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
Increased Long-Term Mortality 20 years After Living Kidney Donation.
Living kidney donors are healthy at the time of donation. Consequently, a long observation period is necessary to detect possible detrimental effects of donation. Most…2017 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donors: Battling High Attrition Rates During Evaluation Process.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington DC
With an ever increasing kidney waiting list, a major goal is to expand living donor transplantation (LD). LD increases volume and provides higher quality, longer…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Post Kidney Donation Gout on eGFR and Kidney Stones.
Compared to matched non donor controls, living kidney donors have a higher rate of hyperuricemia early post donation (Kasiske,Am J Kidney Dis,2016) and a higher…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pretransplant Panel-Reactive Antibody Level on Ocular Surface Stem Cell Survival and Visual Outcome.
1University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; 2Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH
Purpose: Panel-Reactive Antibody (PRA) is a screening test for a range of known human leukocyte antigens which signifies the proportion of the population that the…2017 American Transplant Congress
Regional Variation in Liver Donor Utilization Across the U.S.
Unequal patient access to deceased donor liver transplantation across the U.S. has generated efforts to redesign the allocation system. Geographic disparities include the severity of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Retroperitoneoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy Safely Secures Excellent Graft Function.
Urology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
[Introduction] Laparoscopic surgery has been a standard procedure of living donor nephrectomy. Transperitoneal laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (TPLN) has been commonly reported by many centers with…2017 American Transplant Congress
State Law Restrictions on HIV Positive-to-Positive Transplantation.
1JHU, Baltimore; 2NEOB, Waltham; 3HIV Medicine Association, Arlington; 4Lambda Legal, Chicago
Background In 1984 the National Organ Transplant Act banned the recovery of organs from HIV-positive (HIV+) individuals. In 2013 the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE)…2017 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Consequences of Post-Donation Preeclampsia.
Preeclampsia (PE) has been linked to future development of ESRD in the general population. PE is more likely to occur in post-kidney donation pregnancies. Whether…2017 American Transplant Congress
Financial Burden and Time to Returning to Work Among Living Kidney Donors.
Surveying our living kidney donor (LKD) population we learned (and reported) that: a) more than a quarter of our LKDs experienced substantial financial burden due…
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