2019 American Transplant Congress
microRNA-375 Provides an Objective Measure of Pancreas Quality in Organ Donors
*Purpose: Donor pancreatic beta cells are at high risk from apoptosis. Objective methods for assessing the quality of donor pancreases for transplantation are limited. We…2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Culture/Preservation Conditions on Survival and Function of Islets
Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Culture or preservation of human islets prior to transplantation has been adopted by various centers because it may reduce immunogenicity, suppress exocrine contamination and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Prevention of New Onset Diabetes after Transplantation Using Bariatric Surgery
Transplant Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
New onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) is a common complication, occurring 20-36% after renal transplant historically and 15.8% at our institution. Obesity is a known…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Approach to Preserve Pancreatic Islet Grafts in Extrahepatic Space for Reversal of Diabetes Using Parathyroid Gland Co-Transplantation
Intro: Islet transplantation can cure type 1 diabetes; however, multiple donors are needed due to extensive perioperative loss of islets away from their native blood…2018 American Transplant Congress
SGLT2 Inhibition in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Diabetes
Purpose: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibition has been shown to reduce cardiovascular mortality and preserve kidney function in patients with type 2 diabetes. Kidney transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Peri-Transplant Glycaemic Control as a Predictor of Pancreas Transplant Survival
Introduction: The impact of peri-transplant glycaemic control on outcomes after pancreas transplantation is unknown. Our aims were to relate peri-transplant glycaemic control to survival and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Glycemic Control in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetic Patients after Pancreas Transplantation
Background: Pancreas transplant remains controversial for type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients.Aim: To compare glycemic control following pancreas transplantation between T1 and T2 DM patients.Methods: 52…2018 American Transplant Congress
BETA-2 Score is an Excellent Tool for Monitoring of Islet Allograft Function and Early Detection of Transplant Dysfunction
1Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago; 2Nephrology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
After validation of BETA-2 scores in our cohort of patients in relation to standard stimulation tests, we decided to assess the practical utility of BETA-2…2018 American Transplant Congress
Insulin Use after Pancreas Transplant: Implications for Post-Transplant Outcomes
We examined associations of insulin use after pancreas transplant with patient survival, and with kidney graft survival among simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant (SKPT) recipients, in a…2017 American Transplant Congress
10 Years or More of Follow Up After Total Pancreatectomy and Intra Portal Islet Auto Transplantation (TP/IAT) for Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis, Is It a Durable Operation?
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Background: Total pancreatectomy and intra-portal islet cell auto-transplantation (TP/IAT) is increasingly being utilized for the management of chronic pancreatitis (CP), the benefits being removal of…
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