2016 American Transplant Congress
Liver Recipient with Renal Dysfunction: Liver Only or Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant?
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Background: The OPTN listing criteria for Simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLK) are not well defined. There are concerns about rising numbers of SLKs, which take kidneys…2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Outcomes in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving an Orthotopic Liver Transplant Alone.
Kidney Transplant in patients with liver cirrhosis and advanced CKD remains debatable. The 2012 simultaneous liver kidney transplant (SLKT) summit guidelines recommend SLKT in patients…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Pilot Study of Donor: A Smart Phone Application for Identifying Live Kidney and Liver Donors.
Background: With over 100,000 candidates waiting, rates of deceased donation stagnant, and only 17,000 Kidney and liver transplants a year, live donor transplantation may represent…2016 American Transplant Congress
Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation for Polycystic Liver and Kidney Disease: Analysis from the UNOS Dataset.
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate predictors of outcomes in combined liver-kidney (L/K) transplants for PLD/PKD.Methods: We queried the UNOS dataset for…2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors Mediating Kidney Rejection in Patients of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplants.
BACKGROUND & AIM: Kidney grafts in simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) recipients are considered to be immunologically protected due to hepatic tolerance, although recent studies have alternatively…2015 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Renal Recovery After Liver Transplant With Severe Pretransplant Sub-Acute Kidney Injury: The Impact of Warm Ischemic Time
Hepatology, Transplant Surgery and Nephrology, Univ. Colorado, Aurora, CO.
Identification of which liver transplant candidates with severe kidney injury can have full recovery of renal function after liver only transplant is difficult. Avoiding unnecessary…2015 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Simultaneous Liver Kidney (SLK) Transplant in Liver Transplant Candidates With Renal Dysfunction
Survival benefit of SLK over liver transplant alone (LTA) in patients with same level of renal dysfunction and effect of organ quality on mortality are…2015 American Transplant Congress
Artificial Neural Networks in Kidney Allocation in Patients With Dual Organ (Liver-Kidney) Failure
Background: Simultaneous liver / kidney transplantation has increased after the adoption of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score in 2002 by the United Network…2015 American Transplant Congress
Intraoperative Renal Replacement Therapy During Liver and Liver-Kidney Transplant: Outcomes of 155 Cases
1Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; 2Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Background: Renal dysfunction in liver (LT) and liver-kidney (LKT) transplant candidates increases intraoperative risks of electrolyte disturbances and volume excess complications. The role of intraoperative…2015 American Transplant Congress
ABO Incompatible Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant With Positive Crossmatch. A Case Report
INTRODUCTION: Donor Specific (DS) antibodies and ABO incompatibility remain major immunological barriers in organ transplantation. Clinical evidence suggest the liver can protect a kidney from…
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