Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
The Learning Curve for Pure Laparoscopic Robotic Kidney Transplantation: An Analysis of Outcomes of the First 80 Consecutive Cases at a High-Volume Transplant Center
F. Tinney Jr.¹, J. Stracke², T. Ivanics¹, A. Elsabbagh¹, J. Denny¹, D. Kim¹, L. Malinzak¹, A. Yoshida¹
¹Transplant Institute, Henry ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Transplant Surgery, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, MI
*Purpose: Robotic surgery is increasingly used in complex operations, including living-donor kidney transplantation. At this time, knowledge of the number of cases required to attain…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Eplet Mismatches on the Risk of Graft Loss: Not All Eplets are Created Equal
H. Mohammadhassanzadeh¹, W. Klement², H. Gebel³, B. Foster⁴, P. Keown⁵, K. Oualkacha⁶, R. Sapir-Pichhadze¹
¹Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Organ Donation and Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Université du Québec À Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: To mitigate risks related to HLA incompatibility, we assessed whether some unique sequence defined HLA targets (eplets) are associated with graft failure while others…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Early Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Late Antibody-Mediated Rejection after Kidney Transplantation
G. Chen, Z. Wu, C. Wang, X. Liu, Q. Li, L. Chen
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
*Purpose: Antibody-mediated rejection(AMR) is a major risk factor for graft loss after kidney transplantation. Some AMR appeared within 6 months after kidney transplant, that we…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Body Composition One Year after Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy in Living Kidney Donors
H. Fukuhara¹, Y. Watarai¹, S. Narumi¹, N. Goto¹, T. Hiramitsu¹, M. Okada¹, K. Futamura¹, T. Tomosugi¹, A. Kanda¹, T. Nawano¹, N. Tsuchiya²
¹Department of Transplant Nephrology and Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Myoukentyou, Japan, ²Department of Urology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata City, Iidanishi, Japan
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of surgery on living donors’ body composition and to clarify the factors related to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improved Serum Vitamin D Level and Better Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes after Kidney Transplantation
J. Ryu¹, T. Koo², H. Jeon³, C. Ahn⁴, J. Yang⁵
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency increases cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk through both immunologic and non-immunologic mechanisms. Although vitamin D deficiency is common in end stage renal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
An Evaluation of Converting Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients from Tacrolimus to LCPT to Limit Neurological Adverse Events and Improve Quality of Life
A. Reticker, B. Valdepenas, K. Bruno, D. Cikopana, S. Walton, E. Benedetti, I. Tzvetanov, P. West-Thielke
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Adverse effects (AEs) of tacrolimus significantly reduce recipients’ quality of life (QOL). Given its ability for tremor improvement, this study investigates whether conversion from…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Bariatric Surgery is Not Associated with Increased Risk of Infection after Kidney Transplant
E. Joachim, M. Jorgenson, B. C. Astor, J. Smith, K. Swanson, M. Mohamed, F. Aziz, N. Garg, A. Djamali, D. Mandelbrot, S. Parajuli
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Bariatric surgery (BS) is a highly effective weight loss strategy that is increasingly common, but can be associated with impaired drug absorption and alterations…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Diabetes Burnout: An Under-Recognized Risk-Factor in Post-Transplant Care Management
N. Pilch, P. Baliga, V. Rao, V. Rohan, K. Foster, H. Perkins, N. Patel, D. Dubay, D. Taber
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: One-third of dialysis patients will have spontaneous glycemic control improvement, necessitating discontinuation of antihyperglycemic therapy, termed diabetes burnout. The aim of this study was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Textbook Outcome: Definition and Analysis of a Novel Quality Measure in Kidney Transplantation
S. E. Halpern¹, D. Moris², B. I. Shaw², L. M. McElroy², M. J. Ellis³, D. Sudan², S. J. Knechtle², B. H. Collins², A. S. Barbas²
¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Textbook outcomes (TO) is an emerging concept in surgery, which represents an effort to define a standardized, composite quality metric based on multiple postoperative…
2020 American Transplant Congress
IL-21, a Potential Target of Active Rejection in Renal Transplantation
J. Shen, R. Wang, L. Guo, J. Lv, J. Wu, J. Chen
Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
*Purpose: Rejection remains an obstacle to overcome after transplantation. IL-21 is the most potent stimulators of driving GC B cells into plasma cells. Basic researches…