2015 American Transplant Congress
Parameters of Machine Perfusion Evaluating Quality of Kidneys from DCD/ECD Donors
Background Donors from donation after cardiac death(DCD) and expanded criteria donors(ECD) have poorer outcomes compared to standard deceased donors(SCD). It is important to evaluate quality…2015 American Transplant Congress
U.S. National Experience of Liver Transplantation Using Allografts from Octogenarian Donors
Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
IntroductionA continuous worsening of donor organ shortage has led to expand organ acceptance criteria. It is still theoretically possible to utilize hepatic allografts from donors…2015 American Transplant Congress
No Tumor Recurrence After Renal Cell Carcinoma Resected Kidney Transplantation – 5 Year Follow Up
INTRODUCTION:Organ shortage remains the single most significant impediment to increasing low rate of kidney transplantation. One of the strategies to improve it, is a utilisation…2015 American Transplant Congress
Socioeconomic Status of Local Vs Exported Liver Recipients and Their Donors
1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
INTRODUCTION: Broader sharing has been proposed as a solution to decrease geographic disparities in liver transplantation, with the hope that this will also neutralize the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Closing the Knowledge Gap: The Successful Launch of an Interactive Website Dedicated to Information on Living Kidney Donor Transplantation
Introduction. The internet is increasingly used to find reliable information about living kidney donation (LKD) and transplantation (LKT). Therefore, an easily accessible, interactive website was…2015 American Transplant Congress
Phenotype Characterization, Migratory Pathways, Engraftment and Safety Evaluation of Human Cord Blood Derived Ex-Vivo Created Di- Chimeric Cells in NOD SCID Mouse Model: A Preliminary Study
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate safety, survival, migration and engraftment of ex-vivo fused human cord blood derived di-chimeric cells (DCC) in…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Kidney Transplantation from Older Living Donors: Histological Evaluation Using Zero-Time Biopsy Specimens
OBJECTIVE: The relationship between preimplantation biopsy and graft outcome in kidney transplantations from older living donors has not been studied yet. We reviewed graft outcomes…2015 American Transplant Congress
Come Again? Part 2, Exploring Causes for Increased Rehospitalization in ECD Kidney Recipients
Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Previously, we demonstrated that ECD kidney recipients had an increased rate of re-hospitalization within 1 year but not 2 years post-transplant . This was a…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Tool to Evaluate Coercion, Pressure, and Motivation in Potential Live Kidney Donors
Live donor kidney transplantation yields improved graft survival and recipient longevity, as compared to deceased donors. However, one concern with living donation is the potential…2015 American Transplant Congress
Cultural Domains Affecting Organ Donation in Indian Country
Background: The prevalence of end-stage renal disease is 3.5 times greater among the >2.5 million Native Americans or Alaskan Natives (NAs) in the US than…
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