2019 American Transplant Congress
Robotic-Assisted versus Open Techniques for Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Comparison Using Propensity Score Analysis
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Following rapid advancements in minimally invasive urology, living donor robotic-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) has developed into a feasible alternative to open kidney transplantation (OKT).…2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Implications of Serum Mac-2 Binding Protein in Regular Follow Up after Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Pediatric living donor liver transplant (LDLT) patients sometimes develops graft fibrosis. They showed graft fibrosis even if their liver function tests were within normal…2019 American Transplant Congress
‘Back-to-Base’ Normothermic Clinical Liver Perfusion – Cold before NMP Does Not Compromise Protective Benefit
University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: In previous clinical studies utilizing normothermic ex situ liver machine preservation, perfusion was initiated rapidly following organ procurement using a portable system transported to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Cardioprotective Effects of Pre-Operative Cyclosporine in Patients Undergoing Heart Transplantation
Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine if pre-operative cyclosporine (Cya) decreases the rate of primary graft dysfunction (PGD) in patients undergoing orthotopic…2019 American Transplant Congress
Ligation of the Proximal Splenic Vein to Keep Adequate Portal Flow in Patients with Large Splenorenal Shunts during Living Donor Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Adequate graft portal venous flow is essential for the rapid regeneration of partial grafts during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Large splenorenal shunts (SRS)…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Effects Of Simultaneously Training Additional Surgeons In The Living Donor Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplant
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Minimally invasive surgery is an ever-developing field in surgery. Numerous international transplant programs have reported the success and safety of robotic assisted kidney transplant…2019 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Graft Function And Long-term Outcomes Following Kidney Transplantation Using An Intraoperative Tissue Oximetry Sensor
University of California Irvine, Orange, CA
*Purpose: Marginal kidneys have been increasingly used due to the severe shortage of organs. Deceased-donor kidney transplantation is associated with a higher incidence of delayed…2019 American Transplant Congress
Single Cell Sequencing of Human Kidney Allograft
1Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 2Rockefeller University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Transcriptome-based clustering of individual cells within the kidney allograft may help identify cell type-specific injury and has the potential to redefine the current histopathology-based…2019 American Transplant Congress
Improving Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Adult Kidney Transplant Patients Using SystemCHANGETM: Results of the Medication Adherence Given Individual Change (MAGIC) Randomized Clinical Trial
*Purpose: Medication non-adherence is an obdurate problem associated with poor outcomes and staggering costs. Even with multi-faceted interventions, effect sizes reported in meta-analyses of medication…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Tacrolimus Formulation on Tacrolimus Level Coefficient of Variations
*Purpose: Increased coefficient of variation (CV) of tacrolimus (FK) levels, indicating high intra-patient FK level fluctuations, are associated with increased rejection, development of donor-specific antibodies,…
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