2019 American Transplant Congress
Minimally Invasive Kidney Transplantation Using a Novel Intraoperative Cryogenic Circulatory Cooling Device
*Purpose: Minimally invasive kidney transplantation (MIKT) has recently been introduced, however, an effective but inexpensive method to balance a minimal incision and reduced ischemia injury…2019 American Transplant Congress
Is Pre-transplant Plasmapheresis For Patients With Insignificant Abo Blood Type Antibody In Abo Blood Type Incompatible Kidney Transplant Necessary? – A Japanese Single Center Study.
Urology and Kidney Transplant Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
*Purpose: ABO incompatible kidney donor (ABOiKT) is still precious to fill up the extremely organ donor shortages in our country. Though plasmaphresis (PP) as desensitization…2019 American Transplant Congress
Timing Matters: Improving Prediction of Hospital Readmission Post Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: Hospital readmission rates after kidney transplant (KTx) are high and readmission is associated with graft failure and mortality. Predictive models of post-transplant readmission have…2019 American Transplant Congress
Time to First Therapeutic Tacrolimus Trough in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Comparison of a Weight Based versus a Non-Weight Based Dosing Strategy
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Reaching a therapeutic tacrolimus (TAC) trough early post-kidney transplant is important in minimizing the risk of acute rejection. The aim of this study was…2019 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Non-Adherence to Immunosuppressive Medications in Kidney Transplant Recipients, Barriers and Predictors
*Purpose: Non-adherence to immunosuppressant therapy (IST) is one of the major factors leading to graft rejection. To our knowledge, limited data exist on the prevalence…2019 American Transplant Congress
A Step-Wise Desensitization Using Rituximab&Bortezomib Combined with Antithymocyte Globulin for Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Candidates
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
*Purpose: In highly HLA sensitized patients, both memory B and T cells responding to donor-specific HLA in addition to plasma cells secreting anti-HLA Abs are…2019 American Transplant Congress
Longer-Term Outcomes for Hepatitis C Virus Negative Recipients of Kidneys from Hepatitis C Virus Nucleic Acid Test Positive Donors: The THINKER Trial
1University of Penn, Philadelphia, PA, 2Gift of Life, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Two trials of transplanting hepatitis C virus (HCV) nucleic acid test (NAT) positive kidneys into HCV-negative recipients have been published, both with 100% HCV…2019 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Obese Candidates
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The dialysis dependent patient population is growing more obese and finding innovative ways to make them transplant candidates is important. Here in we demonstrate…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Steroid-Free Protocol on Incidence of Posttransplantation Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter, Open-Label, Controlled Trial in Renal Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Comparison of two immunosuppressive protocols, steroid-free with antithymocyte globulin (ATG) induction, and steroid containing with basiliximab induction, regarding the incidence of PTDM, one year…2019 American Transplant Congress
Potential Living Kidney Donors’ Interest in Kidney Paired and Non-Directed Donation
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: Kidney Paired (KPD) and Non-Directed Donation (NDD) are avenues to increase living donation and address organ shortage. We investigated interest in KPD and NDD…
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