2018 American Transplant Congress
Gastrointestinal Autologous Reconstruction for Management of Chronic Gut Failure in the New Era of Visceral Transplantation
Center for Gut Rehabilitation & Transplantaion, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
OBJECTIVE(S): Chronic gut failure(CGF) is associated with life-threatening complications, impaired life-quality, and burdened healthcare-cost. With recent advances in autologous-reconstruction along with visceral transplantation, evidence-based practical…2018 American Transplant Congress
Prophylaxis of Wound Infections- Antibiotics in Renal Donation (POWAR): A Multicentre UK Double Blinded Placebo Controlled Randomised Controlled Trial
Abdominal Transplant Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
AIM: Postoperative infection following hand assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN) confers significant morbidity. Previous reports suggest 1 in 5 patients develop infective complications. No modifiable…2018 American Transplant Congress
In Vivo Imaging and Function of Renal Tertiary Lymphoid Organs
Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh.
Tertiary lymphoid organs (TLOs) are ectopic lymphoid structures that arise in non-lymphoid tissues in the setting of chronic inflammation such as organ transplantation. The function…2018 American Transplant Congress
Inflammatory Frailty Index and Mortality after Kidney Transplantation
Frailty is a phenotype of decreased physiologic reserve and is associated with a pro-inflammatory state. Fried frailty (slow walk speed, weight loss, decreased grip, low…2018 American Transplant Congress
Use of Hepatitis-C Treatments after Kidney Transplantation: Impact of the Direct-Acting Antiviral Era
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in kidney transplant (KTx) donors or recipients has correlated with adverse outcomes, partly due to limited treatment options. Development of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Feasibility of a National Class II Matching Strategy for Pediatric Kidney Transplant Candidates
Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a major concern for allograft failure, which could be mitigated by allocation of Class II matched donors. Since children have priority,…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Transplant-Death Index: A Novel Method to Identify Disenfranchised Liver Transplant Waitlist Candidates
Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
The transplant field is seeing a shift in outcome priorities from just 1-year survival to include waitlist metrics such as the transplant rate. Identifying disenfranchised…2018 American Transplant Congress
Prevention of an Adaptive Immune Response by FDA-Approved Immunosuppressive Agents in Baboons with Pig Artery Patch Xenografts
Background: In the pig-to-baboon artery patch model with no immunosuppressive therapy, a graft from a GTKO pig elicits a significant anti-nonGal IgG response, indicating sensitization…2018 American Transplant Congress
IgA Recurrence in a Single Center with a Protocol Biopsy Program
The objective of this study was to determine the rate of recurrence of IgA nephropathy in our program aided by protocol biopsies and protocol driven…2018 American Transplant Congress
Tissue Talks: Graft´s Histological Findings 10 Years after Belatacept or CNI
The BENEFIT study demonstrated that 7 yrs after kidney transplantation (KT), mean eGFR, patient and graft survival, were significantly higher in the belatacept group than…
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