Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 187 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

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Impact of Recipient Obesity on Kidney Transplantation Outcome: A Retrospective Cohort Study with a Matched Comparison
A. Buemi¹, L. Romero¹, F. Zech², T. Darius¹, M. De Meyer¹, A. Devresse³, N. Kanaan³, E. Goffin³, M. Mourad¹
¹Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium, ²Internal Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium, ³Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium
*Purpose: The benefit of renal transplantation in obese patients is changeling. This study was undertaken to determine the effect of recipient obesity on patient and…
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Survival of Right and Left Living Donor Renal Allografts is Equivalent Even with Higher-Than-Average Rates of Right Graft Utilization
D. C. O'Brien, J. Fridell, W. C. Goggins
Surgery, Indiana University, indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated comparable rates of graft survival for right and left living donor renal allografts, however such analyses have been conducted among…
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Impact of Timing of T Cell Mediated Rejection in the First Year after Kidney Transplantation
R. Mehta, D. Jorgensen, C. Puttarajappa, S. Hariharan, R. Mehta, P. Sood
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of timing of T-cell mediated rejection (TCMR) occurrence in the first year after kidney transplantation (KT).*Methods: Single center retrospective cohort…
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Ureteral Complications Post Kidney Transplantation – Incidence and Preferred Treatment Modality
R. Patten¹, H. Mustafa², S. Desai³, J. Buggs⁴, E. Rogers⁴, A. Kumar¹, V. Bowers⁴
¹Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ²Honors College, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of ureteral complications at a single transplant center. A secondary objective was to…
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The Effect of Desensitization Therapy on Sex Disparity in Living Kidney Transplantation
Y. Kakuta¹, M. Okumi¹, T. Kanzawa¹, K. Unagami², H. Ishida², K. Tanabe¹
¹Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Organ Transplant Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Sex- and gender-based disparities which have shown women to have lower access to kidney transplantation have been reported. In living kidney transplantation (LKT), pregnancy-related…
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Liver Transplantation from Donors after Circulatory Death Using “tPA”Protocol: The University of Miami Experience
R. Vianna, A. Farag, G. Selvaggi, A. Tekin, W. De Faria, M. Morsi, R. Miyashiro, T. Beduschi
University of Miami, Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Expansion of liver transplantation (LT) from donors after circulatory death (DCD) has been increasingly used to overcome the persistent organ shortage and long waiting…
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Understanding Attitudes and Perceptions about Liver Disease and Living-Donor Liver Transplant- Results of a National Survey
C. Zell¹, C. Caruso¹, T. Kirby², S. Piccirilli³, S. Ganesh⁴, J. Whyte⁵, A. Humar³
¹Clinical Marketing, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Marketing Intelligence, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Clinical Marketing, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵WebMD, New York, NY
*Purpose: There are more than 14,000 people on the national waiting list for a liver transplant. Approximately 25% will die before receiving a life-saving transplant…
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Pediatric Liver Transplantation for Metabolic Liver Diseases versus Biliary Atresia: Single Center Experience
A. M. Elsabbagh, K. M. Khan, A. A. Amin, S. S. Kaufman, N. A. Yazigi, T. M. Fishbein
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
*Purpose: The main indication for LT in children has been biliary atresia (BA). Recent advances in surgical management and the development of new immunosuppressants have…
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Pentamidine Prophylaxis in Transplant Recipients
B. Summers, A. Morrison, N. Sulejmani, R. Kenney
Department of Pharmacy, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is preferred therapy for pneumocystis pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, however, use can be limited by allergy and…
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Experiences and Challenges Faced by Organ Transplant Recipients with Donor-Derived Hepatitis C Virus Infection
K. Prakash¹, C. Ramirez-Sanchez¹, S. I. Ramirez¹, C. Logan¹, N. Law¹, K. Mekeel², V. Pretorius², S. Aslam¹
¹Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: Recently, transplantation of organs from viremic donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV-V) has increased. Currently, there is a lack of standardization of consent forms…