2020 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Liver Transplantation in Patients with Renal Failure Since Implementation of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Allocation Policy
Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: To reduce potentially unnecessary kidney utilization, as of August 10, 2017 a new allocation policy was implemented restricting Simultaneous Liver Kidney (SLK) transplant to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes and Health Care Utilization after Early Hospital Dismissal in Kidney Transplantation: An Analysis of 1001 Consecutive Cases
*Purpose: Perioperative care after kidney transplantation has improved with reduction in length of operative stay to as low as two days, but this has an…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Follow-Up of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Induce Tolerance in Living Donor Renal Transplant Recipients
1Northwestern, Chicago, IL, 2UIC, Chicago, IL, 3Duke, Durham, NC, 4U Louisville, Louisville, KY
*Purpose: 37 pts have been transplanted since 2009 in a phase 2 protocol to induce tolerance in recipients of living donor renal allografts (KTx). The…2020 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Outcomes after Fully Robotic Live Donor Nephrectomy: Right versus Left
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Robotic assisted live donor nephrectomy (LDN) is being increasingly adopted across transplant centers worldwide. Right LDN is perceived to be difficult due to anatomical…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Call to Action: Finding the Right Kidney for All Potential Recipients
Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: The dialysis burden in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) awaiting a kidney transplant (KT) is a huge driver of morbidity, mortality, and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Higher State-Level Demand for Renal Transplantation is Associated with Lower Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation Rate
University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Geographic disparities in deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) persist despite increased allocation system oversight and complexity. The association between poor population health and fewer…2020 American Transplant Congress
Medication Non-Adherence (MNA) Mitigation Practices and Health Care Professional (HCP) Perceptions at U.S. Transplant Centers
*Purpose: Extensive literature exists on risk factors and mitigating strategies for MNA, however information on MNA management within U.S. transplant centers is scarce. This survey…2020 American Transplant Congress
Persistent Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism in the First Year after Kidney Transplantation is Associated with Calcium Phosphate Deposition in the Kidney Allograft
*Purpose: To investigate risk factors for calcium phosphate deposition in the kidney allograft.*Methods: This is a single-institution, retrospective analysis of adult patients who underwent kidney…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outreach as a Way to Improve Access to Kidney Transplants: A Model to Align with Future of Kidney Disease Care
1Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2UC Health, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: In 2018, there were more than 100,000 patients wait-listed for kidney transplant whereas only around 21,000 patients received a kidney transplant. Increasing access to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation for the Prevention of Aggravation of Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Diabetic Ischaemic Lower Limb. A Multicenter Propensity Score Matched Cohort Study in Japan
Division of Transplant Surgery, St. Mary Hospital, Kurume, Japan
*Purpose: Japan substantially outperforms other countries in survival of patients receiving haemodialysis (HD). Unadjusted 5-year survival was 60% in Japan, 39% in the USA, and…
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