2013 American Transplant Congress
Incisional Hernia after Liver Transplantation: Incidence and Risk Factors
Objective. The purpose of this study is to look at a wide variety of variables to characterize the risk factors for incisional hernia after liver…2013 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Quality of Life Following Living Kidney Donation
Section of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Background: The supply of deceased donor kidneys available for transplantation is not sufficient to meet the demand of renal failure patients. Living donor kidney transplantation…2013 American Transplant Congress
Should National Policymakers Augment Marginal Liver Transplants: A Population Game Approach
Purpose: Federal mandates have increased the availability of marginal livers for transplant despite worse outcomes. Yet the impact of augmenting marginal liver transplantation from the…2013 American Transplant Congress
1000 Pediatric Kidney Transplants-A Single Center Experience
Surg, U Mn, Mpls, MN; Ped Nephrol, U Mn, Mpls
Objective: To study outcomes and risk-factors for graft-loss in > 1000 pediatric kidney transplants.Methods: We studied outcomes by immunosuppression era: I) 1963-83 (ATG, Imuran and…2013 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes and Survival Analysis of Ond-to-Old Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation
Outcomes and survival benefit of simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation (SPKT) of older donor organs into older recipients has not been studied. SRTR data reported for…2013 American Transplant Congress
Vascularization Improvement and Rejection Protection in Rat Islet Transplantation by Endothelial Cells Coating and Sertoli Cells Coculture
First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Backbrounds.Improving islet graft revascularization and inhibiting rejection become crucial tasks for prolonging islet graft survival. Endothelial cells (ECs) are the basis of islet vascularization and…2013 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Technique Influences Left Ventricular Assist Device Thrombosis
Purpose: Left ventricular assist devices are effective for bridging patients to cardiac transplantation. Thrombosis of Heartmate-2 (HM2) is a potentially devastating complication. While attention has…2013 American Transplant Congress
Overexpression of IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Attenuates Obliterative Bronchiolitis in Murine Tracheal Transplant Model
Background-Obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) remains an impediment to long-term survival after lung transplantation. IL-1 beta (IL-1Β) has been studied as proinflammatory and profibrotic factor in allograft…2013 American Transplant Congress
Cost-Effectiveness of Hand-Assisted Retroperitoneoscopic Versus Standard Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Randomized Study
Background: Live kidney donation has a clear economical benefit over cadaveric transplantation and dialysis. When compared with mini-incision open donor nephrectomy, laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN)…2013 American Transplant Congress
C4d Staining Is an Independent Risk Factor of Graft Loss for Renal Allograft Failure in Patients with Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection
BackgroundC4d positive staining as mandatory in acute antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is controversial. Predictive prognosis value of C4d positive staining in AMR remains incompletely studied. We…
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