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  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Correlates with Ischemic Injury and Kidney Graft Function in Rats.

    M. Chen, J. Huang, L. Qi, S. Kwon, R. Montgomery, Z. Sun.

    Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

    BackgroundBoth short- and long-term outcomes of all organ transplants depend on the quality of the organ. Presently there is no completely reliable method to evaluate…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Baseline Co-Morbidity on Mortality in Living Kidney Donors – 10 Year UK Cohort Study.

    N. Krishnan,1 L. Bradbury,2 N. Raymond.1

    1Renal & Transplantation, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom; 2Statistics, National Health Service, Organ Donation & Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom.

    Living kidney donation has significantly improved recipient and graft survival world wide. With a move to increase these numbers further, it becomes mandatory to have…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Safety and Efficacy of Suspended Gasless Laparoscopy Living-Donor Nephrectomy in Renal Transplantation.

    J. Tian.

    Organ Transplantation Center, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.

    BACKGROUNDS: To develop a minimally invasive surgery for the kidney transplant donor and get the no CO2 pressure condition harvested kidney, we have developed suspended…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Predicting Delayed Kidney Graft Function with Gene Expression in Preimplantation Biopsies.

    T. Mourão,1,3 K. Mine,1 E. Campos,1,3 J. Medina-Pestana,2,3 H. Tedesco-Silva,2 M. Gerbase-De Lima.

    1Immunogenetics Institute, Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa - AFIP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; 2Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão, Fundação Oswaldo Ramos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; 3UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

    Aiming to further the investigation of markers in pre-implantation biopsies (PIB) for the prediction of delayed graft function (DGF), we analyzed, in a different cohort…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Factors Associated with Prolonged Warm Ischemia Time Among Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    A. Miller,1 B. Kiberd,1 I. Alwayn,2 S. Kim,3 K. Tennankore.1

    1Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; 2Surgery, Multi Organ Transplant Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; 3Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

    Prolonged warm ischemia time (the time from organ removal from cold storage to reperfusion with warm blood) is associated with graft failure and mortality among…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Utilization of Parenteral Nutrition in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation.

    D. Liang,1 S. Gordon Burroughs,1 J. Nolte,1 M. Boktour,1 J. Ensor,1 A. Ali,1 T. Hirase,1 J. Hall,1 S. Spear,1 L. Moore,1 C. Mobley,1 A. Saharia,1 S. Hai,2 A. Gaber,1 R. Ghobrial.1

    1Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston; 2Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami.

    Introduction: Protein-calorie malnutrition is common in patients with advanced liver disease and is a risk factor for poor outcomes after liver transplantation (LT). Perioperative parenteral…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Left Renal Vein Ligation for Management of Portal Hypoperfusion in Liver Transplantation.

    K. Putchakayala, W. Kane, K. Takahashi, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud.

    Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.

    Intro: In orthotopic liver transplant (OLT), low portal venous flow (PVF) is an independent risk factor for 1-year mortality. Ligation of existing portosystemic shunts is…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Astagraf XL® and Prograf® in Renal Transplant Candidates Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.

    A. Lichvar,1 A. Leino,1 T. Kaiser,1 T. Mizuno,2 T. Fukuda,2 U. Christians,1 R. Alloway,1 A. Vinks,2 E. Woodle,1 T. Diwan.1

    1University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; 2Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati; 3University of Colorado, Denver.

    Purpose: The impact of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LGS) on immunosuppressive drug pharmacokinetics (PK) is unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate PK following…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Ureteroenterostomy in Kidney Transplant: Retrospective Analysis of 30 Consecutive Cases.

    H. Marinho Neto, B. Leslie, J. Neves Neto, M. Almeida, A. Pessoa, J. Offernni, M. Nogueira, S. Ximenes, W. Aguiar, H. Tedesco, J. Medina Pestana.

    Kidney Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.

    INTRODUCTION: Lower urinary tract abnormalities are found in up to15% of adults and in 20-30% of children requiring kidney transplantation. Several will necessitate an enterocystoplasty…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Which Post-Transplant Complications Are More Common in Elderly Renal Recipients?

    F. Agena, F. Paula, B. Reichert, P. Neves, A. Piovesan, W. Nahas, E. David-Neto.

    Renal Transplantation Service, Hospital das Clinicas - University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    Elderly recipients are listed for renal transplantation (RTx) more frequently. The immediate (first 60 days) post-transplant complications expected in this group have not been well…
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