Articles tagged "Outcome"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Intraomental Non-Purified Islet Transplantation Isolated from DCD Donor Pancreas.
S. Wang, G. Pei, Y. Liu, Z. Wang, B. Zhang, Y. Xie, J. Wang, Z. Shen.
Transplant Center, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China
Objective: We have proved that omentum was a more efficient site to perform non-purified islet transplantation with more safety in Beagle dog islet auto-transplantation model.…
2017 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Transplant Center Volume on Survival Outcomes for Patients Listed for Simultaneous Liver and Kidney Transplantation.
R. Modi,¹ D. Tumin,² E. Beal,^3,4 D. Hayes Jr.,^4,5 J. Hanje,^4,6 A. Michaels,^4,6 K. Washburn,^3,4 L. Conteh,^4,6 S. Black,^3,4 K. Mumtaz.^4,6
¹Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; ²Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH; ³General Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; ⁴Comprehensive Transplant Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH; ⁵Pulmonary Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH; ⁶Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
This study examines the effect of center volume on survival differences between Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation (SLKT) and liver transplantation alone (LTA).Methods: The United Network…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Young African American Heart Transplant Recipients Have an Elevated Risk of Post-Transplant Mortality.
H. Maredia, M. Bowring, A. Massie, S. Oyetunji, C. Merlo, R. Higgins, D. Segev, E. Bush.
JHU, Baltimore
African American (AA) race is associated with worse survival among heart transplant recipients. Even after controlling for socioeconomic and clinical characteristics, racial disparities persist and…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Simple Kidney Transplant Graft Survival (KTGS) Calculator Predicts 5- and 10-Year Allograft Survival.
P. Sood,¹ W. Cherikh,² R. Mehta,¹ A. Tevar,¹ S. Hariharan.¹
¹Transplant, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; ²Research Department, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond
To develop a predictive 5- and 10-year Kidney Transplant Graft Survival (KTGS) calculator at the time of transplant for living donor (LD) and deceased (DD)…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Graft-versus-Host Disease in Intestine Transplantation.
J. Clouse, C. Kubal, B. Ekser, J. Fridell, R. Mangus.
Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
PurposeThis study reports the incidence, location, and outcomes of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) at an active intestine transplant center. Subgroup analysis is employed to assess for…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Plasma Extracellular Vesicles MicroRNA Signatures Associate with Graft Function Recovery Post-Acute Renal Allograft Injury.
V. Bontha, A. Fernandez-Pineros, D. Bagchi, D. Maluf, E. Rhone, V. Mas.
Surgery, UVA, Charlottesville
Background: Early host-allograft cell-to-cell communications have been reported to occur via extracellular vesicles (EVs)/protein-miRNA complexes that might determine early allograft outcomes like delayed graft function…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Does Choice of Induction Agent Affect Outcomes in Kidney Transplants from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury and Prolonged Cold Ischemia Time?
G. Dube, S. Mohan, M. Chiles.
Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Kidneys with acute kidney injury (AKI) have a higher rate of DGF but similar outcomes to kidneys without AKI, although most data are with kidneys…
2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Scleroderma Diagnosis on Lung Transplant Outcomes: A Single Center's Experience.
H. Memon, A. Frost, E. Graviss, D. Nguyen, A. Goodarzi, N. Sinha.
Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Patients with scleroderma (SSC) associated restrictive lung disease (RD) and pulmonary hypertension (PH) are often turned down for lung transplant due to associated co-morbidities, particularly…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Sequential Surgical Strategy for Heart-Kidney Transplantation.
D. Mital,¹ M. Petruccione,¹ J. Brown,¹ S. Vasquez,¹ S. Wheaton,¹ W. Johnson,¹ C. Desai,¹ D. Chhabra,¹ G. Kinzler,¹ H. Sankary,¹ T. Lawrecki,^1,2 P. Pappas,² A. Tatooles,² M. Bresticker,² W. Cotts,² G. Bhat.²
¹Kidney Transplant Program, General Surgery, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL; ²Heart Failure and Transplant Program, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL
Purpose: To describe a unique sequential surgical strategy for heart-kidney transplantation.Methods: We reviewed all 6 patients who received combined heart-kidney transplants at our institution between…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Elevated Serum Lipase Levels in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation May Indicate Anti-HLA Donor Specific Antibody Response.
B. Javaid, T. Raza, P. Abrams, S. Ghasemian, J. Moore, A. Gilbert, M. Grafals, J. Verbesey, M. Cooper.
Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Background: Development of anti-HLA donor specific antibodies (DSAs) has been associated with inferior pancreas transplant outcomes. We analyzed data for pancreas and kidney transplant recipients…