2015 American Transplant Congress
Responsiveness to Rituximab, Plasmapheresis and Intravenous Immunoglobulins in Antibody Mediated Rejections After Kidney and Pancreas – Kidney Transplantation
The antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) has become clinically critical because this form of rejection is usually unresponsive to conventional anti-rejection therapy. Therefore, it has been recognized…2015 American Transplant Congress
Glomerulosclerosis Patterns Are Non-Uniform Throughout the KDPI Spectrum With Impact on Biopsy Evaluation of Kidneys for Transplant
1Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, Itasca, IL; 2Rush University, Chicago, IL.
Background: The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) stratifies kidney quality with direct bearing on organ allocation and utilization. Procurement biopsy is commonly performed and factored…2015 American Transplant Congress
Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Native Kidney in Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Recipients. Different Entities?
Division of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Purpose: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) has a high incidence in patients with acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD) due to hemodialysis. It has been reported that…2015 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Kidney Transplantation With Regional Hypothermia: Results from a Prospective Two-Arm Non-Randomized Controlled Trial (Ideal Phase 2b)
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
Ex Vivo Stem Cell-Mediated Regeneration of Ischemically Damaged Renal Allografts
BREONICS, Inc., Watervliet, NY.
This project attempted to accelerate repair of ischemically damaged human kidney allografts using Exsanguinous Metabolic Support (EMS) technology that is warm (32C) and acellular. While…2015 American Transplant Congress
Tissue Engineering Human Kidneys for Costimulation Blockade
1BREONICS, Inc., Watervliet, NY; 2Surgery, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Methods for preserving organs have employed hypothermic conditions. At these temperatures metabolism is 4% of normal. Tissue engineering of organs cannot be done without significant…2015 American Transplant Congress
Referral for Kidney Transplantation in Georgia: Data from the RaDIANT Community Study
PurposeThe rate of kidney transplantation (KTx) varies significantly across US dialysis facilities. Referral for KTx from dialysis facility providers is the first key step in…2015 American Transplant Congress
Banff Criteria Are Inadequate to Assess Chronic Renal Allograft Injury 10 Years Post-Transplantation
Background: The Banff criteria have been developed to assess acute and chronic injury in renal allografts. However, the criteria have been based on biopsies for…2015 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Preemptive Kidney Transplant Referrals in Georgia: Data from the RaDIANT Community Study
PurposeAccess to kidney transplantation (KTx) before initiation of dialysis is associated with improved patient and graft survival, enhanced quality of life, and decreased hospital readmissions…2015 American Transplant Congress
Dialysis Facility Kidney Transplant Referral in Georgia: 2005-2012
Purpose: Significant variation exists in Standardized Transplantation Ratios (STR) at the dialysis facility level, and GA has the lowest kidney transplant (KTx) rate in the…
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