2017 American Transplant Congress
Classification of Fibromuscular Dysplasia in Kidney Donors Based on Severity and Extent of Lesion.
Introduction: Selection of living kidney donors (LKD) with renal artery (RA) fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is controversial, as traditional diagnostic classifications lack estimates on FMD severity.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Induction Treatment with Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin versus Basiliximab in Renal Transplant Recipients with Planned Early Steroid Withdrawal.
Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
Introduction: In a previous study by our group, rabbit antithymocyte globulin (r-ATG) induction was associated with lower rates of rejection when compared to basiliximab in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Readmissions After Liver Transplantation–They May Be Predictable, but Are They Inevitable?
Dept of Tx Surgery, Tx ICCE, Dept of Pharmacy, MUSC, Charleston, SC
Purpose: Published studies suggest that approximately 40% of OLTx recipients are readmitted within 30 days. The aim of this study is to analyze the risk…2017 American Transplant Congress
Safety of Statin Therapy After Liver Transplantation.
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of long-term mortality in transplant patients. A risk factor for CVD is hyperlipidemia, where the treatment is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Are Drains Required After Donor Hepatectomy?
Abdominal drainage after donor hepatectomy is a routine practice in most of the LDLT centres. But the routine abdominal drainage after donor hepatectomy is questioned…2017 American Transplant Congress
Role of HMG CoA Reductase Inhibitors on Time to Development of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Post-Lung Transplant.
Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
Purpose: Five-year survival after lung transplant (LT) is approximately 55%. Chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) is a primary contributor to this reduced survival post-LT. Options…2017 American Transplant Congress
MMR and Varicella Immunity After Pediatric Liver Transplant.
1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; 2Texas Children's Hospital, Houston
Background: Children listed for liver transplantation (LT) are at risk for decreased vaccine response due to age, underlying disease, or waning immunity. Live attenuated vaccines…2017 American Transplant Congress
Porta Systemic Shunts Helps Us to Delay or Avoid Liver Transplantation in Patients with Portal Hypertension Post Kasai Operation for Biliary Atresia.
Paediatric Surgery and Transplant Surgery, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
We present a series of 10 patients who had Kasai operation for biliary atresia in the neonatal period. These patients had optimally functioning liver in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Preservation of Musculoskeletal Components in Vascularized Composite Allograft Skin Rejection.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background: Severe or chronic rejection of vascularized composite allografts (VCA) has resulted in graft loss and patient deaths. 'Split tolerance' has been defined in patterns…2017 American Transplant Congress
Development of an Anti-HLA Antibody-Producing Humanized Mouse Model.
Chronic antibody-mediated rejection due to anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies (Abs) is an important problem in organ transplantation. The spleen has been reported to be…
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