Articles tagged "Donors"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Induction Therapy With either Anti-Thymocyte Antibodies or Il2 Receptor Inhibitors Appears to Decrease the Risk of Graft Loss in DCD Liver Transplantation Compared to No Induction Therapy
S. Rayhill, J. Haldorson, A. Dick, S. Nazarian, L. Sibulesky, M. Montenovo, L. Yu, I. Javid, T. Pearson, R. Bakthavatsalam, P. Healey, J. Perkins, J. Reyes.
University of Washington, Seattle.
An analysis of our center's outcomes in DCD liver transplants suggested that induction with anti-thymocyte antibody preparations (ATG) may reduce the risk of graft loss…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Donor Age On Pancreas Transplantation Outcome
A. Rathnasamy Muthusamy,¹ G. Vrakas,¹ S. Mittal,¹ S. Reddy,¹ I. Quiroga,¹ J. Gilbert,¹ R. Ploeg,² E. Sharples,¹ S. Sinha,¹ A. Vaidya,¹ P. Friend.²
¹Transplant Surgery, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom; ²Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
The global increase in the average donor age over the last decade has resulted in widespread acceptance of pancreases from older donors for transplantation. This…