2017 American Transplant Congress
Renal Function After Liver Transplantation Alone in Patients Meeting the Proposed UNOS Simultaneous Liver-Kidney (SLK) Criteria.
Background & Aim: The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has proposed criteria for simultaneous liver and kidney transplantation (SLK) incorporating strict definitions for eligibility…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Objective Liver Frailty Index Significantly Improves the Clinician “Eyeball Test” to Predict Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates.
Background: Frailty is a critical determinant of waitlist outcomes. The most commonly-used test to assess frailty in liver transplant (LT) candidates is the “eyeball test”,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Renal Outcomes Following Intestinal Transplantation.
Purpose: Single center study of Intestinal Transplant recipients to evaluate epidemiology of dialysis and renal transplantation(RT) following Intestinal transplantation(IT).Methods: 288 adult patients who underwent first…2017 American Transplant Congress
Orthotopic Liver Transplantation of Xenogeneic Livers Repopulated with Autologous Hepatocytes: Proof of Normal Function and Consistent Survival.
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
BackgroundGeneration of transplantable patient-like organs in pigs will solve the problem of organ shortage and potentially extend the indications for liver transplantation. However, the efficacy…2017 American Transplant Congress
Use of Hepatitis C Infected Organs for Kidney Transplantation: A Medical Decision Analysis.
1Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; 2University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Given that Hepatitis C (HCV) can be cured, organs from HCV+ deceased donors might be used in HCV- recipients if treatment at the time of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Bioengineering Human Islets to Form Peri-Islet Vessels from Intraislet Endothelial Cells for Improving Human Islet Function.
Native islets in the pancreas have a rich vascular supply however, the current islet isolation technique completely severs the vasculature to islets. As such, these…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Comparison of Desensitization Protocols: Rituximab with/without Plasmapheresis in ABO-Incompatible Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Center for Liver Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
Background: Plasmapheresis is a desensitization method used prior to ABO-incompatible (ABO-I) living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). However, studies on its usefulness in the rituximab era…2017 American Transplant Congress
Stability of Immune Phenotype, Alloreactive, and Antiviral Immunity After Switch to Belatacept-Based Regimen After Kidney Transplantation.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Purpose: This investigator-initiated study examines the impact of belatacept on T cell immune phenotype and function.Methods: 14 patients who had completed the study protocol were…2017 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Background: Risk of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is greatly increased in immunosuppressed HIV-infected people. Case series describe PCNSL in solid organ transplant (SOT)…2017 American Transplant Congress
Antibody-Mediated Vascular Rejection of Kidney Allografts: What Does It Happen After 15 Years?
OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between subtypes of AVR and graft loss. We assessed patients who provided biopsy samples for acute allograft rejection, between 1998 and…
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