Am J Transplant, Volume 5, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 169 of 170 - ATC Abstracts

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Efficacy and Safety of Desensitization Protocol Based On Rituximab Plus MMF in ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Without Splenectomy
K. Takahashi,¹ K. Saito,² S. Takahara,³ S. Fuchinoue,⁴ T. Yagisawa,⁵ A. Aikawa,⁶ Y. Watarai,⁷ N. Yoshimura,⁸ K. Tanabe,⁴ K. Morozumi,⁹ M. Shimazu.¹⁰
¹Niigata Organ Transplant Foundation, Niigata, Japan; ²Graduate School of Medical ＆ Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan; ³Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; ⁴Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ⁵Jichi Medical University Hospital, Tochigi, Japan; ⁶Toho University, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; ⁷Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Aichi, Japan; ⁸Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; ⁹Masuko Memorial Hospital, Aichi, Japan; ¹⁰Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Purpose: An open-label, single arm, multicenter clinical study has been conducted in Japan for prospective examination of the efficacy and safety of desensitization protocol with…
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Descriptive Analysis of Patients Who Travel Away from Home for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
C. Frenette,¹ A. Harper,³ J. Waalen,² J. Fisher,¹ R. Schaffer,¹ A. Baquerizo,¹ C. Marsh.¹
¹Department of Organ Transplant, Scripps Clinic/Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA; ²Department of Molecular & Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA; ³United Network for Organ Sharing, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
Aim: Given the current geographic disparities in access to liver transplantation (OLT), there is a segment of the population that may travel to different areas…
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Evaluation of the Effects of N-Acetylcysteine Treatment in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients
E. Aldag, S. Farrell, R. Pedersen, A. Sahajpal, J. Clendenon, V. Gunabushanam, D. Kramer.
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
Background: N-acetylcysteine (NAC) has been used in post-orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) patients for the proposed mechanism of preventing tissue damage of the newly transplanted organ…
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ABO-Incompatible Liver Transplantation for Severe Hepatitis B Patients
J. Zhou, W. Ju, X. Yuan, X. Jiao, D. Wang, X. Zhu, X. He.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Objectives: Effect of ABO-incompatible liver transplantation on severe hepatitis B (SHB) patients is still unclear. Herein, we described 22 successful cases of patients with SHB…
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A Tool for Predicting Long Term Risks of Kidney Donation
S. Reule,¹ R. Foley,¹ A. Matas,² H. Ibrahim.¹
¹Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Background:The evidence linking kidney donation to a slightly increased risk of ESRD has now been accepted. The underlying causes of ESRD majority of donors who…
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The Effects of Various Cardiac Preservation Solutions on Survival After Heart Transplantation
C. Evans, K. Rajagopal, P. Sanchez, S. Rahimpour, F. Cheema, R. Pierson III, B. Griffith, S. Pham.
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Purpose: The optimal cardiac preservation solution is still debated. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the type of cardiac preservation solution has…
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Increased Use of Donors After Cardiac Death (DCD) in Pancreas Transplantation: A Safe and Effective Way to Increase a Single Center Program Activity
M. Marquez, G. Sapisochin, J. Laurence, A. Barbas, M. Dib, A. Norgate, M. Selzner, P. Greig, I. McGilvray, M. Cattral.
Multi-Organ Transplant, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
The SRTR database shows that DCD donors are rarely used for pancreas transplantation in the USA (< 3% in 2010 -2012). This low rate likely…
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Impact of Donor Hemoglobin A1c On Pancreas Graft Survival
K. Collins,¹ J. Garonzik-Wang,¹ E. King,² M. Doyle,¹ J. Lowell,¹ S. Shenoy,¹ Y. Lin,¹ J. Wellen,¹ W. Chapman,¹ D. Segev.²
¹Abdominal Transplant, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO; ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
A goal in selection of ideal donor pancreata is to avoid grafts with a predisposition to type-two diabetes. The HgA1c assay is a validated estimate…
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End-To-End Ureteropyelostomy With Ligation of the Native Ureter in Kidney Transplantation: Is It a Safe Procedure?
H. Marinho Neto,¹ B. Leslie,¹ J. Neves Neto,¹ M. Almeida,¹ S. Ximenes,¹ W. Aguiar,¹ H. Tedesco,² J. Medina Pestana,² R. Soler.¹
¹Urology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; ²Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
INTRODUCTION:Ureteropyelostomy is an alternative for urinary tract reconstruction in kidney transplantation in cases where the graft ureter is not available or the recipient bladder is…
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Blood Gene Expression at 3 Months Post-Transplantation Predicts 1-Year Histological Features in Renal Transplantation
R. Danger,^1,2 K. Renaudin,^1,3,4 C. Paul,¹ G. Couvrat-Desvergnes,^1,3 J. Lozano,⁵ A. Sanchez-Fueyo,^2,5 V. Meas-Yedid,⁶ J. Olivo-Marin,⁶ E. Thervet,⁷ J. Dantal,^1,3,4 A. Moreau,^1,3,4 J.-P. Duong Van Huyen,⁸ J.-P. Soulillou,^1,3,4 M. Giral,^1,3,4 S. Brouard.^1,3,4
¹INSERM U1064 and ITUN, Nantes, France; ²Department of Liver Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, MRC Transplant Centre, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; ³Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France; ⁴Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France; ⁵Liver Unit and Bioinformatic Platform, CIBEREHD, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; ⁶Unité d'Analyse d'Image Quantitative, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; ⁷Nephrology Unit, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; ⁸Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
Histological analysis of biopsy at one year is proposed as a reliable tool for assessing renal allograft status, however, a non-invasive method for early prediction…