2019 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Efficacy of Peri-Operative Sublingual Tacrolimus in Pancreas Transplant as Compared to Oral Tacrolimus
*Purpose: Early post-transplant, use of oral or enteral medications in pancreas transplant (PTX) is difficult due to NG tubes put to suction. The use of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Allograft Importation Should Be Fostered by Any Transplant Center Challenged by Excessively Long Waitlist Times
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: Pancreas transplantation is a durable option for patients with insulin dependent diabetes. However, geographic inequity has created a supply side problem for our region.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Blockade of IL-1β and TNF-α Does Not Significantly Pose Risk or Affect Outcomes in Patients Infused with Microbial-Positive Autologous Islet Preparations
*Purpose: We recently demonstrated that the combined use of anakinra (IL-1β blocker) and etanercept (TNF-α blocker) improved outcomes of islet autotransplantation after total pancreatectomy (TPIAT).…2019 American Transplant Congress
Management of Post Operative Pain after Pancreas Transplant – Liposomal Bupivicaine Injection or Continuous Catheter Infiltration Reduces Daily Opioid Usage
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Post-operative pain management is crucial in determining early morbidity after major abdominal surgery. Opioid use may contribute to worsened gastroparesis and intestinal dysmotility in…2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Predictive Strategy to Expand Pancreas Donor Selection
*Purpose: The discrepancy between the number of patients on the waiting list and the number of donor pancreata for transplantation needs extension of accepting criteria…2019 American Transplant Congress
Intra-Abdominal Hypertension in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation
Nephrology and Transplantation, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: There have been several reports of raised intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) in solid organ transplantation, including life threatening abdominal compartment syndrome requiring decompressive laparotomy. In…2019 American Transplant Congress
Fibrosis Scoring Correlates with Progression of Chronic Pancreatitis, Islet Isolation Yields and Transplant Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Islet Autotransplantation
*Purpose: Total pancreatectomy with autologous islet transplantation (TPIAT) is a promising procedure for alleviating pain and maintaining glucose homeostasis in chronic pancreatitis (CP) patients. However,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Fasting Glood Glucose: A Simple and Reliable Marker to Predict Late Pancreas Graft Failure
*Purpose: Causes of early post-transplant pancreas graft failure are well identified. Indeed, this is not the case after the first year. We searched factors which…2019 American Transplant Congress
New-Onset Diabetes after Kidney Transplantation: Risk Factors and Early Graft Function Outcome
Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
*Purpose: New-onset of diabetes mellitus after transplantation (NODAT) is a serious and common complication following solid organ transplantation. Our study aims to examine the risk…2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Total Pancreatectomyand Islet Autotransplantation, a Single Center Experience
*Purpose: Patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) suffer from severe pain that greatly reduces their quality of life and often leads to long-term narcotic therapy to…
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