2017 American Transplant Congress
Prominence of Graft-Infiltrating PD-L1hi Cross-Dressed Dendritic Cells in Mouse Liver Transplant Tolerance.
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background: The mechanism underlying spontaneous liver allograft tolerance remains unclear. Given recent reports on the key role of recipient mouse dendritic cells (DCs) in host…2017 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends and Variation in BMI Thresholds for Living Donation Across the US.
1U Michigan, Ann Arbor; 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester; 3St. Louis U, St Louis
The acceptable BMI threshold for living kidney donation is controversial. We examined the variability in center acceptance of living donors with high Body Mass Index…2017 American Transplant Congress
Current Practice and Center-Level Variation in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Listing.
The OPTN has proposed medical eligibility criteria to determine which transplant candidates are appropriate for SLK vs liver-alone transplantation. We investigated center variation of SLK…2017 American Transplant Congress
MELD Exception Score: LSAM Modeling of a Fixed Floor.
Current US liver allocation policy grants standard MELD score exceptions beginning at 22 points and rising every 3 months. Scores for hepatocellular cancer are delayed…2017 American Transplant Congress
Using Donors with False Positive HIV Tests – An Unexpected Benefit of the HOPE Act.
Deceased donors are screened for HIV infection using anti-HIV antibody (Ab) and nucleic acid testing (NAT). Historically, organs were discarded in cases of a suspected…2017 American Transplant Congress
When Does the Learning Curve End? A High-Volume Single Center Experience with Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Over 16 Years.
Purpose: No studies for any type of surgery have examined learning curves beyond a decade or 100 cases because surgeon turnover and lack of complete…2017 American Transplant Congress
Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD) Kidneys Are More Likely to Be Discarded than Kidneys from Neurologically Brain Dead Donors (NBD).
1UBC, Vancouver, Canada; 2LifeCenter, Seattle
Strategies to decrease organ discard are needed. We determined the adj odds of discard of DCD vs NBD kidneys in kidney donor profile index (KDPI)…2017 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Outcomes in High Risk Kidney Transplants.
Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Background: The new kidney allocation system implemented in 12/2014 utilizes estimated post-transplant survival scores (EPTS) and kidney donor profile index (KDPI) to optimize recipient survival…2017 American Transplant Congress
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Improves Renal Transplant Candidacy and Posttransplant Outcomes in Morbidly Obese Patients.
Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
BACKGROUND: Morbid obesity remains a barrier to kidney transplantation (KT) and is associated with increased delayed graft function (DGF), graft loss, and wound complications. Laparoscopic…2017 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Conversion for Calcineurin Inhibitor (CNI) Toxicity: Our First 100 Patients.
Intro: CNIs improve kidney transplant (KT) survival, but have significant toxicities, including graft dysfunction (GD), neurotoxicity (NT), or thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). Belatacept is an alternative…
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