2017 American Transplant Congress
Longer Anastomotic Time Leads to Delayed Graft Function.
Background: Delayed graft function (DGF) occurs at variable rates in renal transplant recipients. It can be deleterious to renal allograft in long term. Various factors…2017 American Transplant Congress
Eculizumab Treatment on GC3 Recurrence on Renal Graft.
Clinical C3G recurrence occured in more than 50% after renal transplantation and is the first cause of allograft loss at 5 years post-transplantation. Eculizumab (EC)…2017 American Transplant Congress
Induction in the Elderly: A Comparison of Basiliximab versus Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin After Kidney Transplantation.
Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Background: Although it is well established that kidney transplant (KT) in the elderly is beneficial and safe, there is limited literature on the appropriate choice…2017 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of Positive Cytotoxic and Flow Crossmatches for Sensitized Wait List Candidates: Comparison of Luminex MFI, C1q and FcR Binding Assays.
Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
Clinical relevance of HLA antibodies identified in solid phase assays includes their ability to generate a positive crossmatch (XM) test, which often precludes transplantation. The…2017 American Transplant Congress
Weekend Discharge and Early Hospital Readmission After Kidney Transplant: A Multi-Center Analysis.
Background: Kidney transplant (KT) recipients with early hospital readmission (EHR, <30 days after discharge from KT) are at higher risk for poor post-KT outcomes. There…2017 American Transplant Congress
Reduced Racial Disparity in Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
OBJECTIVE: Earlier studies reported inferior outcomes among African-American (AA) compared with white kidney transplant (KT) recipients.DESIGN: Prospective database.SETTING: Single center.PATIENTS: During 1997-2015, 1102 patients underwent…2017 American Transplant Congress
Primary Urtero- Ureterostomy in Renal Transplant, an Old Forgotten but Promising Technique.
John C McDonald Regional Transplant Center, Shreveport
Introduction:Ureter anastomosis is considered the achilles heel of renal transplant. Different types of Uretero-neocystostomy anastomosis techniques have been used as well as Uretero-Ureterostomy but latter…2017 American Transplant Congress
Avascular Necrosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Recent Data from a Cohort Study.
Avascular osteonecrosis (AVN) is the most disabling bone complication after kidney transplantation (KT). Its incidence decreased from 15% to 4% after the introduction of cyclosporine…2017 American Transplant Congress
Spiritual and Religious Faith of Actual and Potential Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors.
A. The recent rise in non-directed donors (NDDs) and their initiation of kidney chains offer innovative approaches to help address the overburdened kidney transplant waiting…2017 American Transplant Congress
Immune Tolerance Monitoring in Renal Allograft Tolerance Induced by Transient Mixed Chimerism in Nonhuman Primates.
Center for Transplant Science, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background: We have previously reported donor specific expansion of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in nonhuman primate (NHP) recipients which achieved renal allograft tolerance after induction…
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