2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation versus Kidney Transplant Alone on Patient and Graft Survival in Type 2 Diabetics with Elevated BMI.
Background: Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney transplantation (SPKT) is becoming increasingly common in patients with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The BMI threshold for listing for SPKT in this…2016 American Transplant Congress
Center and Surgeons' Experience Improves Outcome in Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Validation of the Report of the A2ALL Consortium.
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Background: Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation cohort study (A2ALL) has reported improved outcomes in centers with greater experience (>20 cases). The aim of this study…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Kidney Donors Older Than 80 Years Does Not Affect Graft Survival in the Medium Term.
1Nephrology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; 2Nephrology, Hospital de León, Leon, Spain.
INTRODUCTION:Kidney transplantation is the best option for renal replacement therapy. One of its main limitations is the organs shortage. We analyzed the results in kidney…2016 American Transplant Congress
Role of Induction Therapy in Low Immune Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Nephrology and Hypertension, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
Induction therapy improves outcomes in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) by reducing early acute rejection. In the current era of potent maintenance immunosuppression, the role of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Use of Elderly Donors in Liver Transplantation: A Paired-Match Analysis at a Single Center.
Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
Introduction: Use of livers from very old donors is a way to expand the donor pool, but this practice is not universally implemented due to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcome After Kidney Transplant (KTx) in Patients with Chronic Hypotension on Haemodialysis (HD).
5% of the HD population have chronic hypotension ( hypotension in the absence of volume depletion, antihypertensive medication, heart failure or cortisol deficiency). The perioperative…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Split Liver Transplantation: Single Center Experience.
Background: Split liver transplantation allows for expansion of the pool of organs for pediatric liver transplantation.Objectives: To assess overall outcomes in pediatric split liver transplantation…2016 American Transplant Congress
αLFA-1 Monotherapy Induced Tolerance Is Dependent on Indirect CD8 T-Cells and Augments a Population of CD8 Cells with a Suppressor Phenotype.
We sought to investigate some of the requirements for tolerance induction to cardiac allografts utilizing αLFA-1 mAb monotherapy. Having previously demonstrated that CD8 T-cells are…2016 American Transplant Congress
Subnormothermic Machine Perfusion (SNMP) Leads to Increased Bile Production and Secretion of Hydrophilic Bile Acids After Liver Transplantation When Compared to Cold Storage (CS).
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Background: Bile production during machine perfusion and after transplantation has been used as marker of liver allograft viability and function. This study aimed to assess…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Recipient Absolute Weight Mismatch and the Risk of Graft Loss in Renal Transplantation.
Background: Relatively smaller kidney donor to recipient size is proposed to result in increased graft loss due to nephron underdosing and hyperfiltration injury but few…
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