Articles tagged "Graft survival"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplantation in Aged Over 60 Years Demonstrates Compatible Clinical Outcomes to Younger Recipients
H. Cho,¹ H. Kim,¹ C. Baeck,¹ H. Yu,¹ D.-J. Han,² M. Jo,³ S.-K. Park.¹
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ²Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ³Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Introduction: The aim of this study was comparing clinical outcomes of kidney transplantation between aged over 60 years and younger recipientsMethods: From 1993 to 2013,…
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Kidney and Liver CIT Variations Across OPOs and Their Implications: US Experience Between 2003 and 2011
J. Melancon, N. Koizumi, C. Callender, D. DasGupta, T. Smith.
Surgery, George Washington University, Washington, DC; Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA; Surgery, Howard University, Washington, DC; Health Sciences, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN; School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: Significant variations in kidney and liver transplant outcomes across OPOs have been reported, but their causes remain largely unknown. This study investigated variations in…
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Controlling Alloreactive B Cell Responses in Sensitized Recipients With CTLA-4Ig
J. Chen,¹ Q. Wang,¹ D. Yin,¹ V. Vu,¹ R. Sciammas,² A. Chong.¹
¹Depart of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago; ²Immunobiology Transplant Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston.
Sensitized recipients are defined by the presence of pre-transplant donor-specific antibodies and have significantly poorer graft outcomes compared to unsensitized recipients despite efforts to desensitize.…
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Reciprocal Relationship Between Cytomegalovirus Infection and Graft Rejection in Intestinal/Multivisceral Transplantation: Impact on Survival and Ideal Immunosuppression Protocol
S. Nagai, R. Mangus, E. Anderson, K. Doan, B. Ekser, C. Kubal, J. Fridell, A. Tector.
Transplant Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Cytomegalovius (CMV) infection and graft rejection are opposing complications of isolated intestinal/multivisceral transplantation (IIT/MVT), a procedure requiring precise balance of immunosuppression. The aim of…
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Chronic Active Antibody Mediated Rejection (cABMR): Treatment, Outcomes and Predictors of Graft Loss in a Large Case Series
R. Redfield,¹ T. Ellis,¹ W. Zhong,¹ T. Zens,¹ M. Rizzari,¹ J. Scalea,¹ L. Jacobson,¹ D. Mandelbrot,¹ S. Parajuli,¹ B. Muth,¹ M. Mohamed,¹ S. Panzer,¹ B. Astor,¹ M. Samaniego,² D. Kaufman,¹ A. Djamali.¹
¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: CABMR is a barrier to long-term kidney allograft survival. There is little information on the treatment and outcomes of kidney transplant recipients with cABMR.Methods:…
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Current Status of US Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation: An Analysis of the UNOS Intestine Transplant Registry
J. Cai,¹ A. Qing,² G. Wu,³ M. Everly,¹ P. Terasaki.¹
¹Terasaki Foundation Lab, Los Angeles, CA; ²Lincoln High School, Stockton, CA; ³The 4th Military Medical University, Xi-An, China.
The purpose of this study is to analyze the current status of US intestinal transplantation (IT). As of 9/19/2014, 2441 IT have been performed in…
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The Role of an Intragraft Vascularized Bone Marrow Niche in Establishing Mixed Chimerism and Allograft Acceptance
M. Fryer, B. Oh, G. Furtmüller, G. Raimondi, G. Brandacher.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Vascularized composite allotransplantation has emerged as a viable treatment option for patients with devastating tissue loss not amenable to traditional reconstructive techniques. Different from…
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Comparison of Clinical Outcomes Between in the Spousal Donor Kidney Tranplants: Wife-to-Husband Versus Husband-to-Wife
K. Jun,¹ H. Kim,¹ M. Kim,¹ K. Park,² S. Ahn,¹ J. Hwang,¹ S. Kim,¹ S. Park,¹ S. Kim,¹ J. Kim,¹ I. Moon.¹
¹Vascular and Transplant Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea; ²Vascular Surgery, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
Backgrounds:There is few clinical outcome data between the wife-to-husband recipients(WTHr) and husband-to-wife recipients(HTWr) kidney transplantation. This study was conducted to compare the clinical outcomes between…
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Single Center Experience of C4d Staining of Kidney Transplant Biopsies
R. Prashar, L. Yessayan, M. Goggins, V. Karthikeyan, K. Venkat, A. Patel.
Division of Nephrology and Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Introduction: While a diffuse positivity (>50%) of C4d in kidney transplant peritubular capillaries strongly co-relates with the presence of acute or chronic antibody mediated rejection,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Decline in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Subsequent Risk of Graft Failure and Mortality Among Kidney Transplant Recipients
P. Clayton,^1,2,3 W. Lim,^1,4 S. Chadban.^1,2,3
¹Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry, Adelaide, Australia; ²Transplantation, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ³Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁴Department of Renal Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia.
Purpose: Graft loss and death are generally late events after kidney transplantation, and trials designed to assess the impact of interventions on these outcomes are…