transplant
I. R. Schwantes¹, M. Schnitzler², K. Lentine², A. Reed¹, D. A. Axelrod³
¹Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ³Surgery, Universtiy of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: More than 90,000 individuals await a kidney transplant (KTx) in the US, yet up to 20% of recovered kidneys are discarded. Organ Transplant Centers…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Tissue Resident Memory T Cells in Mouse Renal Transplantation
K. Abou-Daya¹, D. Zhao¹, R. Tieu¹, R. Rammal², M. Oberbarnscheidt¹, F. Lakkis¹
¹Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, ²American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
*Purpose: The newly identified tissue resident subset of memory T cells (TRM) provides immune surveillance in the tissue and first response against infections. They are…