2022 American Transplant Congress
Two-Week Protocol Biopsy in Renal Allograft: Feasibility, Safety, and Outcomes
*Purpose: Protocol biopsy in renal allograft helps to early detect subclinical rejection (SCR) in patients who have no abnormal clinical and laboratory findings. Still, there…2022 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Porcine Kidneys in Transplantation Model for Training General Surgery Residents
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
*Purpose: We sought to increase the opportunities for general surgery residents to hone their vascular anastomosis skills. Accordingly, we created a kidney transplant model using…2022 American Transplant Congress
Lack of Measles Immunity and Vaccination Rates in Patients Being Evaluated for Solid Organ Transplant: Missed Opportunities
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are not eligible for live-vaccines, including the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, due to safety concerns on immunosuppression.…2022 American Transplant Congress
Bilateral Renal Autotransplantation for Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma
*Purpose: We report the first case of bilateral renal autotransplantation after staged resection of a giant liposarcoma of the retroperitoneum.*Methods: A 39-year-old male presented with…2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Impact of the Mission Act on Utilization of Veterans Affairs Transplant Centers
*Purpose: The Veterans Affairs (VA) Maintaining Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act of 2018 was implemented in 2019 to increase veteran access to…2022 American Transplant Congress
A Physical Therapy and Nutritional Intervention to Improve Frailty in the Liver Transplant Candidate
1University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2Univeristy of Rochester, Rochester, NY
*Purpose: Sarcopenia and frailty are independent predictors of mortality in cirrhotic patients; increased access to physical therapy (PT) and registered dietician (RD) services have the…2022 American Transplant Congress
Membrane Attack Complex as a More Sensitive Tool to Evaluate Complement Activation in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Donor-Specific Antibodies
Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients with late HLA donor-specific antibodies (DSA) detected with single antigen beads (SAB) exhibit more frequent antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) and graft loss.…2022 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Medication Adherence Between Preemptive and Post-Dialysis Young Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: The mechanisms underlying the superior graft survival associated with pre-emptive kidney transplantation, compared with transplantation following a period of dialysis, are unknown. Selection for…2022 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Dynamic Map of Peripheral Myeloid Cells Associated with Acute Rejection of Vascularized Composite Tissue Allografts
*Purpose: Myeloid cells are involved in early alloactivation in response to organ allografts and can initiate acute rejection. The heterogeneity of myeloid populations and the…2022 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Experience of Utilizing Genetic Testing (Renasight) in the Kidney Transplant Setting
KECK Medical Center at USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Advances in next generation gene sequencing has made evaluation of genes associated with kidney easily accessible in the clinical settings. Renasight testing analyzes over…
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