2016 American Transplant Congress
Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Correlates with Ischemic Injury and Kidney Graft Function in Rats.
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.
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
Pre-Emptive Kidney Transplantation with Living- Donor and Concomitant Unilateral Nephrectomy in Patients with Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Safe Strategy?
Objectives. Because the timing of the nephrectomy still remains unclear, we studied the complications and outcomes of unilateral nephrectomy and concomitant pre-emptive kidney transplant with…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Model of Delayed Graft Function in Machine Perfused Kidney Transplantation: Model Validation Using Decision Curve Analysis.
1Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; 2Half Moon Bay, Raleigh.
Introduction: Predictive model for delayed graft function (DGF) was developed (Am J Transpl 2010; 10: 2279–86)excluding organs that were machine perfused (MP). Currently, approximately 50%…2016 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Graft Function (DGF) Doesn't Affect Adversely the Long-Term Survival of Renal Transplantations (RT) from Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiac Death (UDCD) as Compared with RT from Standard Criteria Donor (SCD).
INTRODUCTION: DGF is a well-known risk factor for long-term kidney survival in RT. DGF hasn't been evaluated in RT from SCD and from UDCD donors.AIM:…2016 American Transplant Congress
Multifactorial Prediction of Biliary Stricture After Liver Transplantation: The Impact of Platelet Counts.
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Background: Biliary stricture is a common cause of morbidity after liver transplantation (LT). This study aimed to determine the risk factors for post-transplantation biliary anastomotic…2016 American Transplant Congress
Stress Cardiomyopathy in the Perio-Perative Period After Liver Transplant.
Purpose: Stress cardiomyopathy is a pathological condition in which excess catecholamines leading to cardiac dysfunction. This phenomenon is associated with troponin elevation, EKG changes, and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Mycophenolate Mofetil Single Dose Pharmacokinetics Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.
The influence of various metabolic surgery procedures on immunosuppressant pharmacokinetics (PK) is largely unknown. For laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) (currently the most common procedure) no…2016 American Transplant Congress
Common Iliac Artery Stenosis: An Often Overlooked Cause of Graft Dysfunction.
Nephrology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) has been an increasingly recognized complication post kidney transplantation, and a potentially reversible cause for hypertension and allograft dysfunction. This…2016 American Transplant Congress
Age Adapted Immunosuppression for Elderly Kidney Allograft Recipients: Balancing Risks for Cancer versus Rejection.
Introduction Cancer is a growing cause of morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation, driven by immunosuppression. Age is one of the strongest risk factors for…
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