Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 27 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Postoperative Renal Function Predicts Length of Stay for Incisional Hernia Repair 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 repair (IHR) is the most frequently performed general surgery procedure after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Although enhanced recovery protocols for general surgery…
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Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma beyond UCSF Criteria: Can We Achieve a Modest Long-Term Survival? A Single Center Retrospective Analysis of Using Extended Criteria
A. Thorat, L.-B. Jeng, S.-C. Hsu, C.-C. Yeh, T.-H. Chen, H.-R. Yang, K.-S. Poon, P.-C. Li.
Organ Transplantation Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Milan's criteria were universally validated for LT in HCC patients and, were accepted as allocation criteria of UNOS in 2001 & Eurotransplantation in 2006. However,…
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Delivery of Culturally-Competent Transplant Care among Hmong Kidney Transplant Recipients: Outcomes from a Single Institution
M. Odegard,¹ O. Serrano,¹ K. Peterson,¹ S. Mongin,² D. Berglund,³ D. Vock,⁴ S. Chinnakotla,¹ T. Dunn,¹ E. Finger,¹ R. Kandaswamy,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas.¹
¹Division of Transplantation, Division of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ³Informatics Services for Research and Reporting, Fairview, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
OBJECTIVE: Kidney transplantation (KT) entails delivery of complex, well-coordinated, multidisciplinary care. Cultural and linguistic discordance among transplant providers and patients can lead to healthcare disparities.…
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How Early is Too Early for a Preemptive Kidney Transplant? A Markov Decision Process-Based Retrospective Analysis
M. Kurt,¹ A. Khojandi,² M. Barah,² B. Tanriover.³
¹Economic and Data Sciences, Merck Research Labs, North Wales, PA; ²Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; ³Division of Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Purpose: Living-donor preemptive kidney transplantation (PKT) provides survival and financial benefits. However there is no guidelines to assist with PKT timing.Method: We considered the transplant…
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Depletion Resistant Effector Memory T Cells Mediate Thymoglobulin Refractory Allograft Rejection in Human Intestinal Transplant Recipients
O. Aguirre, B. Houlihan, A. Karabala, C. Cosentino, R. Girlanda, J. Hawksworth, C. Matsumoto, M. Zasloff, T. Fishbein, A. Kroemer.
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
A. This study aimed to determine the mechanisms underlying T cell depletion-resistant moderate to severe acute cellular rejection (ACR) in intestinal transplantation (ITx) patients.B. A…
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Ischemia Reperfusion Injury & Risk for Antibody Mediated Rejection (ABMR) in HLA Sensitized Patients Treated with C1 Esterase Inhibitor (C1INH)
A. Vo,¹ O. Aubert,² J. Choi,¹ N. Ammerman,¹ H. Edmund,¹ A. Peng,¹ R. Najjar,¹ S. Supreet,¹ S. Jordan.¹
¹Kidney Transplant, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, LA, CA; ²Paris Translational Research for Organ Transplantation, Necker Hospital, Paris, France.
Introduction: Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) contributes to delayed graft function (DGF). IRI/DGF in HLA-sensitized (HS) patients likely activates innate and memory injury pathways that may…
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Effect of Everolimus with Reduced Calcineurin Inhibitor on Efficacy and Safety in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients: 12-Month Results from the US Cohort of TRANSFORM Study
S. Mulgaonkar,¹ Y. Qazi,¹ D. Kim,¹ V. Peddi,¹ K. McCague,² D. Patel,² A. Wiseman.¹
¹TRANSFORM Study Group, Livingston; ²Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover.
Purpose: Despite remarkable short-term survival benefits, long-term outcomes in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) remain unsatisfactory. Everolimus (EVR) may improve long-term outcomes by reducing calcineurin inhibitor…
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The Impact of Age-Matching on Graft Function and Graft Survival after Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
J. Lee,¹ D. Kim,¹ J. Lee,¹ J. Lee,¹ Y. Jung,¹ M. Ju,¹ S. Song,² J. Lee,³ K. Huh,¹ B. Kim,⁴ S. Kim,¹ Y. Kim,¹ M. Kim.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Department of Surgery, Ewha Womans University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ³Department of Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Introduction: To overcome the shortage of organs, the influence of age matching in living donor kidney transplantation should be studied. We analyzed the impact of…
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Steroid Sparing Maintenance Immunosuppression is Associated with Decreased Mortality after Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation
S. Weeks, X. Luo, C. Song, L. Pote, A. Gurakar, F. Navqi, B. Philosophe, A. Cameron, N. Desai, S. Ottmann, D. Segev, J. Garonzik Wang.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
Purpose: Significant variation in maintenance immunosuppression (mIS) regimens has been described between transplant centers for simultaneous liver kidney (SLK) transplant recipients; we sought to describe…
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The Protective Effect of Multivisceral Transplantation on Intestinal Allograft Rejection – Its Correlation with T-Cell Macrochimerism from a Long-Term Prospective Study
P. Liou,¹ M. Martinez,¹ J. Fu,² M. Velasco,¹ A. Griesemer,¹ S. Lobritto,¹ J. Vittorio,¹ S. Ravella,¹ B. Levin,³ J. Emond,¹ M. Sykes,² T. Kato.¹
¹Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Columbia University, New York, NY; ²Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Columbia University, New York, NY; ³Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Objective Graft rejection remains the crux of intestinal transplantation. Although liver-inclusive grafts appear to be protective, the mechanism remains unknown. We hypothesize that T-cell macrochimerism…