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2020 American Transplant Congress
Activated CD27⁺CD21^– Subset Dominate the Memory B Cell Response During Antibody-Mediated Rejection of Kidney Allografts
K. Louis¹, E. Bailly¹, C. Macedo¹, M. Marrari¹, M. Yamada¹, P. Randhawa¹, A. Zeevi¹, C. Lefaucheur², D. Metes¹
¹Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Inserm UMR 976, Paris, France
*Purpose: The role of alloreactive memory B (mB) cells in the pathogenesis of antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is increasingly recognized. Yet, a comprehensive characterization of mB…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Paired Donation Outcomes among High PRA Recipients
A. Thomas¹, A. Shaffer², M. Henderson², D. Segev²
¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Kidney paired donation (KPD) accounts for an increasing amount of living donor transplants in the US. Previous studies have shown equivalent outcomes between transplants…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Wage Reimbursement by the NKR: A Critical Step Towards Financial Neutrality for Living Kidney Donors
N. Garg¹, T. D’Alessandro², M. Ronin², A. D. Waterman³, M. Cooper⁴, G. Hil², D. A. Mandelbrot¹
¹UW-Madison, Madison, WI, ²NKR, Babylon, NY, ³UCLA, Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Georgetown University, Washington, DC
*Purpose: The potential for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by living kidney donors has been identified as an important barrier to proceeding with live donation, with financial…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donors in Kidney Paired Donation
J. D. Kalbfleisch¹, W. Wang¹, M. A. Rees², A. B. Leichtman³, P. X. Song¹, V. Ashby¹, T. Shearon¹
¹Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: A kidney paired donation pool (KPDP) consists of transplant candidates and their incompatible living donors along with nondirected living donors (NDDs). In a match…
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Development of a New Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Program: Starting a Domino Chain with a Deceased Donor
L. Furian¹, C. Di Bella², C. Silvestre², F. Neri², F. Tuci², M. Cardillo³, E. Cozzi⁴, P. Rigotti¹
¹Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Unit, University of Padova, Padua, Italy, ²Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Unit, University of Padova, Italy, Italy, ³Italian National Transplant Center, Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁴Transplant Immunology Unit, Padova University-Hospital, Padua, Padua, Italy
*Purpose: The option of initiating a domino chain of living donor kidney transplants with a deceased donor (DD) has been proposed but never enforced. The…
2020 American Transplant Congress
High Volume, Highly Efficient, Outcome- Centric KPD Program: A Single Center Experience with Direct Exchange Based Strategies
K. Al Meshari, D. Broering, I. Alahmadi, S. Raza, T. Ali, A. Alabbassi, H. Alahdal, F. Alzayer
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: We report our three and a half year experience with direct exchange (loop) based strategy single center KPD program.*Methods: 1. Inclusion of HLA and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Variability in Educational Content about Kidney Paired Donation at 68 National Kidney Registry-Affiliated Centers
A. D. Waterman¹, O. N. Ranasinghe¹, E. H. Wood¹, J. L. Beaumont², S. McGuire³, K. Miller⁴, V. Chipman⁵, J. Sinacore⁶, M. Cooper⁷
¹Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³UCLA Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴UW Health, Madison, WI, ⁵UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁶National Kidney Registry, Babylon, NY, ⁷Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Equipping patients and donors with in-depth information about kidney paired donation (KPD) processes, risks, benefits, and protections is necessary for informed decision-making and comfort.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Anticoagulation Decreases Graft Thrombosis in Pancreas Transplantation
N. M. Handy¹, L. Skoval¹, J. Wingate², C. Kuhr³, N. Cowan³, J. Brandenberger¹
¹Section of General, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ²Department of Urology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, ³Section of Urology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: Pancreas transplant thrombosis is the most common cause of graft failure in the early postoperative period, occurring 5-20% of cases. Bleeding (which occurs ~30%…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Timing of Bariatric Surgery for Obese Liver Transplant Candidates
R. A. Choudhury¹, D. Yoeli², G. Hoeltzel³, H. B. Moore², H. Yaffe², K. R. Dumon⁴, N. N. Williams⁴, P. L. Abt⁵, K. D. Conzen², J. J. Pomposelli², E. A. Pomfret², T. L. Nydam²
¹Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, CO, ²Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ³Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The timing of bariatric surgery for obese liver transplant candidates remains controversial. Surgery prior to transplant may improves one’s chance of receiving a transplant,…
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Short Recipient Warm Ischemia Time Improves Graft Survival in Liver Transplantation from Donation after Brain Death: 20-Year Experience of Liver Transplantation
A. Al-Kurd, T. Kitajima, K. Delvecchio, A. M. Elsabbagh, S. Yeddula, M. Rizzari, K. Collins, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud, S. Nagai
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Although the correlation between warm ischemia time (WIT) and the outcomes of liver transplantation has been extensively studied, few investigations have focused on the…