Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 59 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Results of Biopsies in Pancreas and Kidney-Pancreas Patients with Graft Dysfunction.
P. Uva, L. Leon, E. Minue, I. Cabrera, A. Giunippero, M. Norese, M. Toniolo, E. Chuluyan, D. Casadei.
Nephrology, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In pancreas transplantation there is no reliable laboratory test or imaging study for detection of graft rejection. There is an increasing interest in obtaining pancreas…
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Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation for Chronic Pancreatitis: Considerations for Early Intervention.
J. Jolissaint,¹ L. Langman,¹ C. DeBolt,¹ A. Wang,² D. Strand,² V. Zaydfudim,¹ R. Adams,¹ K. Brayman.¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; ²Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Introduction: Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) provides pain relief for patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) and the potential to ameliorate the resulting endocrine insufficiency.…
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Skin as a Harbinger of Rejection of Underlying Structures in Vascularized Composite Allografts: Concordance or Discordance?
L. Cendales,¹ M. Levine,² S. Bartlett,³ J. Cheeseman,¹ C. Drachenberg,³ W. Hancock,⁴ M. Joshi,¹ A. Kirk,¹ F. Leoopardi,¹ S. Levin,² M. Uluer,³ A. Selim,⁵ M. Song,¹ W. Twaddell,³ L. Wang,⁴ Z. Wang,² R. Barth.³
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ⁴Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; ⁵Pathology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Vascularized composite allografts (VCA) are composed of multiple tissue types. It has not been determined as to whether there is an immune hierarchy or differential…
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Live Donor Kidney Transplantation of the Most Highly Sensitized Patients in the Era of Kidney Paired Donation.
A. Bingaman,¹ F. Wright,¹ M. Kapturczak,¹ L. Shen,¹ C. Murphey.²
¹Transplant, Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital, San Antonio, TX; ²Southwest Immunodiagnostics, Inc., San Antonio, TX.
Background: Despite effective kidney paired donation (KPD) programs, the most highly sensitized patients (calculated panel reactive antibody (cPRA) > 98%) remain significantly disadvantaged and accumulate…
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Hepatitis C Patients in a Multicenter Study Who Received Living Donor Liver Transplants Are Likely to Have Increased Survival.
J. Kim,¹ K.-W. Lee,² G.-W. Song,³ B.-H. Jung,³ H. Lee,⁴ N.-J. Yi,² C. Kwon,¹ S. Hwang,³ K.-S. Suh,² J.-W. Joh,¹ S.-K. Lee,¹ S.-G. Lee.³
¹Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ²Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ³Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Background: No consensus has been reached regarding comparisons of outcomes for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who received living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) versus…
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NanoString Detection of Gene Signatures in Urine During Acute Cellular Rejection of Kidney Grafts.
K. Keslar,¹ A. Zmijewska,² J. Andriga,² K. Newell,³ R. Mannon,² P. Heeger,⁴ R. Fairchild.¹
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ²UAB, Birmingham; ³Emory, Atlanta; ⁴MSSM, New York.
Considerable effort has focused on identification of gene expression patterns that may assist in diagnosis of acute cellular rejection. The NanoString platform offers a novel…
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Acute Allograft Glomerulopathy: A Distinct Form of Cellular Rejection.
O. AL-Badri, M. Alexander, F. Cosio, L. Cornell.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Background: Acute allograft glomerulopathy (AAG) is an unusual glomerular lesion of allografts with endocapillary hypercellularity, markedly enlarged endothelial cells occluding the capillary lumen, and absence…
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Elevated Lung Shunt Fraction as an Independent Predictor of Local Disease Progression and Metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
T. Sandow,¹ D. DeVun,¹ P. Gulotta,¹ H. Bohorquez,² D. Kirsch.¹
¹Department of Radiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA; ²Department of Transplant Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
Purpose: To establish a relationship between lung shunt fraction (LSF) and local disease progression as well as the development of metastatic disease.Materials and Methods: A…
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Impact of Sarcopenia in Overweight/Obese Recipients on the Outcomes After Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
A. Hammad,^1,2 Y. Hamaguchi,² S. Okumura,² A. Kobayashi,² S. Yagi,² S. Uemoto,² T. Kaido.²
¹Department of Surgery, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Dakahliya, Egypt; ²Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic and Transplant Surgery Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Background/purpose: The effects of body composition disturbances on liver transplantation outcomes have recently been in focus. However, the effects of obesity, as well as sarcopenic…
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Fatigue, Pain, and Other Physical Symptoms of Living Liver Donors.
Z. Butt,¹ A. DiMartini,² Q. Liu,³ M. Simpson,⁴ A. Smith,^3,5 J. Zee,³ B. Gillespie,⁵ S. Holtzman,⁶ D. Ladner,¹ K. Olthoff,⁷ R. Fisher,⁸ S. Hafliger,⁹ C. Freise,¹⁰ M. Mandell,¹¹ M. Dew.²
¹Northwestern U, Chicago; ²U of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; ³Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor; ⁴Lahey, Burlington; ⁵U of Michigan, Ann Arbor; ⁶U of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ⁷U of Pennslyvania, Philadelphia; ⁸Virginia Commonwealth U, Richmond; ⁹Columbia U, New York; ¹⁰U of California at San Francisco, San Francisco; ¹¹U of Colorado, Denver.
Background: Post-operative pain and fatigue can be significant for some living liver donors (LLD). A better appreciation of these outcomes may inform pre-donation education and…