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  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Long-Term Outcomes of Older Kidney-Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Experience

    S. Sultan, M. Aull, M. Lubetzky, A. Watkins, S. Kapur

    Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Given the aging population of patients with ESRD, and the high rates of associated mortality, at our center we perform an individualized risk assessment…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Requirements Of A Successful Pediatric To Adult Transition Program For Kidney Transplant Recipients. A Single Center Experience.

    H. Youness, D. Zepeda-Orozco, L. Harshman, S. Kuppachi

    UIHC, Iowa City, IA

    *Purpose: The optimal strategy to safely transition a pediatric kidney transplant recipient to an independent adult kidney transplant recipient is vital to ensure compliance and…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Quantitative Epstein-Barr Virus Viral Load Monitoring in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation

    C. Metran1, M. E. Araujo1, R. Cardoso1, G. Araujo1, T. De Paula1, L. Cristofani2, F. Penteado3, M. F. Pereira3, A. Watanabe1

    1Pediatric Nephrology, ICr HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, 2Pediatric Oncology, ICr HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil, 3Pediatric Infectology, ICr HC FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil

    *Purpose: Epstein Barr virus (EBV) belongs to the family of herpesvirus and is associated with a wide range of malignancies, including post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD).…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Prolonged Fluoroquinolone Prophylaxis to Prevent BK Viremia in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    S. A. Muhsin1, S. J. Ripley2, M. L. Jacobs3, K. Safa1, D. M. Wojciechowski1

    1Nephrology Division, MGH, Boston, MA, 2Cancer Center, MGH, Boston, MA, 3Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

    *Purpose: Prophylaxis for kidney transplant recipients has successfully lowered early incidence of infections such as CMV. However, there are no approved agents for the prevention…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Donor – Recipient Size Mismatch Has No Impact on Outcomes after Deceased Donor Whole Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Analysis

    A. Cabrales1, R. Mangus1, B. Ekser1, L. Timsina1, J. Fridell1, P. Mihaylov1, T. Nikumbh1, M. Ghabril2, M. Lacerda2, C. Kubal1

    1Department of Surgery, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, 2Division of Digestive & Liver Disorders, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN

    *Purpose: Assessment of donor size by demographic variables is an important part of deceased donor evaluation prior to liver transplantation (LT). Lack of liver volumetric…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Gender Disparities In Cirrhosis: New Findings In A Large Pretransplant Population

    N. Mazumder, K. Atiemo, A. Daud, L. Zhao, M. Abecassis, J. Levitsky, D. P. Ladner

    Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: There is concern that female patients may suffer worse outcomes than their male counterparts while awaiting liver transplant. Studies on this topic often use…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Silent Allograft Fibrosis in 10-Year Post-Transplantation Histology of Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Is It Really Silent?

    S. Lee, S. Lee, J. Rhu, Y. Chung, S. Kim, K. Lee, S. Lee, J. Kim, G. Choi , J. Park, S. Kim, J. Joh

    Transplantation, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: This study is designed to analyze factors related to long-term allograft fibrosis in clinically stable pediatric liver transplantation patients.*Methods: Pediatric patients who underwent liver…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Cellular And Molecular Characteristics Of Intra-graft Lymphoid Aggregates In Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction

    E. Miyamoto1, S. Juvet1, D. Hwang2, S. Keshavjee1, T. Martinu1

    1Toronto Lung Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

    *Purpose: Lymphoid aggregates (LAs) have been identified within lung allografts post lung transplant (LTx). However, it remains controversial whether they represent benign lymphoid tissue or…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Simulation vs. Reality: 250NM as First Unit of Lung Allocation

    M. Skeans1, J. Pyke1, C. Lehr2, R. Lehman3, K. Uccellini3, K. M. Chan4, E. D. Lease5, R. Daly6, M. Valapour2

    1SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 2Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 3OPTN, Richmond, VA, 4Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 5Univ. of WA, Seattle, WA, 6Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: In November 2017, the OPTN Executive Committee removed donation service area as the first unit of donor allocation, replacing it with a circle of…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Minimally Invasive Kidney Transplantation Using a Novel Intraoperative Cryogenic Circulatory Cooling Device

    H. Dai, L. Peng, L. Song, Z. Tang, N. Wu, C. Fang, M. Nie, T. Li, Y. Zheng, X. Xie, S. Yu

    Department of Urological Organ Transplantation,The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China

    *Purpose: Minimally invasive kidney transplantation (MIKT) has recently been introduced, however, an effective but inexpensive method to balance a minimal incision and reduced ischemia injury…
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