Articles tagged "Graft survival"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Analysis of Risks Factors for Kidney Allograft Loss Due to Bk Nephropathy and Graft Loss Due to Other Causes: UNOS Data Set
H. Patel¹, L. Kruger¹, K. Agarwal¹, A. Pawar¹, N. Leeaphorn², F. Cardarelli¹, N. Agrawal¹
¹Transplant Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Transplant Nephrology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine/Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO
*Purpose: 1-10% of the kidney transplant recipients develop BK virus nephropathy (BKVN). The risk factors associated with BKVN are not clearly understood. Here, we evaluate…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Deceased Donor Split/Partial Liver Transplant for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
L. Matsuoka, T. Sutcliffe, I. Feurer, S. Rega, S. Alexopoulos
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: To mitigate waiting time for liver transplant for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and increase available organs, partial or split liver transplant (SLT) has been utilized.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Analysis of Patient Outcomes between Urology-Led versus General Surgery-Led Kidney Transplant Centers
A. Mishra¹, A. Cohen¹, N. Koizumi², A. Ortiz³, K. Pai¹, B. Bullock¹, S. Sureddi¹, J. Ortiz¹
¹The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, ²George Mason University, Arlington, VA, ³Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
*Purpose: To assess renal patient outcomes between kidney transplant centers across the United States based on whether their surgical leader was initially trained via the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Early Allograft Dysfunction as a Predictor for Graft and Patient Survival after Liver Transplantation
L. I. Mazilescu, N. Selzner, G. Sapisochin, T. Reichman, M. Bhat, M. Cattral, L. Lilly, I. McGilvray, Z. Galvin, A. Ghanekar, M. Selzner
Multi Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) after liver transplantation has been associated with long-term reduced graft and patient survival. In this single center cohort study, we…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Does the Distance from the Transplant Center Impact Kidney Transplant (KT) DGF, CIT and Outcomes?
M. Laftavi¹, O. Pankewycz², R. Shahbazov¹, A. Almonte¹, B. Gallay², J. Leggat², R. Hod Dvorai¹, C. Hubbell¹, S. Narsipur²
¹Transplant, Upstate Medical University, SYRACUSE, NY, ²Nephrology, Upstate Medical University, SYRACUSE, NY
*Purpose: Currently, there is an ongoing debate regarding the efficient use of available organs (utility) versus the fair access to transplant (equity). UNOS is now…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Sarcopenia on Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation Outcomes: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study
R. P. Meier, H. Noguchi, Y. Kelly, M. Sarwal, G. Conti, R. Halleluyan, M. Tavakol, P. Stock, C. Freise
Transplant Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Sarcopenia has been identified as a recognized predictive variable for surgical outcomes. We hypothesized that sarcopenia could be a key measure to identify frail…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Incarcerated End Stage Renal Disease Patients
R. Rattanavich, T. Hoang, R. Villicana
Transplant institute, Loma Linda University, San Bernadino, CA
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation remains the treatment of choice for end stage renal disease as it improves mortality and morbidity. Outcomes of incarcerated ESRD patients who…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Anticoagulation Decreases Graft Thrombosis in Pancreas Transplantation
N. M. Handy¹, L. Skoval¹, J. Wingate², C. Kuhr³, N. Cowan³, J. Brandenberger¹
¹Section of General, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ²Department of Urology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, ³Section of Urology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: Pancreas transplant thrombosis is the most common cause of graft failure in the early postoperative period, occurring 5-20% of cases. Bleeding (which occurs ~30%…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Non-Active Hepatitis B after Renal Transplantation
M. G. Naik, W. Duettmann, M. Mayrdorfer, F. Halleck, K. Budde, M. Duerr
Medical Department, Division of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Charité, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Hepatitis B (HB) is more frequent in dialysis patients (pts) than in the general population. Patient and graft survival in pts with chronic HB…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Induction Immunosuppression in Primary Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients
T. Shaker¹, K. Ramanathan¹, S. Riad², D. Vock³, S. Chinnakotla¹
¹Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Induction immunosuppression for pediatric liver transplants varies widely among centers. We sought to evaluate the impact of different induction regimens on patient and graft…