2020 American Transplant Congress
Role of APC Subsets in Rejection and Graft-Versus-Host-Disease in Intestinal Transplantation
Transplant Institute, MedStar Georgetown University, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Intestinal transplantation (ITx) is arguably the most immunogenic and complex organ transplantation, often accompanied with high rates of allograft rejection (AR) and graft-versus-host disease…2020 American Transplant Congress
Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation Has Excellent Long-Term Outcomes
*Purpose: Combined heart-liver transplants (CHLTx) have been shown to have good short-term outcomes in those with end-stage heart and liver disease: we conducted a comprehensive…2020 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Previous Non-Renal Solid Organ Transplants
Emory Transplant Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Selective co-stimulatory blockade with belatacept has demonstrated long-term benefits in renal transplantation, with improved glomerular filtration rate and decreased risk of death and graft…2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Liver Transplantation: A Case Series
*Purpose: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a life-saving treatment modality for patients who develop cardiopulmonary failure refractory to conventional efforts. ECMO has been used sparingly…2020 American Transplant Congress
Abdominal Multiorgan Retrieval from Pigs in a Slaughterhouse: A Reliable and Efficient Donation after Circulatory Death Model for Ex Vivo Organ Perfusion
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Advances in organ perfusion technology have been driven by the increasing necessity to utilise organs from donors after circulatory death (DCD) and marginal donors.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Measuring and Monitoring Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation Associated with Being Listed for a Multi-Organ Transplant (MOT)
*Purpose: In 2018, the OPTN published a new methodology for measuring and monitoring disparities in access to deceased donor kidney (KI) transplantation (Tx) among kidney-alone…2019 American Transplant Congress
Visceral Arterial Embolization – An Important Tool For Managing Blood Loss In Multivisceral Transplant Candidates With Portomesenteric Thrombosis
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Organ explant in multivisceral transplant (MVT) candidates is technically demanding associated with high volume blood loss. Visceral arterial embolisation (VAE) may reduce bleeding, but…2019 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Vascularized Abdominal Wall Allograft Procurement – Lessons Learned from Early Experiences
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Vascularized abdominal wall allografts (AWA), which protect solid organs in patients with loss of abdominal domain or extensive abdominal wall damage, remain an essential…2018 American Transplant Congress
Patient and Graft Survival in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients Compared to Adult Multi-Organ (Kidney-Pancreas, Simultaneous Liver-Kidney, or Heart-Kidney) Transplant Recipients: An Analysis of OPTN Data
Under the current kidney allocation system (KAS), pediatric (PED) renal transplant (RTx) candidates have a priority to kidneys from donors with KDPI <35%. However, multi-organ…2018 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of the Lung Allocation Score is Associated with Decreased Mortality in Combined Liver-Lung Allograft Recipients
1School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC; 2Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Objective: The current system for simultaneous liver-lung transplant (LLT) generally matches a recipient with a donor based on his or her lung allocation score (LAS),…
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