Articles tagged "Graft function"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Delayed Kidney Graft Function (DGF) after Simultaneous Liver and Kidney Transplantation (SLKT) on Patient Outcomes: Results from the US Multicenter SLKT Consortium
P. Sharma¹, Z. Sui¹, M. Zhang¹, J. Magee¹, P. Barman², K. Walters³, A. Schluger⁴, R. Wong⁵, G. Cullaro⁶, J. Sinha⁷, J. Jo⁷, Y. Patel⁸, S. Biggins⁹, J. Lai⁵, L. VanWangner⁷, E. Verna⁶
¹Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ²UCSD, San Diego, CA, ³UCLA, LA, CA, ⁴Westchester Medical Center, Westchester, NY, ⁵UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Columbia, New York, NY, ⁷Northwestern, Chicago, IL, ⁸Duke, Durham, NC, ⁹University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: Delayed kidney graft function (DGF) after SLKT transplant may be associated with increased risk of kidney graft loss, morbidity and mortality. We examined the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Noninvasive Liver Fibrotic Score on Graft Injury in Liver Transplantation
S. M. Younan, T. Ito, H. Hirao, A. Aziz, A. E. Murray, J. DiNorcia III, V. G. Agopian, D. G. Farmer, R. W. Busuttil, F. M. Kaldas
The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The increasing prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome, has led to a corresponding increase in steatotic livers being utilized in liver transplantation (LT). These…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Effects of DGF after Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation Differ by KDPI
M. Molinari¹, W. Chang¹, D. Jorgensen², C. Wu³, S. Hariharan³
¹Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: We analyzed the effects of DGF on: (1) graft survival, (2) patient survival and (3) eGFR of adult recipients of deceased donor kidney transplants…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Increased Intra-Abdominal Pressure is Associated with Delayed Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation
A. Coca¹, C. Arias-Cabrales², M. Perez-Saez², P. Gonzalez¹, M. Crespo², M. Rollan¹, B. Toribio¹, A. Mendiluce¹, J. Pascual², J. Bustamante-Munguira³
¹Nephrology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain, ²Nephrology, Hospital Del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ³Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain
*Purpose: Increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) is a common complication among critically ill and post-surgical patients that can cause organ dysfunction. Its prevalence and effects after…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Failing Native Kidney Function after Successful PTA
A. Gruessner, S. Saggi, J. Renz, R. Gruessner
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Patients with labile diabetes and good kidney function are often advised to wait until kidney function deteriorates and then undergo a SPK rather than…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The 1-Year Incremental Costs of Delayed Graft Function (DGF) in Commercially Insured Kidney Transplant Patients Under 65
T. Mayne¹, F. Corvino², A. Dillon², W. Wang², S. Mohan³
¹Angion Biomedica Corp, San Francisco, CA, ²Genesis Research, Hoboken, NJ, ³Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Strong evidence exists that DGF is associated with poor patient outcomes. The long-term impact of DGF on health resource use and cost, however, is…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Application of Electron Microscope Examination in Evaluation of Donor Liver Quality in Liver Transplantation
M. Chen¹, X. Lin², Z. Chen¹, M. Han¹, W. Ju¹, X. He¹
¹Transplant Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Division of General Surgery, The East Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) is considered as the only curable treatment for patients with end stage liver diseases. Post-operative complications include early allograft dysfunction (EAD),…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Hepatic CHOP Expression Dictates Clinical Outcomes in Liver Transplantation
H. Hirao¹, T. Ito¹, K. Nakamura², S. Kageyama¹, K. Kadono¹, H. Kojima¹, K. J. Dery¹, S. Younan¹, R. W. Busuttil¹, F. M. Kaldas¹, J. W. Kupiec‐Weglinski¹
¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
*Purpose: Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress plays a pivotal role in the mechanism of liver ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI). Although we and others have demonstrated the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Does the Choice of Renal Arterial Anastomotic Methods in Kidney Allografts with Multiple Renal Arteries Affect the Recovery Rate of Renal Plasma Flow after Kidney Transplantation?
K. Nishikawa, K. Shinoda, T. Yonekura, M. Maeda, H. Oguchi, Y. Hidaka, M. Muramatsu, T. Kawamura, Y. Hamasaki, K. Sakai, S. Shishido
Nephrology, Toho University, Faculty of Medicine, Ota-ku,Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: In cases of kidney allografts with multiple renal arteries, renal arterial anastomotic methods vary in each recipient. The aim of this study is to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Metabolism Reprogramming During Conventional versus Ischemia-Free Liver Transplantation
Z. Guo¹, Z. Zhang¹, N. Gao¹, H. Zhang², X. He¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Our group has developed a novel transplant procedure called ischemia-free liver transplantation (IFLT), during which the liver can be procured, preserved and implanted without…