Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 79 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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Clinical Analysis of Impact of Intraoperative Hepatic Blood Inflow on Acute Kidney Injury Following Allogeneic Liver Transplantation
J. Zhang, Q. Liu, X. Li, Y. Meng, L. Yang, C. Zhang, N. Sun, A. Jiao, J. Lin.
Hepatobiliary Surgery Department and Unit of Organ Transplantation, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major and severe complication following allogeneic liver transplantation and is associated with increased postoperative morbidity and mortality. With…
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Recipient ABO Blood-Type is Associated with Their Survival after Adult-to-Adult Living-Donor Liver Transplantation: Blood-Type O is Disadvantage?
T. Goto,¹ K. Hata,¹ M. Nagao,² J. Kusakabe,¹ Y. Okamura,¹ T. Tajima,¹ I. Tamaki,¹ Y. Nigmet,¹ T. Tajima,¹ J. Yoshikawa,¹ H. Tanaka,¹ S. Ichiyama,² S. Uemoto.¹
¹Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery and Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Japan; ²Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto City, Japan.
PURPOSE: Accumulating evidence has suggested that ABO blood-type is associated with the prevalence and severity of infectious diseases, cancers, and cardiovascular diseases, however, its impact…
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Effect of Direct-Acting Hepatitis C Treatment Regimens on Calcineurin Inhibitors in Liver and Kidney Transplant Patients
M. Laub, J. Byrns, M. Harris, C. Berg, S. Sanoff.
Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC.
Background: It has been suggested that treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAA) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) may decrease calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) concentrations. The purpose of…
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Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Safety: Experience of 500 Cases in Hispanic Population at a Single Institution
Y. Baez Suarez, F. Giron Luque, J. Amaya Nieto.
Transplantation Surgery, Colombiana de Trasplantes, Bogota, Colombia.
Background: Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy (LDN) has become the best option in living donation because its safety and low rate of complications. This report aims…
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Gastrointestinal Autologous Reconstruction for Management of Chronic Gut Failure in the New Era of Visceral Transplantation
K. M. Abu-Elmagd, S. R. Armanyous, N. R. Parekh, D. McMichael, M. Fujiki, K. Hashimoto, A. Khanna, A. Shatnawei, G. Costa.
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…
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Prophylaxis of Wound Infections- Antibiotics in Renal Donation (POWAR): A Multicentre UK Double Blinded Placebo Controlled Randomised Controlled Trial
Z. Ahmed, R. Uwechue, N. Kessaris, N. Mamode.
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…
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DAP12 and Its Triggering Co-Receptor TREM2 Play Key Roles in Regulation of Mouse and Human Liver DC Function and Control of Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
T. Nakao,¹ Y. Ono,¹ H. Dai,¹ A. Perez-Gutierrez,¹ G. Camirand,¹ H. Huang,¹ D. Geller,^1,2 A. Thomson.^1,3
¹Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Liver Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Liver interstitial dendritic cells (DCs) have been implicated in the control of liver ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) and in the induction of liver transplant tolerance.…
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Predicting Survival after Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplants by Donor-Recipient Match: Who Can Tolerate a High-KDPI Kidney?
S. Bae, J. Garonzik Wang, K. Jackson, A. Thomas, X. Luo, A. Massie, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Deceased-donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) with high-KDPI kidneys carries an additional risk of mortality and graft failure, which could be tolerable for some candidates but detrimental…
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Transplantation of Kidneys from Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Antibody (Ab) Positive, NAT Negative Donors to HCV Negative Patients Results in Seroconversion but Not Viral Transmission
M. de Vera, M. Volk, Z. Ncube, A. Kore, M. Robinson, P. Wai, S. Blais, P. Baron, R. Villicana.
Transplant Surgery, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA.
Anecdotal reports have suggested that transplantation of HCV Ab+/NAT- donor kidneys into HCV negative recipients is safe and not associated with HCV transmission. With the…
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Endothelin-1 Type A Receptor Antibodies Are Associated with Elevated Il-8, Arteritis and Decline in Renal Function in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients
M. Pearl,¹ J. Grotts,¹ M. Rossetti,¹ Q. Zhang,¹ P. Weng,¹ E. Reed,¹ E. Tsai Chambers.²
¹University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; ²Duke University, Durham, NC.
Background: We have recently shown that the non-HLA antibody, AT1R-Ab, is prevalent and associated with poor outcomes in pediatric kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). The prevalence…