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
Nothing Lasts Forever, So Of The Donor Risk Index For Liver Transplant
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: The donor risk index (DRI) is one of the most established risk indices in liver transplant (LT). DRI, which was reported in 2006, was…2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of the Global Practice of Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Comparison of U.S. and International Programs
*Purpose: As programs have become more experienced with living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), technical hurdles have been overcome and superior graft and patient survival has…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Scope and Limitations of Current Public Education Materials on Vascular Composite Allotransplantation and Donation in the United States
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: As the field of Vascular Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) evolves and more VCAs are performed, the demand for VCA donations will increase. However, the public…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Predictive Value Of Pre-transplant Biopsies For Short-term And Long-term Graft Function In Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: The predictive capacity of previous pre-transplant histologic scoring systems for short-term and long-term graft function in kidney transplantation has not been adequately validated.*Methods: Deceased…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…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Mobile Software for Real-Time, Secure, Team-Based Procurement and Transplantation Team Communication to Improve the Deceased Donor Organ Transplantation Process
HealthTech Solutions, Inc., Coralville, IA
*Purpose: Deceased donor organ (DDO) transplantation is an effective cure for patients suffering from organ failure. Organ transplantation is cost-effective, provides a significant survival benefit,…
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