Articles tagged "Graft failure"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Analyzing Causes for Death-Censored Graft Failure
M. Mayrdorfer, L. Liefeldt, N. Lachmann, W. Düttmann-Rehnolt, F. Halleck, M. G. Naik, P. Glander, K. Budde
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Since it has been proposed that several causes could contribute to graft loss (GL), we analyzed graft failure in our center and attributed a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Adult Primary Liver Transplant Recipient Outcomes by Immunosuppression Induction Received
T. Shaker¹, G. Larrieux¹, S. Jackson², S. Riad³, T. Pruett¹, T. Leventhal⁴
¹Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²M Health Fairview, Minneapolis, MN, ³Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: It has long been recognized that the highest risk of rejection of an organ is in the first few months post transplantation. To prevent…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Increased Graft Survival Following Implementation of the Kidney Allocation Score
M. L. Samoylova¹, B. I. Shaw¹, W. Irish², S. J. Kesseli¹, A. Connor¹, A. S. Barbas¹, L. McElroy¹, K. V. Ravindra¹
¹Surgery, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: The Kidney Allocation Score (KAS) was developed to improve matching of donor and recipients; we examine the effect of this change on transplantation practice…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Discordant Kidney Function at Transplant: A Single Center Analysis of Deceased Donor Paired Kidneys
E. Abuhelaiqa¹, M. Alkadi¹, S. Mansour², L. Mathew¹, F. Makableh¹, A. Nauman¹, O. Fituri¹, M. Asim¹, R. Fadhil³, H. A. Al-Malki¹
¹Nephrology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, ²Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, ³Transplant Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
*Purpose: Analysis of paired kidneys from deceased donors has the advantage of eliminating donor and center related biases seen in previous studies that evaluated kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hyperspectral Imaging of Human Kidney Allografts
R. Sucher¹, H. Köhler², A. Lederer¹, H. M. Hau¹, I. Gockel¹, D. Seehofer¹
¹Department of Visceral, Transplant-, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, ²Innovation Center for Computer Assisted Surgery, University Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
*Purpose: Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is capable to deliver non-contact, non-ionizing and non-invasive quantitative diagnostic information about tissue pathology, morphology and composition, based on the spectral…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Interstitial Inflammation with Chronic Allograft Injury Best Predicts Graft Loss
M. Ajaimy, M. Parides, A. Colovai, Y. Azzi, L. Liriano Ward, P. Nandigam, J. Rocca, M. Kinkhabwala, S. Greenstein, J. Graham, E. Akalin
Einstein-Montefiore Transplant Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: We aimed to identify clinical, serological and histopathological predictors of graft loss in kidney transplant recipients who underwent clinically indicated graft biopsies for worsening…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Center Performance for Liver Retransplantation Candidates is More Heterogeneous Than for Initial Liver Transplantation Recipients
T. Bittermann, P. L. Abt, D. E. Schaubel
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: This study evaluated center performance for wait-list outcomes for adult candidates awaiting liver retransplantation (reLT), and its association with initial liver transplant (iLT) center…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Do Higher Remuzzi Scores Make Good Kidneys Bad? Examining Histologic Criteria within the Framework of Single Kidney Transplantation
V. Fleetwood¹, C. Kensinger², C. Papageorge¹, D. Aufhauser¹, P. Pasha¹, G. Leverson³, B. Welch¹, D. Foley¹
¹Department of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Department of Transplantation, Piedmont Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA, ³Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The Remuzzi score (RS), a histologic tool to assess chronic allograft damage, can guide allocation to single (SKT) or dual (DKT) kidney implantation. RS…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Histological Relapse in Patients with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance after Kidney Transplantation
A. Bentall¹, C. Heybeli², F. G. Cosio¹, M. El Ters¹, N. Leung¹, M. P. Alexander³
¹Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, ³Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: There is increased recognition of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS) but data on kidney transplant (ktx)outcomes are lacking. We assessed KTX outcomes of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Risks Factors of Kidney Allograft Loss Due to BK Virus: UNOS Data Set
H. Patel¹, K. Agrawal¹, A. Pawar¹, N. Leeaphorn², F. Cardarelli¹, N. Agrawal¹
¹Transplant Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Transplant Nephrology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine/Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO
*Purpose: BK virus infection can lead to graft dysfunction and loss in kidney transplant patients. Incidence and prevalence of BK Viremia (BKV) and BK Virus…