2018 American Transplant Congress
Interactive Software for Simulation and Management of a Kidney Paired Donation Program
In kidney paired donation (KPD), candidates with willing but incompatible donors are pooled together with the goal of finding new transplant opportunities by exchanging donors.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Isolated Pancreas Transplantation: Does Rank List Position Matter for Imported Grafts?
Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
INTRODUCTION: Pancreata are frequently not recovered or are discarded, resulting in a very low national utilization (~15%). There are many reasons why a transplant center…2018 American Transplant Congress
Improving Participation in Non-A1/Non-A1B to B Deceased Donor Program Post Kidney Allocation System (KAS)- A Single Center Experience
Blood type B kidney transplant candidates have a longer wait time on the deceased donor list, an average of 6 years compared to 3 years…2018 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of the Lung Allocation Score is Associated with Decreased Mortality in Combined Liver-Lung Allograft Recipients
1School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC; 2Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Objective: The current system for simultaneous liver-lung transplant (LLT) generally matches a recipient with a donor based on his or her lung allocation score (LAS),…2018 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Survival after Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplants by Donor-Recipient Match: Who Can Tolerate a High-KDPI Kidney?
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Deceased-donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) with high-KDPI kidneys carries an additional risk of mortality and graft failure, which could be tolerable for some candidates but detrimental…2018 American Transplant Congress
Consequences of Being Listed at a Small Pancreas Program
How pancreas transplant center (PTC) volume affects patient outcomes after listing is unclear. Low volumes may lengthen waiting times or limit access to transplantation. We…2018 American Transplant Congress
Gains from Joining Kidney Paired Donation with Several Incompatible Donors
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
In kidney paired donation (KPD), a transplant candidate with an incompatible donor joins a pool of similar pairs in an effort to find new transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of New Pancreas Transplant Allocation Policy on Pancreas Transplant Volume and Outcomes: A Single Center Study
BACKGROUND: A UNOS/OPTN policy approved in 2015 allowed simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants (SPK) for type-2 diabetic patients. We examined the effect of this policy on volume…2018 American Transplant Congress
Reliability of Deceased Donor Procurement Biopsy Images at the Time of Kidney Allocation
Histological findings of procurement deceased-donor kidney biopsies contribute to organ allocation decisions. Representative images of pathology on biopsy slides are often uploaded into United Network…2018 American Transplant Congress
Equivalent Clinical Outcomes and Stable Post-Operative Anti-A IgG Titers in A2 to B Renal Transplant Recipients Compared to Matched B to B Cohort
With the longest wait times and lowest rate of transplantation, ABO type B renal transplant candidates are at a disadvantage when compared to their type…
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