2018 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Kidney Transplant in Norway – Results after Switching from Midline to Retroperitoneal Approach in Recipients below 25 kg
Section for Transplant Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Introduction: Pediatric kidney transplants demand a high level of surgical and medical involvement and skill. In Norway, all organ transplants are centralized and performed at…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Novel Polymer Pro-Drug APP-103 Reduces I/R Injury and Improves Graft Function in a Pre-Clinical Renal Transplant Model
Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is the strongest non-HLA factor that augments allogenicity of transplanted organs. Damage subsequent to IRI is critically linked to an abundance…2018 American Transplant Congress
Patients with C-aABMR and V-Lesions in Their Renal Transplant Biopsy Have a Superior Response to Treatment
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Introduction Chronic active antibody mediated rejection (c-aABMR) in the renal allograft may occur with isolated arteritis. Isolated v-lesions have been associated with an inferior graft…2018 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Long-Term Outcomes with Kidney Transplants from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Kidney transplants (KT) from donors with acute kidney injury (AKI; terminal creatinine ≥ 2.0) are increasingly performed and have similar short-term outcomes compared with KT…2018 American Transplant Congress
Validation of Genetic Variants Identified in GWAS for Tacrolimus Troughs
Purpose: Tacrolimus (TAC) is a substrate for CYP3A4/5 enzymes. It is well-known that variants in these genes are associated with variability in TAC trough concentrations.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Cost Reduction in a Developing Country: “The Case of Guatemala”
Background: Guatemala, south-west of Mexico has a population of approximately 16 million people of which 60% are younger than 20 years. As any other developing…2018 American Transplant Congress
Estimated GFR for Living Kidney Donor Evaluation before and after Donor Nephrectomy
BackgroundKidney transplantation from living donors is an important treatment for patients with kidney failure. An accurate evaluation of renal function must be conducted before and…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Efficacy of Laser Speckle Flowgraphy Device for Intraoperative Evaluation of Renal Blood Flow after Reperfusion
Purpose:Laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) is a device to monitor cutaneous and ocular fundus blood flow. However, there is no report that the device was used…2018 American Transplant Congress
Single versus Bilateral Simultaneous Nephrectomy during Kidney Transplantation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
PurposeAlthough there are some controversies about nephrectomy in patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), simultaneous nephrectomy has done selectively. There are few report…2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Association of Low Doses of Tacrolimus and a mTOR Inhibitor in BK Polyomavirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Introduction: BK polyomavirus (BKV) replication can be detected in up to 60% of kidney transplant recipients, with an incidence of nephropathy of 5-10%, leading to…
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