2018 American Transplant Congress
Isolated Right Hepatic Vein (RHV) Obstruction after Piggyback Liver Transplantation, an Infrahepatic Terminolateral Cavo-Cavostomy as a Rescue Technique to Save the Graft
Transplant Unit, National Medical Center "20 de Noviembre", Mexico City, Mexico.
Background: The “piggyback” technique for liver transplantation (LT) has gained acceptance around the world. However, outflow problems are more common than the classic technique.Material and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Graft Gene Expression Contribute to Coagulopathy in UDCD Liver Transplantation
Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
Uncontrolled donation after circulatory death donors suffer cardiac arrest followed by unsuccessful resuscitation. Their livers have been successfully transplanted, though strict maintenance and selection criteria…2018 American Transplant Congress
Do High-Risk Categories Convey the Wrong Message to Waitlisted Patients – Is It Time to Reconsider the Absolute Risk of Graft Loss?
Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.
Many waitlisted patients (pts) do not consent to accept livers from “high-risk” donors (HRD), possibly due to lack of understanding of the absolute risk (AR)…2018 American Transplant Congress
No Correlation between US News "Best Hospitals" Rank and Outcome of Liver or Kidney Transplantation
Introduction:Increased need for quality and cost effective healthcare has led to lay-press rankings such as U.S. News and World Report (USN). USN's “Best Hospitals” publication…2018 American Transplant Congress
Reducing Hospital Readmissions: Referral of High Risk Liver Transplant Patients to a Transitional Care Coordination(TCC) Program
One-fifth of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital an annual cost of $17.4 billion. The readmission rate among liver transplant patient populations at a…2018 American Transplant Congress
Peri-Transplant Glycaemic Control as a Predictor of Pancreas Transplant Survival
Introduction: The impact of peri-transplant glycaemic control on outcomes after pancreas transplantation is unknown. Our aims were to relate peri-transplant glycaemic control to survival and…2018 American Transplant Congress
BK Viremia in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Recipients: Single Center Experience
Introduction: The impact of BK viremia in recipients of simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation (SPK) is not well known. We therefore studied the incidence and…2018 American Transplant Congress
To Score a Pancreas, Stars Must Be Aligned
Excellent medical care and readily accessible insulin preparations serve to require a very high quality of deceased donor pancreas organs accepted for transplantation. Improving, prevailing…2018 American Transplant Congress
Innovative Strategies to Accommodate Increased Patient Volume in an Outpatient Transplant Infusion Center
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: To accommodate the increasing volume of patients scheduled for infusions at the Comprehensive Transplant Center(CTC) Infusion suite. It began as a two chair unit…2018 American Transplant Congress
Human CD8+CD28– Ts Cells Expanded by Common Gamma Chain (γc) Cytokines Keep Steady Allospecific Suppressive Capacity In Vivo
Background: CD8+CD28- T suppressor (Ts) cells were recently reported to play a critical role in transplant tolerance, harnessing the potential for clinical use in transplantation.…
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