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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Multiparametric MRI for Assessment of Renal Transplant Fibrosis: A Pilot

    M. Menon, O. Bane, S. Lewis, R. Khaim, S. Florman, P. Kennedy, S. Hectors, V. Delaney, F. Salem, B. Taouli.

    Recanati Miller Transplant Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.

    Fibrosis in renal allografts confers risk of progression to allograft loss. The gold standard for evaluating renal fibrosis remains allograft biopsy, which is invasive, prone…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Very Old Kidney Recipients of Grafts from Very Old Donors

    H. Trujillo, A. García, T. Cavero, B. Redondo, C. Moliz, T. Bada, E. González, M. Praga, A. Andrés.

    Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.

    Aims: Describe the outcomes of very old kidney recipients of grafts from very old donors. Identify pretransplant clinical factors associated with graft and recipient survival.Methods:…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    APOL1 Long-Term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO)

    G. Guerra,1 E. Poggio,2 M. Ortigosa-Goggins,1 M. Doshi,3 B. Freedman,4 D. Reboussin,4 P. Kimmel,5 APOLLO Investigators.

    1Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL; 2Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 3University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 4Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; 5NIDDK, Bethesda, MD.

    Two renal-risk variants in the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1) are powerfully associated with a spectrum of non-diabetic chronic kidney diseases in populations with recent African…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Multi-Drug Resistant Urinary Tract Infections Following Renal Transplant: Risk Factors and Patient Outcomes

    D. Hooker,1 K. Gutierrez,2 K. Foster,1 A. Dodson.2

    1Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Birmingham, AL; 2Comprehensive Transplant Institute, UAB Hospital, Birmingham, AL.

    Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common infection after kidney transplant (KTx) resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. The reported incidence of UTIs…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Klotho, HMGB-1 and Kynurenine as Marker for Injury and Function in Renal Transplantation

    M. Stangl,1 D. Abendroth.2

    1Transplant Center Munich, Klinikum Großhadern, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany; 2Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.

    Brain death is associated with immune activation and tissue injuries, counter regulated by activation of the tryptophan pathway producing kynurenine (Kyn). High mobility group box…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Delayed Achievement of Therapeutic Tacrolimus Levels after Renal Transplantation is Not Associated with Increased Incidence of Early Acute Rejection: Single-Center Results

    R. Marshall, J. Brandenberger, A. Cantafio, J. Halldorson, R. Bakthavatsalam, A. Dick, S. Rayhill, J. Reyes, J. Perkins.

    Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

    Induction therapy followed by maintenance with a calcineurin inhibitor aims to minimize the incidence of early rejection and optimize the potential for allograft function. However…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Intervention for Splenorenal Shunt May Decrease the Incidence of Post-Liver Transplant Acute Kidney Injury

    J. Wang, A. Nickkholgh, R. Shahbazov, S. Pelletier, D. Maluf.

    Dept. of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.

    Background: Splenorenal shunt (SRS) is a type of portosystemic shunt that develops frequently in the setting of chronic portal hypertension and cirrhosis. It remains controversial…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Pure Laparoscopic vs Open Living Donor Right Hepatectomy

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

    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.

    Background With the development of laparoscopic skills, its application has expanded in living donor liver transplantation. However, due to technical difficulties, pure laparoscopic donor hepatectomy…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Donor Age on Outcomes after Living Donor Liver Transplantation

    K. Hayashi,1 K. Gotoh,1 H. Eguchi,1 Y. Iwagami,1 D. Yamada,1 T. Asaoka,1 T. Noda,1 K. Kawamoto,1 S. Kobayashi,1 K. Umeshita,2 Y. Doki,1 M. Mori.1

    1Dept of Gastroenterological Sugery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan; 2Division of Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

    Background: Liver transplantation (LT) is a curative treatment for decompensated cirrhosis and fulminant hepatitis. Although not a few patients received LT with marginal donor livers…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Preventing Recurrence of Incisional Hernia after Liver Transplantation

    J. Butler, D. O'Brien, J. Kays, C. Kubal, B. Ekser, J. Fridell, R. Mangus, J. Powelson.

    Transplant Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.

    Background: Incisional hernia is a well-known complication of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Although factors that affect incidence of hernia after OLT have been described, recurrence…
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