2016 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Outcomes in U.S. Cases of Post-Donation Living Donor Malignancy.
Background: Under current OPTN policy, living donors (LD) are required to be followed for two years (yrs) post-donation. Cases of malignancy in LD post-donation can…2016 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Baseline Co-Morbidity on Mortality in Living Kidney Donors – 10 Year UK Cohort Study.
Living kidney donation has significantly improved recipient and graft survival world wide. With a move to increase these numbers further, it becomes mandatory to have…2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Rejection, New-Onset Diabetes After Transplant and Transplant Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Recipients: Analysis of the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) Database.
Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction Our objective was to identify the associations of new-onset diabetes after transplant (NODAT) and acute rejection (AR) in predicting patient mortality and transplant failure…2015 American Transplant Congress
Does Ureteric Stent Avoid Urological Complications After Renal Transplantation? A Retrospective Study of 10 Years Experience
Divison of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
PURPOSE: Urinary leakage and ureteral stenosis are the most common surgical complications after kidney transplantation and are associated with significant morbidity, mortality and prolonged hospital…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…
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