2017 American Transplant Congress
Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplantation Is Equivalent to Simultaneous Liver–Kidney Transplantation in Candidates Requiring Dialysis Pre-Transplant.
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Introduction: Liver transplant is the optimal therapy for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD). Appropriately-selected candidates with renal impairment benefit from transplantation of liver and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplants Using Donation After Cardiac Death Donors Long Term Outcomes Not Inferior to Brain Dead Donors.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background:The Simultaneous use of both Liver and Kidney from the same DCD donor has become controversial with some authors advocating that DCD organs should not…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Quality Dramatically Influences Patient and Death Censored Graft Survival in SLK Recipients.
Department of Transplant Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Introduction: Renal grafts used in simultaneous kidney liver (SLK) transplants are allocated on “center based” arbitrary clinical criteria without entering the kidney allocation algorithm. The…2017 American Transplant Congress
Candidate Sex and Size Disparity in Liver Offer Acceptance.
1JHU, Baltimore; 2US Naval Academy, Annapolis
Female liver transplant candidates face lower access to transplantation. Size match between the offered liver and the candidate is important but has not been considered…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in Elderly Recipients Aged 70 Years and Older.
Introduction: The number of patients aged 70 years and older receiving renal replacement therapy is increasing. There is uncertainty regarding whether listing for deceased donor…2017 American Transplant Congress
Proposal for HCC Exception Points to Match Drop Out Risk.
1CMU, Pittsburgh; 2City U, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; 3MGH, Boston
Background: Recent changes in HCC exception point policy aims to equalize wait list outcomes between HCC and non-HCC patients, but remains dissociated from tumor biology.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor-Initiated Non-Simultaneous Extended Altruistic Donor Chains Through the Military Share Program.
Introduction: At a recent White House Summit on organ transplantation, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced that they would direct some Military Share deceased donor…2017 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Attitudes Toward Use of Hepatitis C Positive Liver Allografts in US Transplant Centers.
Background:Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have been shown to have high cure rates in hepatitis C (HCV)-positive liver transplantation (LT) recipients. The organ donor shortage has led…2017 American Transplant Congress
Use of Hepatitis C Infected Organs for Kidney Transplantation: A Medical Decision Analysis.
1Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; 2University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Given that Hepatitis C (HCV) can be cured, organs from HCV+ deceased donors might be used in HCV- recipients if treatment at the time of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Intended and Unexpected Impact of the New Kidney Allocation System on a Large Volume Transplant Program.
University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
On December 4, 2014 the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS) went into effect in the United States. The intentions of KAS were to increase the…
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