Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 132 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Risk Factors for Early Readmission After Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Auto Transplantation.
R. Shahbazov,¹ N. Bashoo,² G. Yoshimatsu,² G. Saracino,² F. Azari,¹ N. Onaca,² P. Kim,² M. Levy.³
¹Charles O.Strikler Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; ²Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX; ³Transplant Division, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Introduction: Readmission after Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Auto Transplantation (TPIAT) is common, but no data is available on reasons for readmission and islet graft function.Aims:…
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Developing a PCR-Based System to Access the Correlation of Local Chimerism and Fate of the Vascularized Composite Allotransplant.
X.-T. Huang,¹ H.-Y. Cheng,¹ C.-F. Lin,¹ S.-S. Qiu,² L.-Y. Shih,¹ F.-C. Wei.^1,2,3
¹Center for Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Gueishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ²Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Gueishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan; ³College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Gueishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
It is established that development of mixed chimerism following allotransplantation is associated with induction of tolerance to allotransplants. Although chimerism in peripheral blood can be…
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Measuring Efficacy of Antibody Removal Therapies: Back to Titers.
A. Tambur,¹ D. Glotz,² N. Herrera,¹ E. Chatroop,¹ T. Roitberg,¹ J. Friedewald,¹ D. Gjertson.³
¹Northwestern University, Chicago; ²Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France; ³UCLA, LA.
The need for reliable tools to predict likelihood of HLA-antibody responses to treatment and to monitor efficacy of antibody removal therapies manifests itself on two…
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Poor HLA Matching May Reduce the Beneficial Effect of ABOi Pairs Entering the Paired and Pooled Scheme.
M. Willicombe, C. Lawrence, R. Charif, A. McLean, J. Galliford, D. Taube.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Paired/pooled donation (PPD) facilitates transplantation between UK donor-recipient pairs who are either HLA or blood group incompatible, in whom transplantation is either contraindicated or…
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Recipient Age and KDPI Are Potent Predictors of Early Acute Rejection in the Modern Era of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.
D. Keith, G. Vranic, A. Nishio Lucar.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
The rate of acute rejection in the first six months after deceased donor (DD) kidney transplant is about 10% in the modern era of immunosuppression.…
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Urine-Derived Cell Lines as a Novel Tool for Monitoring Allo-Reactivity in Kidney Transplant Patients.
C. Thieme,¹ B. Weist,¹ M. Schmück,¹ P. Reinke,¹ N. Babel.^1,2
¹Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; ²Medical Clinic I, Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany.
Reactivity of the immune system against donor antigens determines transplant-rejection after transplantation, and analyzing the alloimmune response has been shown to predict acute rejection in…
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Transplantation for Hepatocellularcarcinoma Is There a Tumor Size Limit?
A. Daoud, L. Teeter, M. Ghobrial, E. Graviss, S. Mogawer, A. Sholkamy, M. Alshazly, H. Monsour, A. Gaber.
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; Cairo University Medical School, Cairo, Egypt; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.
Background:The advent of tumor size based criteria (Milan and UCSF) for transplantation of Hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) has facilitated access of tumor patients to transplantation. Recent…
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Laparoscopically Assisted Living Donor Hepatectomy Is Safe and Cost Effective.
M. Akoad, M. Simpson, E. Pomfret.
Transplantation, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
The surgical technique employed during living donor hepatectomy (LDH) has evolved since the inception of the procedure, but donor safety is always paramount. We review…
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Personal Relationships and Financial Outcomes in Living Liver Donors.
A. DiMartini,¹ M. Dew,¹ Q. Liu,² M. Simpson,³ D. Ladner,⁴ A. Smith,^2,5 J. Zee,² S. Abbey,⁶ B. Gillespie,⁵ R. Weinrieb,⁷ S. Mandell,⁸ R. Fisher,⁹ J. Emond,¹⁰ C. Freise,¹¹ Z. Butt.⁴
¹U Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; ²Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor; ³Lahey, Burlington; ⁴Northwestern U, Chicago; ⁵U Michigan, Ann Arbor; ⁶U Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ⁷U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ⁸U Colorado, Denver; ⁹Virginia Commonwealth U, Richmond; ¹⁰Columbia U, New York; ¹¹U California at San Francisco, San Francisco.
Background:Little is known about living liver donation's impact on donor personal relationships and financial outcomes. We examined these areas in a prospective 9-center liver donor…
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Late Outcome Surrogate Score (LOSS) for Kidney Allograft Failure.
B. Ho, L. Zhao, S. Montag, D. Ladner, M. Abecassis, A. Skaro.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Background. Early outcomes following kidney transplant have steadily improved. Longer-term outcomes, while not the focus of regulatory oversight, are of vital importance. Clinical trials are…