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Articles tagged "marginal"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Organs Transplants When the Donor Is a Prior Recipient.

    G. Lee,1 D. Goldberg,2 M. Levine,1 P. Abt.1

    1Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    Introduction: Organ scarcity continues to limit the field of transplantation, which leads to death for patients on waiting lists. Organs from “Organ Donors After Transplant”…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Development of an Automatic Regulated Normothermic Kidney Preservation Device for Long-Term Organ Perfusion.

    A. Weissenbacher,1 O. Boubriak,2 L. Lo Faro,1 R. Ploeg,1 J. Hunter,1 D. Voyce,3 N. Mikov,3 A. Cook,3 C. Coussios,2 P. Friend.1

    1Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford Transplant Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; 2Department of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; 3OrganOx Limited, Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, United Kingdom

    BackgroundNormothermic kidney perfusion for a period of 24 hours or longer would offer significant clinical advantages. It would enable clinicians to investigate the condition of…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Delayed Graft Function on Long Term Graft Survival Adjusted for Donor Kidney Quality Assessed by the KDPI.

    L. Lehner, F. Halleck, D. Khadzhynov, E. Schrezenmeier, M. Dürr, K. Budde, O. Staeck.

    Nephrology Charite Campus Mitte, Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    IntroductionDelayed graft function (DGF) is associated with impaired graft survival in kidney transplant recipients. The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) is increasingly evaluated as a…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Donor Asystole in Intestine Transplant.

    J. Schroering, C. Kubal, R. Mangus.

    Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

    Intestine transplantation has a high risk of post-transplant complications. For this reason, many intestine transplant centers are conservative in their choice of deceased donors, using…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of the Donor Risk Index on Tumor Free Survival in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

    D. Moonka,1 S. Nagai,2 A. Harper, R. Salgia.1

    1Division of Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI; 2Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI; 3Research Department, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA

    In this study, we look at the impact of donor quality on tumor free survival in patients undergoing liver transplant (LT) with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Genetic Background Determines the Severity of Delayed Graft Function Following Kidney Transplantation in Mice.

    L. Qiu, J.-J. Wang, X. Yeap, Z. Zheng, M. He, M. Abecassis, Z. Zhang.

    Comprehensive Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

    Background: Delayed graft function (DGF) has been associated with poor clinical transplant outcomes. Current mouse models of kidney transplant or acute kidney injury induced by…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Nucleic Acid Scavenging Microfiber Mesh Inhibits Trauma Induced Inflammation and Thrombosis After Organ Transplantation.

    J. Kwun,1 J. Lee,1 J. Jackman,2 M. Manook,1 E. Elster,3 A. Kirk,1 B. Sullenger.1

    1Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; 2Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC; 3Surgery, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

    [Introduction] Trauma patients produce a host of danger signals and high levels of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) after cellular injury and tissue damage. Organs from…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Variations in Risk-Appetite Between UK Kidney Transplant Centres and Impact on Patient and Graft Outcomes.

    P. Trotter,1,2 M. Robb,2 D. Summers,1,2 J. Bradley,1 J. Neuberger,2,4 C. Callaghan.2,3

    1Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 2Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom; 3Transplant Unit, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; 4Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Introduction: Risks associated with deceased donors may be donor-related, organ-related, or both. Variations between transplant centres in the risks they are prepared to accept ('risk…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Model to Predict Prolonged Delayed Graft Function (DGF) Following Kidney Transplantation from Deceased Donor with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI Tx).

    R. Heilman,1 B. Smith,2 C. Johnson,1 H. Khamash,1 K. Reddy,1 W. Kremers,2 B. Kaplan.1

    1Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Background Our aim is to develop a model to predict prolonged DGF following AKI Tx.Methods AKI Tx (donor terminal Cr>/=2) from 2003 to 2016 were…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    MELD-Based Allocation Leads to Inferior Survival After Liver Transplantation.

    P. Ritschl, L. Wiering, M. Hippler-Benscheidt, F. Aigner, M. Biebl, M. Schmelzle, K. Kotsch, J. Pratschke, R. Öllinger.

    Department of Surgery, Campus Virchow and Mitte, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Introduction and BackgroundThe MELD-based allocation system has been implemented in Germany in 2006 in order to decrease waiting list mortality in patients with end stage…
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