2020 American Transplant Congress
Pilot Donor App Users Maintain Higher Transplant Rates Than Matched Controls
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: We previously conducted a pilot study demonstrating that patients who used the Donor App (DA) were 6.6 times more likely to generate a live…2020 American Transplant Congress
How Prepared are Potential Donors to Donate?: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Potential Kidney Donors’ Knowledge and Education Before Starting Evaluation
*Purpose: Potential living donors of different races/ethnicities present for kidney donor evaluation with varying levels of knowledge.*Methods: We surveyed potential living donors about how they…2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Post-Transplant Outcomes in Living and Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Analysis of UNOS Registry
*Purpose: Because of possible short waiting time, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for HCC may provide survival benefit compared to deceased donor LT (DDLT). This…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Preoperative Glucose Intolerance and Hypertension on the Living Kidney Donors
*Purpose: Recently the mortality of living kidney donors was demonstrated to be significantly worse than that of healthy general population. However, the impact of preoperative…2020 American Transplant Congress
Unified Management of Inferior Vena Cava Web and Right Hepatic Vein in Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Membranous Obstruction of Vena Cava (Budd Chiari Syndrome)
Department of Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: In Eastern countries Budd Chiari syndrome (BCS) is most often caused by the membranous obstruction of the vena cava (MOVC). During living donor liver…2020 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparity in Living Donor Kidney Transplants
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Over the last decades, the number of kidney transplants has increased. However, more male than female patients receive a transplant. While the male/female ratio…2020 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Recipient Genetic Relationship and Outcomes of Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT): Does it Really Matter?
1Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 2University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The impact of donor-recipient genetic relationship on LDLT outcomes has been raised by some recent reports. We sought to study this over a large…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Pilot Study of Mkidney: A Novel Mobile Health Platform to Support OPTN Living Donor Follow-Up Data Collection
*Purpose: Transplant hospitals struggle to meet Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) requirements for LKD follow-up. In the face of barriers such as cost, LKD…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Influence of Spirituality and Other Motivations on Potential Kidney Living Donors’ Decisions to Donate by Race/Ethnicity
*Purpose: Few studies have explored potential kidney living donors’ motivations to donate, particularly their spirituality, and assessed whether these motivations vary by race/ethnicity.*Methods: 2576 potential…2020 American Transplant Congress
Live Donor Liver Transplant Offers Higher Survival, Improved Quality of Liver and Lower Morbidity for Recipients with Low MELD Score
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: The shortage of cadaveric liver grafts contributes to significant waitlist mortality. Patients with low MELD-Na score (
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