2015 American Transplant Congress
Survival Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients from Expanded Criteria Donors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background: In 2002, UNOS proposed the use of Expanded Criteria Donors (ECD=brain dead donor > 60 years, or 50-59 years with two criteria: CVA as…2015 American Transplant Congress
"In-House" Controlled Oxygenated Rewarming After Initial Static Cold Storage: First Clinical Application in Marginal Donor Livers
IntroductionControlled oxygenated rewarming of cold stored livers by machine perfusion demonstrated a strong protective effect in preclinical studies. Here we report on the first clinical…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Kidney Transplantation Using Right Versus Three Left Renal Arteries After Retroperitoneoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Single-Center Experience of 764 Cases
Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
OBJECTIVE:In laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN), technical problems are less common in the right side than in the left side. In addition, several study series have…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Donor Risk Index Does Not Accurately Classify Patients With or Without Graft Failure
In liver transplantation assessing risk of donor is paramount to graft survival. The donor risk index (DRI) was introduced as a predictor of graft failure…2015 American Transplant Congress
Diminished Survival After Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant With Increasing Kidney Donor Profile Index Score
Transplant Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX.
BACKGROUND: Since the introduction of MELD, the number of simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) transplants has greatly increased. Renal failure after liver transplant is associated with a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Donor Microbiota and Its Contribution for the Development of Primary Graft Dysfunction Following Human Lung Transplantation
Background: The microbiome of the donor lung will be imported to the recipient, and its role in allograft immunity remains speculative. The aims of this…2015 American Transplant Congress
In House Oxygen Persufflation of Cold Stored Livers Versus Simple Cold Storage in Extended Criteria Liver Grafts: Results of a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Two hours of end-ischemic oxygen persufflation of cold stored porcine livers regenerates cellular energy dependent pathways and improves survival after transplantation. The present trial evaluated…2015 American Transplant Congress
When Do DCD Donors Die? Outcomes and Implications of DCD at a High-Volume, Single-Center OPO in the United States
Introduction: Successful donation (SD) is not always possible following attempted donation after circulatory death (DCD). The goal of this study was to determine the fate…2015 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplantation from Donors With Kidney Disease
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Background:Various donor characteristics are associated with decreased survival following single (SLT) or bilateral (BLT) lung transplantation. No current studies exist regarding use of lungs from…2015 American Transplant Congress
U.S. National Experience of Liver Transplantation Using Allografts from Octogenarian Donors
Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
IntroductionA continuous worsening of donor organ shortage has led to expand organ acceptance criteria. It is still theoretically possible to utilize hepatic allografts from donors…
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