Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 181 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Inferior 10-Year Graft and Patient Survival After End-to-Side Reconstruction for Two Renal Arteries in Living Donor Renal Transplantation.
S. Yamanaga,^1,2,3 A. Posselt,¹ C. Freise,¹ C. Niemann,¹ A. Rosario,¹ D. Fernandez,¹ T. Kobayashi,³ A. Ahearn,⁴ M. Tavakol,¹ S.-M. Kang.¹
¹Department of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; ²Department of General Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan; ³Department of Renal Transplant Surgery, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan; ⁴Department of Transplant Surgery, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Purpose: Living donor kidneys with two arteries can be revascularized using various techniques depending on anatomy and surgeon preference. We hypothesized that the revascularization technique…
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Potential Living Kidney Donors (LKD) Concerns About Opting Out and Preferences for an 'Alibi'.
K. Yu,¹ C. Thiessen,¹ S. Li,¹ D. Dobosz,¹ J. Gannon,¹ K. Kennedy,² D. Gray,³ A. Mussell,³ P. Reese,³ S. Kulkarni,¹ E. Gordon.²
¹Yale U, New Haven; ²Northwestern U, Chicago; ³U Pennyslvania, Philadelphia
PurposeTo evaluate potential LKDs comfort discussing opting out with their intended recipient (IR) and preferences for alibisMethodsWe conducted a prospective, longitudinal study of potential LKDs…
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Impact of Dialysis During the Transplant Admission on Transplant and Post-Transplant Cost of Care.
J. Tao,¹ C. Horstman,¹ W. Bannister,¹ M. Schnitzler,² F. Irwin,¹ A. Bonagura,¹ B. Laihinen.¹
¹Complex Medical Conditions, Optum, UnitedHealth Group, Eden Prairie, MN; ²Surgery, St Louis University, St Louis, MO
This study examines the impact of dialysis during the transplant admission on total cost of transplant and one year post-transplant care for kidney, liver, and…
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Long-Term Liver and Kidney Survival Following Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation, with or without Preformed Donor-Specific Antibodies.
A. Del Bello,¹ O. Bestard,² J. Visentin,³ N. Congy-Jolivet,¹ L. Couzi,³ M. Neau-Cransac,³ F. Jambon,³ N. Kamar.¹
¹Nephrology and Organ Transplant Department, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France; ²Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; ³Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Department, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Introduction: Successful kidney transplantation despite a positive crossmatch is well known after combined liver-kidney transplantation (CLKT). However, recently, concerns regarding the impact of preformed anti-HLA…
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Hispanic Paradox in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis.
K. Atiemo, J. Caicedo, D. Ganger, E. Gordon, L. Zhao, S. Montag, H. Maddur, L. VanWagner, L. Kulik, S. Flamm, S. Goel, A. Kho, R. Kang, M. Abecassis, D. Ladner.
Northwestern University Transplant Research Collaborative, Chicago
IntroductionA paradoxical survival advantage for Hispanics compared to non-Hispanic whites (NHW) has been well described for many clinical conditions e.g diabetes however, with respect to…
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Innate Lymphoid Cells Play a Critical Role in Regulating Allograft Homeostasis in Human Intestinal Transplantation.
P. Cha, B. Houlihan, J. Kaiser, C. Cosentino, B. Monahan, A. Shukla, J. Hawksworth, C. Matsumoto, T. Fishbein, A. Kroemer.
Transplant, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
A. The role of recently discovered innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) in intestinal transplant (ITx) patients is poorly understood. Here, we postulate that intestinal ILC subsets…