2017 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Liver Transplantation Among Older Adults with ESLD.
1Surgery, JHU, Baltimore; 2Epidemiology, JHU, Baltimore
As the population ages and as the average age of liver transplant (LT) waitlist candidates increases, understanding of the trends and outcomes is imperative for…2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor Body Mass Index and Utilization of Liver Biopsy: An Evaluation of National Practices and Organ Utilization.
Background: As the prevalence of obesity in America increases, so has the proportion of donors with elevated body mass index (BMI). While graft steatosis >30%…2017 American Transplant Congress
Beta Cell-Specific Free Circulating DNA May Predict the Outcome After Clinical Islet Transplantation.
Optimizing engraftment and early survival of human beta cells after clinical islet transplantation is critical to long-term function, but there are no reliable, quantifiable measures…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Re-Transplant Rate in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplant Recipients.
Transplant, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Bladder drainage, although no longer the most commonly performed method for exocrine drainage of the pancreas, remains an option for patients undergoing simultaneous pancreas- kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Techniques for Pancreas Transplantation Graft without Vascular Reconstruction (Report of 8 Cases).
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Background / Purpose: Pancreas is complicated by its blood supply and vascular structure. At present, it is necessary to do the vascular remodeling and reconstruction…2017 American Transplant Congress
In Depth Characterization of the Innate Immune Response in Transplant Recipients with EBV Viremia.
Background:Infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) manifests as a spectrum of disease ranging from asymptomatic viremia to PTLD. Innate immune cells such as monocytes/macrophages, dendritic cells…
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