2019 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Kidney Transplantation. Overcoming Sex Disparity In Japan
Nephrology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
*Purpose: Despite its superior outcomes relative to chronic dialysis, living kidney transplantation are less likely to occur in female in Japan. The aim of this…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the 2013 Change in Definition of Increased Risk Donors on Lung Transplant Outcomes
*Purpose: The definition for donors at “increased risk” for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV) was updated in 2013 from…2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Transportation by Drone: Surgeon Perspectives
1University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 2Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: We recently reported on the first transport of a human kidney using a drone. Ahead of large scale adoption of such a technology, understanding…2019 American Transplant Congress
National Landscape of Hope Act Transplant Candidates and Recipients in the United States
*Purpose: The HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, enacted on 11/21/13, allows for the transplantation of organs from HIV+ donors into HIV+ recipients in the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Capitalizing On Donor Density To Increase Organ Pool – An Analysis Of Urban And Rural Organ Donors
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The primary factor limiting access to organ transplantation is the limited supply of deceased donor allografts. While there are multiple potential strategies to increase…2019 American Transplant Congress
Trends and Geographic Variation in the Recovery of Organs from Drug-Overdose Deaths with Donor Potential
*Purpose: The opioid crisis in the US and related increase in donors that died from drug-intoxication are well-documented. We set-out to estimate the proportion of…2019 American Transplant Congress
VCA Deceased Donor Solid Organ Yield
*Purpose: VCA provides life-changing transplants, but the perception exists that VCA procurement complicates the donation process and impedes solid organ donation. This study examined the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Cold Ischemia Time on DCD Kidney Transplant Outcomes
Transplant Surgery Division, Dept of Surgery, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation (KTX) from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) donors is associated with high rates of delayed graft function (DGF) and potential worse graft…2019 American Transplant Congress
Innovations in Transplant Education: 360⁰ Virtual Reality Videos of a Live Kidney Donation and Transplantation
*Purpose: 360⁰ degree Virtual Reality (VR) is a digital technology where learners are able to "look around" in an artificial world. The VR experience gives…2019 American Transplant Congress
How Challenging Will Be My Living Donor? CT Scan and Clinical Evaluation Can Predict Technical Difficulty of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
*Purpose: There are no objective parameters for predicting the difficulty of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN). Our aim was to identify the correlation between demographic and…
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