Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Excellent Results of ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantations at Multicenter Japanese Case Series
K. Tanabe,^１ H. Ishida,^１ K. Masutani,² Y. Okabe,³ M. Okumi,¹ H. Kitada,² T. Shimizu,⁴ H. Shirakawa.⁵
¹Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; ²Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; ³Surgery, Harasanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; ⁴Urology, Todachuo General Hospital, Toda, Saitama, Japan; ⁵Urology, Ohkubo Hospital, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
[Background]Although kidney transplantation (KT) is the most reassuring treatment for patients with ESRD, shortage of organ donation in Japan is crucial. This issue has forced…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Kidney Transplantation With Regional Hypothermia: Results from a Prospective Two-Arm Non-Randomized Controlled Trial (Ideal Phase 2b)
R. Ahlawat,¹ A. Sood,² P. Ghosh,¹ V. Kher,¹ M. Bhandari,² M. Menon.²
¹Institute of Kidney and Urology, Medanta, the Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India; ²Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
ObjectivesMinimally-invasive approaches to kidney transplantation are up-coming. We recently developed and described a novel technique of robotic KT (RKT) using intra corporeal graft cooling. Here,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Survival of Deceased Donor Kidneys from Children Under Ten
W. Parker, J. Thistlethwaite, L. Ross.
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Background: The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has adopted a new allocation algorithm that uses a Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) based on 10…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Based Immunosuppression and Incidence of Proteinuria in Kidney Transplant Recipients
R. Villicana, A. Peng, J. Kahwaji, J. Choi, A. Vo, S. Jordan.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction: Abatacept which is a co-stimulation inhibitor has been suggested to have B7-1 mediated antiproteinuric effects. Belatacept which is another co-stimulation agent has been approved…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Combined Robotic Kidney Transplantation and Sleeve Gastrectomy in Obese Recipients: Initial Results from Prospective Randomized Study
I. Tzvetanov, G. D'Amico, G. Georgiev, H. Jeon, R. Garcia-Roca, E. Benedetti, J. Oberholzer.
Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
IntroductionIn many transplant centers, patients with a BMI above 40 kg/m2 are either completely excluded or required to lose weight before being considered for kidney…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor and Recipient BKV Serostatus and the Effect of Ciprofloxacin Prophylaxis on BK Viremia Risk After Kidney Transplant
M. Changala,¹ A. Kistler,² J. Abend,² A. Sathe,² A. Howard,¹ D. Wojciechowski.¹
¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; ²Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Emeryville, CA.
Background: BK virus (BKV) is a common infection in kidney transplant recipients. Due to widespread latent BKV infection in the general population, it is possible…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Adverse Events of Maintenance Immunosuppression Following Kidney Transplantation Reported in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review
M. Howell,^1,2 R. Yeo,² A. Tong,^1,2 J. Craig,^1,2 K. Howard,² G. Wong.^2,3
¹Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmeand, NSW, Australia; ²School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ³Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
Aim: To evaluate the completeness of reporting of adverse events in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of maintenance immunosuppression in kidney transplantation.Background: Side effects of maintenance…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Biomarkers of Deceased Donors for the Prediction of Renal Allograft Outcomes
S. Kang,¹ H. Im,¹ J. Lee,¹ T. Koo,¹ S. Lee,² S. Park,³ S.-J. Kim,⁴ C. Ahn,¹ J. Yang.¹
¹Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ²Chonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Republic of Korea; ³Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea; ⁴Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background: Better prognostic markers in deceased donors(DD) are needed for determining whether to accept suboptimal DD kidneys or predicting post-transplant outcomes. Recently, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin(NGAL),…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Epigenetic Reprogramming of Murine Cytomegalovirus Immediate Early Genes Induced By Renal Transplantation
M. Hummel,¹ X.-F. Liu,¹ C. Jie,¹ Z. Zhang,¹ S. Yan,¹ J.-J. Wang,¹ S. Kurian,² D. Salomon,² M. Abecassis.¹
¹Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ²Dept of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, LaJolla, CA.
Background: Reactivation of latent CMV is a significant infectious complication in solid organ transplant recipients. MCMV is a valuable model for studying molecular mechanisms controlling…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Proximal Tubular Dysfunction Is Common After the First Year of Kidney Transplantation
G. Ensergueix,¹ J. Allard,¹ F. Saint-Marcoux,² B. Marin,³ S. Bodeau,² J.-C. Aldigier,¹ P. Marquet,² M. Essig.¹
¹Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation, University Hospital, Limoges, France; ²Pharmacology, Toxicology, University Hospital, Limoges, France; ³Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Methodology, University Hospital, Limoges, France.
Background: After the initial period of kidney transplantation, the prevalence of proximal tubular dysfunction (PTD) and its consequences are unknown. The aim of this study…