2018 American Transplant Congress
Oral Health Related Quality of Life for Children with Kidney Disease
Children with kidney disease experience general health deficiencies that may affect their oral health and consequently their quality of life (QOL). Recent studies show a…2018 American Transplant Congress
Which Way to Go, Liver Resection or Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Child A Liver Cirrhosis
Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Introduction: Liver transplantation(LT) has better outcomes even in patient with child A than LR because LT can overcome the tumor and background liver factors. We…2018 American Transplant Congress
28-Year Cumulative US Experience with Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplant – How Far Have We Come?
Surgery, State University of New York, Downstate, Brooklyn, NY.
Introduction: The last 30 years have shown tremendous growth in pediatric liver transplant. Refinements of surgical technique and immunosuppression have improved graft survival. In the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Psychiatric Disorders and Disturbances in Transplant Listing Decisions
Background: Poorly controlled mental health disorders pose contraindications to listing because they are associated with increased noncompliance and graft loss.[1] Once managed, these conditions do…2018 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and Kidney Transplantation: AST-KPCOP Survey of Center Practices
Kidney Pancreas COP, AST, Mt. Laurel.
Background: Frailty is a clinical phenotype of decreased physiologic reserve and resistance to stressors. Given the potential utility of frailty evaluation as prognosticator of kidney…2018 American Transplant Congress
Blood Transfusion is a Critical Determinant of Resource Utilization and Total Hospital Cost in Liver Transplantation
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Objective: The aim of this study is to identify factors associated with increased resource use and total hospital cost after liver transplantation (LT).Methods: A study…2018 American Transplant Congress
Follow-Up and Outcomes of Epstein-Barr Virus Negative Recipients after a Kidney Transplant from an Epstein-Barr Virus Positive Donor
Introduction: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is one of the most serious complications of chronic immunosuppression after an organ transplant. One of the major risk factors…2018 American Transplant Congress
Functional Reconstruction of Urogenital Tissue Defects Using VCA: A Novel Microsurgical Penis Transplant Model and Clinical & Histological Rejection Classification
Background: Defects of male urogenital structures subsequent to major trauma are associated with severely reduced function and quality-of-life. As of recent, penis transplantation represents an…2018 American Transplant Congress
Dual Function of IRF1/IRF4 on Dendritic Cells in Mouse Liver Transplantation Model
Tolerogenic dendritic cells play an essential role in transplant tolerance induction. However, how to induce tolerogenic dendritic cells is not fully understood. Here, we sorted…2018 American Transplant Congress
Scoring Transplant Glomerulopathy Using Morphometry: Correlation with Banff Criteria
William J.von Liebig Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Background: Transplant glomerulopathy (TG) is a prognostic marker for graft survival. Still, scoring TG using the Banff cg-score remains a challenge and no assessments in…
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