2015 American Transplant Congress
Preferences for Policy Options for Deceased Organ Donation for Transplantation: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Background: Despite broad public support for organ donation, there is a chronic shortage of deceased donor organs. We sought to identify features of an organ…2015 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Cause-Specific ESRD in Live Kidney Donors
The purpose of this study is to investigate the risk of developing cause-specific ESRD in live kidney donors over time.METHODS: We studied a cohort of…2015 American Transplant Congress
An Investigation of 12 Cases of Membranous Nephropathy of the Donor Origin Accidentally Detected by 0-h Renal Biopsy During Kidney Transplantation
Membranous Nephropathy (MN) is a type of glomerulonephritis characterized by thickening of the glomerular basement membrane with immunoglobulin deposition. Proteinuria is a primary symptom, and…2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Fully Laparoscopic Left Hepatectomy on Donor Interest in Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT)
Purpose: Laparoscopy was extended to liver donation to reduce invasiveness and our center has offered selected patients fully laparoscopic procurement since 8/12. We sought to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Quantifying Altruism in Kidney Donors: How Good Are the Current Scales?
The decision to become a living kidney donor is complicated and altruism is certainly what drives the majority of organ donors. Unfortunately, there are no…2015 American Transplant Congress
Landscape of Non-Directed Live Donors
Background: The use of kidneys from Non-directed live donors (NDLD) among transplant centers in the US is unknown and the recipient selection remains varied. We…2015 American Transplant Congress
Post-Donation Outcomes in 46 Live Pancreas Donors
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Background: Live donor segmental pancreas transplants have been performed selectively to increase the pool of donors, minimize cold ischemia time, and to avoid brain death.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Abdominal Aortic Calcification in Living Kidney Donors
Introduction: To assess the association between abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) and renal function of living kidney donor and to evaluate the value of an AAC…2015 American Transplant Congress
Speed of Onset of Donor Brain Death Leads to Differences in Renal Function and Expression of Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Markers in Rat Kidneys
IntroductionDonor brain death (BD) is an independent risk factor for primary and delayed renal graft function. Furthermore, the speed of onset of brain death, traumatic…2015 American Transplant Congress
Why Patients Are Unwilling to Ask for a Living Donor: A Mixed Methods Study
Multiple studies find that kidney patients are uncomfortable asking potential living donors to donate, but less is known about the specific reasons why not. This…
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