Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Role of Induction Therapy in Low Immune Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients.
B. Chopra, K. Sureshkumar.
Nephrology and Hypertension, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
Induction therapy improves outcomes in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) by reducing early acute rejection. In the current era of potent maintenance immunosuppression, the role of…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor AKI on Outcome Following High KDPI Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.
D. Haakinson,¹ I. Qaqish,² M. Smith,³ H. Khamash,² K. Reddy,¹ R. Heilman.²
¹Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; ²Nephrology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; ³Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ.
Background: Transplanting deceased donor kidneys with AKI does not appear to have negative impact on graft survival, however the impact of AKI on high KDPI…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Early Cardiac Death After Kidney Transplantation.
K. Balabhadrapatruni, A. Liu, N. Sarabu, E. Sanchez, J. Augustine.
Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Early cardiac mortality is a devastating occurrence after transplantation. We sought to analyze risk factors and patient characteristics, including the estimated post transplant survival…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Postoperative Rebound of Anti-Blood Type Antibodies and Antibody-Mediated Rejection After ABO-Incompatible Living Related Kidney Transplantation – Is Prophylactic Treatment Necessary?
H. Ishida, T. Kondo, T. Shimizu, T. Nozaki, K. Tanabe.
Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
PURPOSE: The role of postoperative anti-ABO titers in acute rejection under our current immunosuppressive regimen remains unclear. Some institutions recommend postoperative therapeutic plasma exchange to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Association of Genetic Polymorphisms in Complement Independent Pathways with Donor Specific Antibodies in Kidney Allograft Recipients.
Y. Chang,^1,2 T. Shah,^1,3 D. Min.¹
¹Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA; ²Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; ³St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: It is known that detection of donor specific antibodies (DSA) is associated with antibody mediated rejection (AMR) and poor allograft outcomes. DSA mediates graft…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction Does Not Increase the Risk of Thrombotic Events in Kidney Transplantation: A Matched Case-Control Study.
J. Iuppa,¹ M. Dokus,² E. Venniro,³ A. Patel,² A. Danzig,⁴ J. Hahn,¹ R. Kashyap,² M. Orloff,² J. Taylor.³
¹Department of Pharmacy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; ²Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; ³Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; ⁴School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
Background: Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is the most commonly used induction agent in kidney transplantation (KTx). To date, case reports and in vitro analyses have suggested…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Prolonged Normothermic Ex Vivo Kidney Perfusion Is a Safe Preservation Technique for Kidney Transplantation: A New Opportunity for the Storage, Assessment and Repair of Kidney Grafts.
J. Kaths,^1,2,3 J. Echeverri,¹ N. Goldaracena,¹ K. Louis,¹ Y.-M. Chun,¹ I. Linares,^1,3 A. Wiebe,¹ P. Yip,⁵ R. John,⁵ I. Mucsi,⁶ A. Ghanekar,¹ D. Bagli,^7,3 D. Grant,¹ L. Robinson,^2,3 M. Selzner.^1,3
¹Department of Surgery, Multi Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Division of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁴Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany; ⁵Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁶Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁷Departments of Surgery (Urology) & Physiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Hypothermic kidney storage causes preservation injury. We investigated whether SCS can be safely replaced with prolonged normothermic ex vivo kidney perfusion (NEVKP). Right kidneys were…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Do We Need Radioisotope Renography in Evaluation of Split Renal Function in Living Kidney Donors?
Y. Yoon,¹ H. Lee,¹ D. Joo,² K. Huh,² M. Kim,² S. Kim,² Y. Kim,² W. Han.¹
¹Urology, Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Transplantation Surgery, Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Introduction: Accurate estimation of split renal function in living kidney donors is important for side-selection and a sufficient long-term residual renal function. The present study…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of New Kidney Allocation System on Transplant Rates for Highly Sensitized Patients-Center Specific Study.
X. Zhang, M. Naim, A. Vo, S. Jordan, N. Reinsmoen.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Aim: Our renal transplant program promotes transplant of highly sensitized patients (pts) through desensitization and listing only strong antibodies as unacceptable antigens (UAs). UNOS implemented…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Ureteroenterostomy in Kidney Transplant: Retrospective Analysis of 30 Consecutive Cases.
H. Marinho Neto, B. Leslie, J. Neves Neto, M. Almeida, A. Pessoa, J. Offernni, M. Nogueira, S. Ximenes, W. Aguiar, H. Tedesco, J. Medina Pestana.
Kidney Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
INTRODUCTION: Lower urinary tract abnormalities are found in up to15% of adults and in 20-30% of children requiring kidney transplantation. Several will necessitate an enterocystoplasty…