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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Factors Associated with the Development of Chronic Kidney Disease after Liver Transplantation

    M. Kalisvaart, A. Schlegel, P. Trivedi, K. Roberts, D. Mirza, T. Perera, J. Isaac, J. Ferguson, P. Muiesan.

    Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

    BackgroundRenal dysfunction is a common complication after liver transplantation. The increased use of DCD livers has been associated with postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI). However,…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Donor and Procedural Variability in DCD Liver Transplant: Is It Time to Come to a Consensus?

    L. Ruffolo, M. Balceniuk, R. Hernandez Alejandro.

    Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center on Behalf of the IDOL Consortium, Rochester, NY.

    Background:Donation after cardiocirculatory death liver transplantation (DCD LT) has re-emerged in part because of insufficient grafts for patients on waiting lists. Unfortunately, DCD LT has…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Long-Term Outcomes of Primary Kidney Transplant from Expanded Criteria Maastricht Category 3 DCD Donors: A Single-Centre Observational Study

    E. Favi,1 C. Puliatti,2 S. Iesari,3 M. Ferraresso,1 R. Cacciola.2

    1Kidney Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; 2Kidney Transplantation, The Royal London Hospital, London, United Kingdom; 3Kidney Transplantation, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

    Background. Kidney transplants (KTx) from standard (STD) DCD donors have higher rates of primary non function (PNF) and delayed graft function (DGF) than DBD but…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Are Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) Kidneys Unsuitable for Pediatric Recipients?

    M. MacConmara,1 S. Levea,2 C. Hwang.1

    1Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; 2Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

    Introduction: Despite the fact that the number of pediatric patients listed for kidney transplantation far exceeds the supply of deceased donor kidneys, there is a…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Do High-Risk Categories Convey the Wrong Message to Waitlisted Patients – Is It Time to Reconsider the Absolute Risk of Graft Loss?

    A. Zarinsefat, H. Braun, S. Syed, B. Orandi, G. Roll.

    Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.

    Many waitlisted patients (pts) do not consent to accept livers from “high-risk” donors (HRD), possibly due to lack of understanding of the absolute risk (AR)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney and Liver DCD Outcomes – A Five Year Review

    J. Buggs,1 J. Boone,2 M. Adesunkanmi,2 R. Mehta,2 E. Rogers,3 A. Kumar,4 A. Alsina,1 V. Bowers.1

    1Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Medical Group, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL; 2Pre-Med Undergraduate, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; 3Transplant Research, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL; 4Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

    Background: The demand for organ transplantation exceeds the supply and has led to an increase in use of donation after cardiac death (DCD) solid organs…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Livers from Donation after Circulatory Death Donors Can Be Safely Used for Retransplantation

    O. van Leeuwen,1 M. van Reeven,2 J. Erdmann,3 H. Metselaar,4 A. van den Berg,5 B. van Hoek,6 W. Polak,2 R. Porte.1

    1Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; 2Department of Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 3Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; 4Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 5Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; 6Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.

    Introduction: After donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplantation (LT), non-anastomotic biliary strictures (NAS) and early allograft dysfunction (EAD) are more frequently observed than after…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Utilization of Older Donor after Cardiac Death Allografts in Liver Transplantation: An Opportunity to Increase the Donor Pool

    F. Paterno, K. Wima, T. Diwan, M. Cuffy, N. Anwar, E. Woodle, S. Shah.

    Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

    BackgroundDonors after cardiac death (DCD) liver allografts have been underutilized in liver transplantation especially in case of old donor age due to concerns of worse…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplantation from Uncontrolled Donation after Circulatory Death, Good Outcomes after Very Long Time

    M. Molina,1 J. Cabrera,2 E. Gonzalez,1 A. Hernandez,1 P. Natalia,1 A. Andres.1

    1Department of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; 2Department of Nephrology, Hospital Evangelico, Montevideo, Uruguay.

    Introduction: Kidney transplantation (KT) is the best renal replacement therapy but the shortage of organ is the main limitation. Uncontrolled Donation after Circulatory Death (uDCD)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Should More Donation after Cardiac Death Livers Be Used in Pediatric Transplantation?

    C. Hwang,1 S. Levea,2 M. MacConmara.1

    1Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; 2Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

    Introduction: Multiple strategies exist to increase the organ pool for livers in pediatric recipients, including using split livers, high risk livers, and donation after cardiac…
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