2017 American Transplant Congress
Eculizumab Dose Reduction Is Safe by Monitoring Eculizumab Pre-Dose Level and Functional Complement Assays.
Background & aims: Untreated atypical haemolytic syndrome (aHUS) leads to ESRD and may recur after renal transplantation. Eculizumab (Ecu), a humanized antibody inhibiting terminal C5…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Insertion Through Vagina and Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Kidney Transplantation: A Pilot Study.
Minimally invasive kidney transplantation is emerging modality of treatment; both laparoscopic and robotic assisted laparoscopic kidney transplantation are technically feasible and safe. In female recipients,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor Age > 50 Years and CIT Longer Than 18 Hour Are Independent Risk Factors for One Year Graft Survival in Renal Transplant Form Uncontrolled Donors After Circulatory Death (uDCD).
Introduction: Kidneys transplantations (KT) from uDCD have higher ischemia injury. It develops in higher primary non-function and delayed graft function, lower graft survival and worst…2017 American Transplant Congress
Ethnocultural Barriers to Pre-Emptive Kidney Transplantation: A Single Centre Retrospective Cohort Study.
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
BackgroundPre-emptive kidney transplant (PKT) may offer better outcomes compared to kidney transplant (KT) after starting dialysis. There is a well-documented disparity in access to PKT…2017 American Transplant Congress
Sequential Surgical Strategy for Heart-Kidney Transplantation.
Purpose: To describe a unique sequential surgical strategy for heart-kidney transplantation.Methods: We reviewed all 6 patients who received combined heart-kidney transplants at our institution between…2017 American Transplant Congress
Reducing the Early Readmission Rates in Kidney Transplantation.
Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim Foudation, São Paulo, Brazil
Background: 30-day hospital readmission rate is a well-accepted quality metric and a predictor of mortality among kidney transplant recipients.Objective: The aim of this study is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Scoring of Distinct Tubular Injury Features and Assessment of Cellular Proliferation and of Non-Apoptotic Cell Death by the Novel Marker FACL4 Allow to Determine the Long-Term Prognosis of Renal Grafts.
Acute tubular injury (ATI) is common in renal grafts and is related to an inferior long-term function. There is no consensus which of the tubular…2017 American Transplant Congress
Significance of Atypical Cytology in the Evaluation of Patients with End Stage Renal Disease for Transplantation.
Urology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Renal transplantation is the most optimal method of treating patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). As part of their routine malignancy screening,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Proteins in Preservation Fluid Predict Delayed Graft Function of Kidneys from Donors After Circulatory Death.
Background and objectivesKidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for end-stage kidney disease, and donor kidney shortage urges proper donor-recipient matching. Zero-hour biopsies provide predictive value…2017 American Transplant Congress
Renal Function Outcomes by HLA Mismatch in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Everolimus PlusReduced-Dose Cyclosporine versus Mycophenolate Plus Standard-Dose Cyclosporine: 24-Month Subanalysis of A1202 Study.
Purpose: High levels of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) mismatches are a key determinant of kidney allograft survival. Here, we present 24-month (M) subanalysis of the…
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