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Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Improves Renal Transplant Candidacy and Posttransplant Outcomes in Morbidly Obese Patients.

    Y. Kim, A. Jung, V. Dhar, J. Tadros, R. Alloway, A. Shields, S. Woodle, T. Diwan.

    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?

    A. Prasad,1 A. Yuvaraj,1 D. Briggs,2 N. Krishnan.1

    1Renal Transplant, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom; 2NHSBT, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    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.

    K. Famulski, J. Revee, P. Halloran.

    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.

    D. Okada,1 M. Okumi,1 K. Unagami,2 T. Shimizu,1 H. Ishida,1 K. Tanabe.1

    1Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; 2Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

    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.

    M. McAdams DeMarco, H. Ying, A. Nastasi, D. Segev.

    Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

    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.

    D. Kentrup,1 K. Schuette-Nuetgen,1 H. Pawelski,1 H. Pavenstädt,1 S. Hermann,2 M. Schaefers,2 G. Larbig,3 A. Kuebelbeck,3 S. Reuter.1

    1Department of Medicine D, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany; 2European Institute for Molecular Imaging - EIMI, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany; 3Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

    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.

    A. Buxeda, D. Redondo, M. Pérez-Sáez, A. Bartolomé, M. Mir, A. Pascual, A. Sans, M. Crespo, J. Pascual.

    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.

    X. Liu, S. Bae, M. McAdams DeMarco, D. Segev.

    JHU, Baltimore, MD

    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…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Predicting Residual Renal Compensation in Living Kidney Donors Post-Donation.

    A. Diez, G. Diltz, J. Von Visger, U. Nori, T. Pesavento, R. Pelletier.

    Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

    In living kidney donors it is well established that post-donation the remaining kidney undergoes functional hypertrophy; resulting in a 20% – 40% in increase in…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Single-Center Initial Experience in Treating Chronic Hepatitis C in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    G. Meinerz, C. da Silva, R. Bruno, E. Keitel, V. Garcia.

    Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Department, ISCMPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection is a prevalent condition in end-stage renal disease and presents an important clinical challenge in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). Interferon-based…
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