2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Pediatric Outcomes of Simultaneous vs. Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplantation: A Review of the UNOS Database
*Purpose: The long-term pediatric outcomes of simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) transplantation and sequential liver and kidney transplantation, liver after kidney (LAK) and kidney after liver (KAL),…2020 American Transplant Congress
Improving Eligibility of Renal Transplants in the Elderly
*Purpose: In the recent past, older age was a contraindication to kidney transplantation (KT). New kidney allocation schemes with use of longevity matching, initiation of…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Outcomes in Deceased Donors with Elevated Bilirubin: A Large Database Analysis
Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Significant hepatic injury and impairments in biliary excretion manifest serologically in elevated bilirubin levels. Despite a direct linkage between hyperbilirubinemia and hepatobiliary dysfunction, significance…2020 American Transplant Congress
Platelets Stimulate Liver Regeneration in a 30% Partial Liver Transplantation Model in Rat
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) is one of the most definitive treatments for patients with end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure, and it has been…2020 American Transplant Congress
11 Years Experience of Early Steroid Withdrawal Immunosupression Protocol in Kidney Allograft Recipient
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Early Steroid Withdrawal (ESW) Immunosuppression protocol has become a viable alternative to steroid based regimen. Our transplant program has adopted ESW protocol since 2003…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Kidney Graft Survival is Superior with Simultaneous-Liver Kidney (SLK) Transplants Than Kidney Alone (KA) or Kidney after Liver (KALi) Transplants in the United States
1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2M Health Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: There is a concern that SLK transplant recipients have worse outcomes resulting in poor utilization of the kidney donor pool. We utilized the Scientific…2020 American Transplant Congress
Everolimus for BKV Nephropathy in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Prospective, Controlled Study
*Purpose: Polyoma BK virus nephropathy (BKVN) of KTRs is associated with adverse outcome, since no specific therapy exists. EVR showed promising antiviral effects but systematic…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Pediatric Genetic and Metabolic Liver Disease: A Single-Center Experience
*Purpose: Pediatric liver transplantation (LT) is an established treatment for a myriad of liver diseases most notably biliary atresia and urea cycle defects. In the…2020 American Transplant Congress
UNOS Hard to Place Kidneys: Are We Working Too Hard?
Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Kidneys requiring more than 100 offers before acceptance are defined by UNOS as “hard to place," but many are suitable for transplantation. We sought…2020 American Transplant Congress
Improvement in Long Term Kidney Transplant Survival Most Dramatic among Minorities, Diabetics and Older Patients
*Purpose: Short-term and long-term kidney transplant graft survival has been improving over time, but whether this improvement in outcomes is more pronounced in the early…
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