Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 129 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

2018 American Transplant Congress
Cumulative Sum Analysis of the Learning Curve for Video-Assisted Minilaparotomy Donor Nephrectomy in Healthy Kidney Donors
J. Na,¹ J. Park,¹ M-.G. Yoon,¹ H. Lee,² Y. Yoon,³ K. Huh,⁴ M. Kim,⁴ S. Kim,⁴ Y. Kim,⁴ W. Han.¹
¹Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Urological Science Institute, Seoul, Korea; ²Department of Urology, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang-si, Korea; ³Department of Urology, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Surgery-Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background:Video-assisted minilaparotomy surgery (VAMS) is a hybrid of open and laparoscopic surgical techniques, so has advantages of both approaches. Here we examined the learning curve…
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Temporal Trends in Living Kidney Donor Candidates
S. Singh,^1,2 V. DiCecco,² M. Luo,² Y. Li,² O. Famure.²
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Division of Nephrology and the Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Living kidney donor transplantation is the preferred treatment option for end-stage renal disease. However, living kidney donation rates have plateaued in North America. Existing studies…
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Torsion and Inversion of Intraperitoneal Kidneys Manifesting as Acute Allograft Dysfunction – A Case Series
P. Kandula, A. Patel, S. Bains, H. Sun.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.
Torsion (rotation of kidney allograft around its vascular pedicle) or inversion (rotation of kidney graft around ureter) of intraperitoneal transplant kidney is a rare complication.…
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Higher Concordance in the Incidence of DGF and Post-Transplant BKV Infection among Recipients Receiving Mate Kidneys from the Same Deceased Donor: A Paired Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Analysis
K. Venkatesh,¹ C. Wu,¹ C. Puttarajappa,¹ R. Mehta,¹ P. Sood,¹ A. Tevar,² S. Hariharan.¹
¹Nephrology Division, Univ of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Transplant Surgery, Univ of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: This study was undertaken to explore the degree to which donor variables impact rates of DGF, post-transplant CMV and BKV infections using a paired…
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Impact of Age and Race on BK Viremia among Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Mehta,^1,3 N. Ali,^1,3 B. Lonze,^2,3 A. Stachel.³
¹Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY; ²Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY; ³NYU Langone Health, New York, NY.
Background: Older age has been described as a potential risk factor for BK virus infection after kidney transplantation. The purpose of this study is to…
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Liver Transplantation in Foreign Nationals: Lower Rates of Waitlist Mortality and Higher Rates of Lost to Follow-Up Post-Transplant
N. Ferrante, D. Goldberg.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Background: A highly contentious issue in the transplant community is whether or not to provide deceased donor liver transplant (DDLT) to non-citizen/non-residents (NCNRs) who travel…
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Pragmatic Surgical Risk Assessment Criteria in Critically Ill Patients Prior to Liver Transplantation
C. Bonham, Z. Tulu, M. Melcher, P. Kwo, W. Concepcion, A. Ahmed, C. Esquivel.
Liver Transplant Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
Futility rules in critically ill patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT) are lacking in this era of severe organ shortage of organs. We aim to identify…
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Reliability of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Reporting to the OPTN
R. Carrico,¹ R. Lehman,¹ K. Uccellini,¹ K. Chan,² T. Whelan.³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond; ²Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor; ³Medical Univ of South Carolina, Charleston.
Background: Chronic rejection of the lung allograft is traditionally classified as bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) diagnosed by obstructive airway physiology. The OPTN requires the reporting…
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Evaluation of Survival and Maintenance Immunosuppression in Elderly Lung Transplant Recipients
P. Nguyen,¹ R. Girgis,^1,2 E. Murphy,^1,2 R. Hadley,^1,2 M. Leacche,^1,2 A. Kumar,^1,2 G. Sathiyamoorthy,^1,2 J. McDermott.^1,2
¹Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; ²Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI.
Background: Lung transplantation in the elderly is controversial given increased risks and the optimal immunosuppression regimen is not fully understood.Methods: A retrospective cohort study was…
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TLR2 with TCR Signaling Mobilizes Treg Lymphatic Migration
W. Piao, Y. Xiong, L. Li, V. Saxena, J. Bromberg.
UMB, MD.
Background: Regulatory T cells (Treg) express high levels of lymphotoxin (LT) and bind the LT receptor (LTβR) on lymphatic endothelial cells (LEC). This receptor-ligand interaction…