2017 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends and Variation in BMI Thresholds for Living Donation Across the US.
1U Michigan, Ann Arbor; 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester; 3St. Louis U, St Louis
The acceptable BMI threshold for living kidney donation is controversial. We examined the variability in center acceptance of living donors with high Body Mass Index…2017 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Kidney Transplantation: Bakirkoy Experience.
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: As minimal invasive treatments develop, most urologists have preferred minimally invasive methods in recent years. There is a great shift through laparoscopic…2017 American Transplant Congress
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Improves Renal Transplant Candidacy and Posttransplant Outcomes in Morbidly Obese Patients.
Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
BACKGROUND: Morbid obesity remains a barrier to kidney transplantation (KT) and is associated with increased delayed graft function (DGF), graft loss, and wound complications. Laparoscopic…2017 American Transplant Congress
Can Pre-Treatment CDC Titres Predict Graft Outcomes in HLA Incompatible Transplants?
Introduction: Complement Dependent Cytotoxic (CDC) (non-augmented) cross matching and Flow cytometric (FC) cross matching are two commonly used techniques to identify anti- Human Leucocyte Antigen…2017 American Transplant Congress
Microarray Analysis of Rejection in Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Biopsies: Similarities and Disparities with Conventionally Stabilized Biopsies.
Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Despite potential for performing molecular diagnostics on formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) biopsies, there has been no systematic comparison of microarray gene expression data obtained from…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation in Cross-Match-Positive Recipients at a Single Center.
BackgroundLiving-donor kidney transplantation in cross-match (XM)-positive patients remains high-risk and requires an optimal desensitization protocol. We started a desensitization protocol for XM-positive patients in January…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a Novel Prehabilitation Program in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
Background: Prehabilitation is the process of enhancing surgical patient functional capacity prior to surgery to improve tolerance for the upcoming physiologic stress. While prehabilitation has…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney-Specific Immunosuppression without Adverse Systemic Effects.
Purpose: Immunosuppressive therapy is often accompanied by severe adverse effects. To overcome this, the aim of this study was the evaluation of a kidney-specific drug…2017 American Transplant Congress
Solid Organ Cancer After Kidney Transplantation: Risk Factors and Long Term Impact.
Nephrology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Cancer after kidney transplant (KT) is the only cause of death that is increasing. We analyzed incidence, risk factors and characteristics of postKT solid cancers…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Incidence, Mortality and Prediction Model for Fractures After Kidney Transplantation in the United States.
Kidney transplant (KT) recipients are more likely than general population to have fractures. In the general population, fractures are associated with morbidity, mortality, and high…
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