2017 American Transplant Congress
Successful Launch of an ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Program to Overcome the Shortage of Compatible Living Donors: Experience at a Single Center.
Introduction:ABO-incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation (KT) is being increasingly performed to overcome donor shortages. However, debate persists regarding the post-transplant outcomes of ABOi KT versus that…2017 American Transplant Congress
Sexual Acquisition of HIV-Infection After Kidney Transplantation: Late Presentation and Potentially Fatal Complications.
Transplant Division, Hospital do Rim-UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Introduction: Transplantation in patients previously infected with HIV is already well established, and cases of donor infection transmission have already been reported. However late acquisition…2017 American Transplant Congress
Development of Transplant Glomerulopathy in Recipients with Antibody Mediated Rejection: Activation of Inflammatory Pathway Through Renal Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase (PARP).
Activation of PARP is a critical factor in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory and fibrotic process. Thus we aimed to show the integral of PARP…2017 American Transplant Congress
The 'W' Technique: A Safe and Reproducible Technique for Hepatic Arterial Reconstruction in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Liver Transplant and HPB Surgery, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India
BackgroundReconstruction of the hepatic artery is technically challenging in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We describe outcomes of a safe and easily teachable technique.MethodsA prospectively…2017 American Transplant Congress
Telemedicine Utilization After Kidney Transplantation Was Not Associated with Decreased Early Hospital Readmission Rate.
Kidney Transplantation, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Kidney transplant population has marked high 30-day early hospital readmission (EHR) rate. EHR has attracted considerable attention recently as an acceptable metric of poor hospital…2017 American Transplant Congress
Deciphering the Mechanism of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning and Its Potential Benefits in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Metabolomics.
Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
IntroductionRemote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a strategy inducing resistance against ischemia and reperfusion(IR) injury. But the mechanism and the time window of protection representing RIPC…2017 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Outcomes of Immediate Post-Operative Dialysis in Liver Transplantation.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of a B Lymphocyte Signature Predictive of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction.
The occurrence of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) is the main complication after lung transplantation (LT) and remains the most common cause of graft failure…2017 American Transplant Congress
Employment Patterns After Kidney Transplantation: Rates, Contributing Factors, and Outcomes.
Background: The costs of productivity lost in transplant patients poses a concern, as a significant number of patients are of working age. Furthermore, healthcare and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Renal Implantation Improves Survival Following Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation in High Acuity Recipients.
1Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; 2David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
OBJECTIVES:Simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT) improves survival for liver transplant (LT) recipients with renal dysfunction (RD); however, simultaneous transplant risks KT futility in high acuity recipients.…
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