Articles tagged "Graft function"

2017 American Transplant Congress
10 Years or More of Follow Up After Total Pancreatectomy and Intra Portal Islet Auto Transplantation (TP/IAT) for Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis, Is It a Durable Operation?
S. Chinnakotla, T. Dunn, G. Beilman, M. Bellin, T. Pruett, V. Kirchner, J. Wilhelm, M. Freeman, D. Sutherland.
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Background: Total pancreatectomy and intra-portal islet cell auto-transplantation (TP/IAT) is increasingly being utilized for the management of chronic pancreatitis (CP), the benefits being removal of…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Subclinical Rejections in Kidney Transplant Recipients Treated with Direct Acting Antiviral Agents for Hepatitis C Treatment within 1 Year of Transplant.
T. Rege,¹ K. Hatahet,¹ A. Gillespie,¹ M. Ghanta,¹ I. Lee,¹ K. Qureshi,¹ K. Lau,² S. Karhadkar,² A. DiCarlo,² S. Constantinescu,¹ S. Rao.¹
¹Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ²Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Direct acting antiviral agents (DAA) have revolutionized the management of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) positive kidney transplant recipients (KTR). The optimal timing of DAA therapy…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Meta-Analysis.
W. Cheungpasitporn,¹ C. Thongprayoon,¹ M. Mao,¹ S. Mao,² M. D'Costa,¹ W. Kittanamongkolchai,¹ K. Kashani.¹
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI) in kidney transplant recipients.METHODS: A literature search was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Patterns of Monocyte Differentiation and Activation in a Non-Human Primate Model of Brain Death.
P. Chlebeck, J. Danobeitia, L. Zitur, T. Zens, X. Xu, S. Odorico, A. D'Alessandro, L. Fernandez.
Surgery - Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Brain-death (BD) induces a systemic inflammatory response known to impair tissue perfusion and promote graft immunogenicity. Monocytes play a significant role in the regulation of…
2017 American Transplant Congress
A Single Center Retrospective Review of Pediatric Kidney Transplant Outcomes According to Banff Grade and Cellular Rejection Treatment.
J. Chen,¹ R. Liverman,² R. Garro,^2,3 S. Jernigan,^2,3 P. Winterberg.^2,3
¹Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY; ²Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA; ³Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Acute cellular rejection (ACR) remains a major cause of graft dysfunction and loss. There is limited data to provide guidance on optimal treatment strategies stratified…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Simplified Classification of Pancreas Transplant Insufficiency.
A. Kahl, C. Hinrichs.
Department for Nephrology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
To date, the definition of pancreas transplant (PTX) failure is based on the need for antidiabetic therapy. However, as even a marginal PTX function can…
2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Elevated Doppler Resistive Indices in Renal Transplant Recipients with Delayed Graft Function.
D. Mikhail,¹ E. Chan,² G. Aboalsamh,³ S. Cruise,⁴ S. Aquil,³ M. Mohamed,³ A. Sener,^1,3 P. Luke.^1,3
¹Urology, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ²Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ³Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Western University, London, ON, Canada; ⁴Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, ON, Canada
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Doppler Ultrasonography is often carried out to determine renal allograft perfusion in the early post-operative period. An elevated resistive index (RI) is…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Value of Renal Transplant Scintigraphy for the Duration of Delayed Graft Function.
S. Benjamens,^1,2 R. Pol,¹ A. Glaudemans,² S. Berger,³ R. Slart.²
¹Surgery - Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Internal Medicine - Division of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background: Renal scintigraphy (RS) is a widely used test for the assessment of the transplanted kidney (KTX). As RS cannot reliably distinguish between rejection and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Type 2 Surgical Injuries in Postmortem Donor Kidneys on the Post-Transplant Outcomes When Compared to Mate Non-Injured Kidney from the Same Donor.
M. Mujtaba,¹ A. Gamilla-Crudo,¹ K. Gugliuzza,² O. Aleter,¹ S. Shah,¹ Y. Chapman,³ J. Reese,³ S. Masood,¹ T. Taber.⁴
¹Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ²Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ³Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX; ⁴Division of Nephrology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Introduction - While damage to the procured organ is rare with organ loss being approximately 0.3% of procured organs, loss of potential transplantable organs does…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Outcomes of Immediate Post-Operative Dialysis in Liver Transplantation.
S. Nagai, M. Safwan, K. Collins, M. Rizzari, A. Yoshida, M. Abouljoud.
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Aim: Although kidney dysfunction secondary to hepatorenal syndrome is expected to recover with liver transplant alone (LTA), patients with pre-transplant marginal kidney function may be…