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2018 American Transplant Congress
South Asian and Muslim Canadian Patients Are Less Likely to Receive Living Donor Kidney Transplant Offers Compared to Caucasian, Non-Muslim Patients
A. Ali,¹ A. Ayub,¹ C. Richardson,¹ N. Edwards,¹ T. Ahmed,¹ M. Novak,^2,3 I. Mucsi.¹
¹Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background:No studies have assessed whether Muslim Canadians face barriers to accessing LDKT. We explored how frequently Muslim or South Asian patients with and stage kidney…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes of African Canadian Patients with End Stage Kidney Disease toward Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
V. Gupta, C. Richardson, D. Belenko, N. Singh, A. Xu, P. Thiagalingam, D. Wong, H. Ford, M. Novak, I. Mucsi.
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background:African Canadian patients with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) are less likely to receive a living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) compared to Caucasian Canadians. We…
2018 American Transplant Congress
How Old is Too Old? Expanding Living Kidney Organ Transplantation from Donors above 60 Years of Age with Associated Comorbidity.
A. Ghazanfar, L. Salih.
Transplant Surgery, St Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Worldwide the population is ageing. In UK there are more people above 60 than under 16 years of age. Hence there are more elderly…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Shortening Length of Post-Operative In-Patient Stay for Living Kidney Donors
M. Loiselle, H. Bruschwein, J. Jacobs, S. Gulin, T. Rose, H. Arora, R. Nash, A. Toledo, T. Kozlowski.
Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Purpose. The study analyzes the impact of psychiatric history on postoperative length of hospital stay (LOS) of living kidney donors (LD) and initial assessment of…
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The New Crescentic Incision: A Good Option for Donor Nephrectomy
M. Haberal,¹ M. Kirnap,¹ A. Akdur,¹ E. Ayvazoglu Soy,¹ S. Yildirim,¹ G. Moray,¹ Z. Kayhan,² A. Torgay.²
¹Transplantation, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey; ²Anesthesiology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
Introduction: Living kidney donation helps to avoid or reduce the time period of dialysis and time spent on waiting lists for patients requiring a new…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Restored Kidneys from Living Related Donors after Small Renal Tumor Resection: Report of 5 Cases
Y. Ogawa,¹ S. Shiroma,² K. Kojima,² R. Mannami,² M. Mannami,² N. Mitsuhata,² M. Nishi,⁴ H. Afuso.³
¹Urology, Tokyo-West Tokushukai Hospital, Akishima, Tokyo, Japan; ²Urology, Uwajima Toikushukai Hospital, Uwajima, Ehime, Japan; ³Urology, Okinawa Chubu Tokushukai Hospital, Okinawa, Japan; ⁴Urology, Saint Martin's Hospital, Sakaide, Kagawa, Japan.
Purpose: We launched a clinical trial registered at ClinicalTrials.gov that aimed to study the utility and safety of restored kidney transplantation between family members using…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of AB0-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation on Lymphocele Formation
C. Salabe,¹ S. Zschiedrich,² P. Pisarski,¹ B. Jänigen.¹
¹Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Section of Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; ²Renal Division, Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
C Salabe1, S Zschiedrich2, P Pisarski1, BM Jänigen11 Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Section of Transplant Surgery, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany2 Renal…
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Experience and Safety of Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Nephrectomy for Living Kidney Donors at Mexico´s General Hospital "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga"
P. Prieto-Olivares, L. Garcia-Covarrubias, A. Bahena-Portillo, A. Cicero-Lebrija, V. Visag-Castillo, H. Hinojosa-Heredia, D. Fernandez-Angel, Y. Carrión, A. Rosas, E. Pedraza, I. Castro, A. García-Covarrubias, H. Diliz-Perez.
Organ Transplantation, Hospital General de Mexico "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", Mexico City, Mexico.
Background: Hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy (HALN) is the procedure of choice for living kidney donors. Our center is a public hospital that serves low-income patients from…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Patient Reported Outcomes for Patients That Received Living Donor Kidney Transplants
E. Venniro,^1,2 J. Taylor.^1,2
¹Center for Transplantation, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; ²Division of Nephrology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
Purpose: Caring for subjective complaints is one of the most difficult aspects of any health care provider's job. These conditions in the transplant patient are…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Further In Vivo and In Vitro Evidence That Anti-CD40 MABS Do Not Induce Thromboembolism
T. Rubic-Schneider, B. Christen, N. Runser Loll, D. Garcia, E. Erard, T. Flandre, B. Cochin de Billy, S. Nock, S. Côté, J. Rush, P. Ulrich.
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
Clinical trials with non-silenced anti-CD40L (anti-CD154) monoclonal antibodies (mAb) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) were halted after unexpected…