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Mortality in Organ Transplant Recipients with Covid-19 Compared to Non-transplant or Waitlisted Patients: A Meta-analysis
Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University, Providence, RI
*Purpose: Organ transplant recipients (OTR) are considered at high risk for adverse outcomes from COVID-19. However, mortality rates range from 30%. Some studies found that…2021 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Terlipressin Therapy Reduces the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury Post-Living Donor Liver Transplantation – A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India
*Purpose: Acute kidney injury (AKI) after liver transplantation precludes calcineurin inhibitors' therapy and is associated with poor outcomes. Terlipressin (Tp) has mortality benefit in pre-transplant…2021 American Transplant Congress
Donation After Circulatory Death Kidney Transplantation Has Equal Long-Term Graft and Patient Survival as Donation After Brain Death: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) kidneys are not worldwide accepted yet due to concerns about inferior quality. To investigate whether these concerns are justified,…2021 American Transplant Congress
A Meta-Analysis of Endoscopic Stents in the Treatment of Anastomotic Biliary Strictures After Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Biliary strictures (BS) are common after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The treatment of choice is endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Multiple plastic stents (MPS) have…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Patients with Cholangiocarcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survival Rates
1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) accompanied by neoadjuvant chemoradiation has emerged as the only curative option for unresectable cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Although numerous centers have published their…2020 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Efficacy of Endoscopic Transpapillary Gallbladder Stenting for Symptomatic Gallbladder Disease in Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder (cystic duct) stenting has been shown to be an effective treatment option for symptomatic gallbladder disease in patients with cirrhosis. However,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Non-Linear Relationship between Recipient BMI and Survival Outcomes after Liver Transplantation-A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: Dose-response relationship between preoperative and postoperative body mass index (BMI) and survival outcomes after liver transplantation (LT) has not been clearly defined yet.*Methods: PubMed,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology of Cannabis Use and Associated Outcomes among Kidney Transplant Recipients a Meta Analysis
*Purpose: Cannabis is the most commonly used recreational drug in the United States and transplant acceptability for cannabis using candidates varies among transplant centers. In…2020 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery to Achieve Sufficient Weight Loss for Heart Transplant Candidacy: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
1UAB, Birmingham, AL, 2USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: As the obesity epidemic grows, it can be expected that an increasing number of heart failure patients will be precluded from heart transplant based…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Composite Molecular and Cellular Instability Score Identifies the Sub-Phenotypes of Histologically Stable Kidney Transplants
Department of Surgery, BCHSI, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Recent molecular studies have highlighted the unrecognized burden of sub-clinical graft rejection of a histologically stable allograft, defined as transplants with absence of clinical…
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