Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 147 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Renal Transplantation without Any Induction Immunosuppression in Spousal Donors – Single Center Experience
R. Bhat, F. Aziz, I. N. Abubecker, S. Narayanan, B. Hafeeque
Nephrology & Transplantation, Malabar Instiute of Medical Sciences, Calicut, India
*Purpose: Renal transplantation in India is primarily driven by living related donation; parents and spouse constitute 70% of donors in India. Some centres use induction…
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Impact Of Rituximab And Maintenance Steroid In The Recurrence Of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
L. A. Mendez Castaner
Transplant, Miami Transplant Institute-University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Recurrence of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) has been reported between 20-80% with up to 60% of graft loss. Rituximab has demonstrated to be effective…
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Effect of Induction Therapy on Absolute CD4 Count and CD4 Percentage in HIV Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. A. Kuten¹, I. E. Dunne¹, A. E. Cantwell¹, M. J. Hobeika², S. G. Yi², W. Musick¹, R. J. Knight², A. O. Gaber²
¹Pharmacy, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) induction causes profound and long-lasting lymphocyte depletion, with CD4+ reconstitution lagging behind other subsets. While absolute CD4 count is the preferred…
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Gender Disparity: Do Female Donors Suffer from Living Kidney Donation?
N. Ebeling¹, B. Suwelack¹, M. Burgmer², a. the SoLKiD Study Group¹
¹MED D, Universitaetsklinikum Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ²Psychosomatic medicine, Universitaetsklinikum Muenster, Muenster, Germany
*Purpose: Transplantation and optional living donation is the therapy of choice in end-stage renal disease. Due to the increase of living kidney donoration (LD), the…
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Renal Pathological Findings in Living Kidney Donor Candidates with Minimal Urinary Abnormalities
H. Ahmed¹, C. Drachenberg², R. Ugarte¹, N. Costa¹, C. Cangro¹, R. N. Barth³, M. Weir¹, A. Harirain¹
¹Medicine-Nephrology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²Pathology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ³Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: With the increasing number of ESRD patients requiring transplantation and stagnant number of deceased-donor organs available, minimizing the exclusion of living donor candidates with…
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Robotic Donor Nephrectomy: Is It Safe Alternative?
D. Friedman, R. Shahbazov, I. Bandler, T. Malik, Z. Acun, K. Olivera-Wright, B. Gallay, O. Pankewycz, M. Laftavi
Surgery, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
*Purpose: Robotic assisted live donor nephrectomies (RDN) have continued to gain popularity in recent years. Previous studies have shown that the outcomes of these robotic…
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Causes of 30 Day Graft Loss among Shared Kidneys in the National Kidney Registry (NKR)
J. Verbesey¹, A. Thomas², M. Ronin³, D. Segev⁴, A. Waterman⁵, S. Flechner⁶, M. Cooper¹
¹Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³National Kidney Registry, New York, NY, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: We have previously reported favorable 1 year graft survival of over 98% in the NKR. Many early concerns associated with organ travel, longer ischemic…
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Variables Associated with Intracardiac Thrombus during Orthotopic Liver Transplant: A Retrospective Single-Center Study
M. Groose¹, J. Mezrich², L. Hammel¹
¹Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Intracardiac thrombus (ICT) is an intraoperative complication during orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) with high mortality. Patients with end stage liver disease have compromised coagulation…
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Poor Practitioner Adherence to Clinical Tobacco Use Guidelines in Liver Transplant Recipients
M. Kosirog¹, P. T. Campbell¹, S. Montag², S. Connolly¹, A. Daud³, A. Das¹, S. Pine¹, D. Finn³, J. Levitsky¹, J. L. Holl⁴, D. Lloyd-Jones⁵, L. B. VanWagner⁶
¹Division of GI and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Pediatrics & Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵Departments of Preventive Medicine and Medicine-Cardiology, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Division of GI and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Tobacco use is a modifiable risk factor for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in liver transplant recipients (LTRs). However, data are lacking about practitioner…
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Learning Curve for Living Donor Laparoscopic Left Lateral Sectionectomy
R. Hwang¹, D. von Ahrens², A. Griesemer¹, T. Kato¹, J. Emond¹, D. Cherqui³, B. Samstein²
¹Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ³Department of Surgery, Paul Brousse Hospital - Université Paris Sud, Villejuif, France
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an important method in reducing wait list mortality. Laparoscopic hepatectomy has been investigated in order to decrease donor…