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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Successful Utilization of Deceased Donor Kidney Allografts with KDPI>85 in Older Recipients

    A. Nickkholgh,1 A. Agarwal,1 A. Nishio Lucar,2 K. Brayman,1 A. Doyle,2 J. Oberholzer.1

    1Dept. of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; 2Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.

    Background: High kidney donor profile index (KDPI >85%) organs can grant earlier access to transplantation particularly for those who are frail, have limited waiting time…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Pre-Existing Allograft Diabetic Nephropathy from Diabetic Donor is Reversible after Kidney Transplantation in Non-Diabetic Recipient

    K. Hotta,1 D. Iwami,1 H. Harada,2 Y. Fukasawa,2 H. Okada,1 H. Higuchi,1 T. Hirose,2 N. Fukuzawa,2 N. Shinohara.1

    1Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan; 2Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.

    【Introduction】The shortage of kidney donor has limited the treatment of patients with end-stage kidney disease. To use diabetic donor with normal renal function is would…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Treatment of HCV Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients

    M. Rial, L. Tana, C. Alonso, H. Curcio, E. Chulluyan, D. Casadei.

    Renal Transplant Unit, Instituto de Nefrologia Nephrology, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    HCV infection is associated to chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatic carcinoma and increased incidence of diabetes. Combination of new antiviral drugs have demonstrated utility in liver…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    BK Nephropathy in Non-Kidney Transplant Patients, a Case Series and Systematic Review of the Literature

    A. Shah,1 V. Kumar,2 B. Laskin,2,3 D. Sawinski,1,2 J. Hogan.1,2

    1Division of Nephrology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; 2Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia; 3Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia.

    Background: BK virus is highly seroprevalent but clinical disease typically occurs only in immunocompromised persons, most notably leading to significant morbidity in patients with kidney…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Early Allograft Inflammation: A Prospective Study

    R. Mehta, S. Tandukar, P. Sood, C. Puttarajappa, C. Wu, N. Shah, A. Tevar, S. Hariharan.

    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh.

    The impact of early allograft inflammation is unclear. We prospectively studied changes in renal function and histology in a cohort of patients who received a…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Transplantation with or without Left Renal Vein Ligation: Comparative Study of 105 Cases

    M. Perosa,1 H. Noujaim,1 J. Branez,1 L. Mota,1 B. Zeballos,1 R. Santos,1 A. Watanabe,2 G. Ferreira,2 A. Moraes,2 A. Silvestre,3 G. Martinho,4 N. Siqueira,5 T. Genzini.1

    1Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Leforte Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2ICDF Hospital, Brasilia, Brazil; 3Medical School, Sao Camilo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 4Medical School, Santa Casa, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 5Hospital das Clínicas, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil.

    The presence of large spontaneous splenorenal shunts (SSRS) is a risk factor for low portal flow and graft dysfunction after liver transplantation (LT). Left renal…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Learning Curve in 100 Consecutive Live Liver Donors Undergoing Pure Laparoscopic Right Hepatectomy

    K. Suh, S. Hong, K. Yoon, J-.M. Lee, J-.H. Cho, N-.J. Yi, K. Lee.

    Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

    Introduction: Laparoscopic donor hepatectomy is evolving as a new option in live liver donor surgery considering donor's cosmetic and functional demand. However, laparoscopic donor major…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Advancement in Perioperative Outcomes of Living Donors in Pure Laparoscopic Right Hepatectomy

    Y. Choi, H. Han, Y. Yoon, J. Cho, B. Lee.

    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.

    Background In the early period, laparoscopic liver resection was applied in limited cases, but now the number of cases and its application is rapidly increasing.…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Mitochondrial Quality Control through PGC-1α in Syngenic Mouse Heart Transplant

    A. Cherry,1 K. Porter,1 H. Suliman,1 J. Wang,2 M. Mulvihill,2 A. Kirk.2

    1Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, NC; 2Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.

    Intro: Impaired mitochondrial function plays a role in graft dysfunction after transplant, and recovery is facilitated by mitochondrial quality control (MQC). Two key elements of…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Noninvasive Quantization of Intra-Renal Allograft C4d Deposition with Targeted Ultrasound Imaging

    T. Liao,1 Y. Zhang,1 J. Ren,2 H. Zheng,1 H. Zhang,2 X. Liu,1 T. Yin,2 Q. Sun.1

    1Organ Transplantation Research Institute, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; 2Department of Medical Ultrasound, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) has emerged as the major cause of renal allograft dysfunction. C4d, a specific marker of AMR diagnosis, was strongly recommended for routine…
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