Am J Transplant, Volume 18, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 98 of 211 - ATC Abstracts

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The Incidence and Outcome of Isolated Distal Deep Vein Thrombosis in Kidney Transplant Recipient
M. Kim, J. Hwang, S. Kim, S. Park, I. Moon, J. Kim.
Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Introduction Isolated distal deep vein thrombosis (IDDVT) in kidney transplantation recipient (KTR) is difficult to make decision because it is not common in Korean and…
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Liver Retransplantation and Renal Failure: The Benefit of Simultaneous Kidney Transplant
J. Berumen,¹ V. Irine,² S. Mita,² S. Gabriel,¹ M. Kristin.¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA; ²Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Liver retransplantation has poor survival compared to primary liver transplant. Renal failure is a proven negative risk factor for survival with retransplant. Our aim was…
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Re-Transplantation for Hepatic Artery Thrombosis: A National Perspective
C. Garcia, X. Mei, F. Marti, M. Shah, J. Berger, M. Daily, M. Gupta, R. Gedaly.
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Background: We aim to analyze patients undergoing re-transplantation for HAT in the US.Methods:Between 1995 and 2015, 623 patients were re-transplanted for HAT identified in the…
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Diffuse Optical Non-Invasive Organ Risk (DONOR) Indexing Using Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy for Pre-Transplant Evaluation
H. Borron,¹ D. Piao,² A. Hawxby,³ H. Wright,³ E. Rubin.⁴
¹College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK; ²School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; ³Oklahoma Transplant Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK; ⁴Pathology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK.
Purpose: Due to large transplant waitlists, a rapid, non-invasive method to evaluate organ quality for transplantation is needed. Diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOSi) is an optical…
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Waitlist Candidates Who Travel for Liver Transplantation and the Donor Organs They Receive
J. Ge, J. Lai.
Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.
Background:Geographic disparities in access to liver transplantation (LT) has led to candidates seeking LT outside their home UNOS region (“Travelers”). Little is known about their…
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Calibration of Updated LSAM
J. Pyke,¹ T. Weaver,¹ D. Schladt,¹ N. Salkowski,¹ A. Wey,¹ J. Lake,² W. Kim,³ S. Gentry,⁴ A. Israni.¹
¹SRTR, Minneapolis; ²Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis; ³Stanford Univ, Stanford; ⁴U.S. Navy, Annapolis.
Purpose: The liver simulated allocation model (LSAM) is a discrete-event microsimulation of the liver allocation system used for policy evaluation and research. We investigated the…
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Determinants of Delays and Reduced Rates of Waitlisting and Kidney Transplant among American Indians
M. Keddis, M. Ilyas, N. Zhang, H. Khamash, S. Leischow, A. Sharma, R. Heilman.
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.
Introduction: American Indian (AI) patients experience delays in every step of the kidney transplant (KTx) evaluation. Our objective is to determine the contribution of co-morbid…
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Outcomes of ABO Non-Identical Pancreas Transplant
S. Nagaraju, R. Mangus, J. Fridell.
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
A data review of all pancreas transplants since 2003 (n=606) at our institution revealed 41 recipients of a non-identical ABO donor pancreas. They were matched…
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Pancreas Retransplantation: Outcomes of This Technical and Immunological Challenge over 38 Patients
F. Paret,¹ D. Cantarovich,² G. Karam,³ T. Batard,⁴ M. Nedelec,⁵ J. Branchereau.⁶
¹Urology and Transplantation, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France; ²Nephrology and Transplantation, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France.
IntroductionPancreas transplantation is now a mastered technique for patients suffering from severe diabetes. However, a significant number of grafts are lost for technical and immunological…
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BETA-2 Score is an Excellent Tool for Monitoring of Islet Allograft Function and Early Detection of Transplant Dysfunction
P. Bachul,¹ J. Gołębiewska,² L. Basto,¹ M. Kijek,¹ N. Fillman,¹ K. Cieply,¹ K. Golab,¹ L-.J. Wang,¹ M. Tibudan,¹ C. Thomas,¹ A. Dębska-Ślizień,² J. Fung,¹ P. Witkowski.¹
¹Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago; ²Nephrology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
After validation of BETA-2 scores in our cohort of patients in relation to standard stimulation tests, we decided to assess the practical utility of BETA-2…