2020 American Transplant Congress
Sleeve Gastrectomy Compared with Gastric Bypass for Morbidly Obese Liver Transplant Candidates: A Decision Analysis
*Purpose: The use of bariatric surgery has increased for morbidly obese liver transplant candidates for whom placement on the waitlist is often restricted until they…2020 American Transplant Congress
Bariatric Surgery to Improve Candidacy for Kidney Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: There is a growing epidemic of obesity in patients with end stage kidney disease in need of kidney transplant, paralleling the general population. Most…2020 American Transplant Congress
Challenges in Manufacturing Clinically Competent Regulatory T Cells from Obese Renal Transplant Recipients
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
*Purpose: The obesity epidemic has expanded rapidly over the last decade. Our program is developing a novel clinical protocol using expanded autologous regulatory T cell…2020 American Transplant Congress
Readmission Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery in Liver Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Bariatric surgery has increasingly been offered for morbidly obese patients prior to liver transplantation with the hope of improving both waitlist candidacy and post-transplant…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Increased Visceral Fat in Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: An increased amount of visceral fat (VF) has been reported as a precursor to metabolic syndrome and is a risk factor for renal dysfunction.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Rate of Change in Body Mass Index Prior to Liver Transplantation is Independently Associated with Post-Transplant Survival
1Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Patients at the extremes of body mass index (BMI) have poorer outcomes after liver transplantation (LT). Current national guidelines regard BMI ≥40 to be…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effects of BMI on Kidney Transplant Outcomes are Highly Modified by Patient and Donor Characteristics
*Purpose: Body Mass Index (BMI) is a well-established risk factor for transplant outcomes and high BMI is a commonly used relative contradiction for used for…2020 American Transplant Congress
NASH is the Leading Indication for Liver Transplantation in Elderly Patients
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an increasingly prevalent cause of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) and indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Metabolic Syndrome Predicts Worse Long-Term Renal Outcomes in Living Kidney Donors (LKDs)
1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
*Purpose: Prior studies linked metabolic syndrome with worse kidney outcomes in a variety of populations. In this study, we assessed the long-term risk of reduced…2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Obesity on Short and Long Term Outcomes on Simultaneous Kidney- Pancreas Transplantation
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Pancreas transplantation has been very effective in normalizing glucose control in type 1 diabetes and more recently in type 2 diabetes with equivalent patient…
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