2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Living Donor Transplantation in Pediatric Recipients Over the Last Three Decades by Era: An Analysis of UNOS Database.
Surgery, State University New York, Syracuse, NY
Background: Living donor is the potential solution to organ shortage. This retrospective analysis of UNOS database evaluates the outcome of living donor transplantation across 4…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Alemtuzumab Induction on Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes Post-Renal Transplantation.
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
BackgroundDirect-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) have improved treatment outcomes for Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Given high rates of treatment success with few side effects, eradication of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Life Threatening Disparities in Calculated MELD Due to Variation in Laboratory Methods within a UNOS Region.
1CUMC, NY; 2WMC, NY; 3MSSM, NY; 4URMC, Rochester; 5MMC, NY; 6WCM, NY; 7NYU, NY
MELD was implemented as an objective measure to prioritize patients for liver transplant (LT). Accuracy and reproducibility of MELD is an essential assumption to ensure…2017 American Transplant Congress
Proteomic Profiles of Deceased Donor Kidney Biopsies Obtained Prior to Transplantation Correlate with Allograft Function at One Year.
Introduction:Cerebral injury during Donation after Brain Death (DBD) will induce a systemic inflammatory response affecting immediate kidney function and survival posttransplantation. Assessment of donor organ…2017 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Kidney Transplantation: Bakirkoy Experience.
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: As minimal invasive treatments develop, most urologists have preferred minimally invasive methods in recent years. There is a great shift through laparoscopic…2017 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Graft Function[mdash]Less Ominous for ARF or DCD Recipients?
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Delayed Graft Function (DGF) is both a transplant outcome and risk factor for graft failure. Kidneys from donors with kidney injury--such as acute renal failure…2017 American Transplant Congress
“Donor Age or Quality” a Qualitative Analysis of Livers Declined for 830.
Abdominal Transplant, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background: Efforts to improve organ utilization have been hindered by a lack of specificity on center's reasons for declining organs. One of the most frequently…2017 American Transplant Congress
Twenty Year Trends in Outcomes and Costs Following Kidney Transplantation.
Purpose. Short term outcomes of kidney transplantation (KTx) are excellent, but it is unclear that long term outcomes have improved, despite advances in immunosuppression (IS).…2017 American Transplant Congress
Nephrectomy of the Failed First Kidney Allograft Predisposes Kidney Transplant Recipients to Presensitization with Alloreactive T-Cells and Inferior Allograft Survival After Retransplantation.
During the last two decades the number of recipients (KTRs) of a previous kidney transplantation being evaluated and waitlisted for a subsequent kidney transplantation has…2017 American Transplant Congress
EBV-Specific CD8+ T Cells from Pediatric Thoracic vs Abdominal Transplant Recipients Are Shaped Differently by the Chronic EBV Loads with Potential Impact on the Risk of PTLD.
Background: EBV infection and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) are life-threatening complications of pediatric solid organ transplantation (Tx). Chronic high EBV viral load (HVL) carriers have…
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