2017 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Monitoring of 25-Hydroxyvitamin Vitamin D Levels After Kidney Transplantation and Its Associations with Clinical Outcomes.
Montefiore Transplant Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background: Kidney transplant recipients usually have low vitamin D levels. Vitamin D deficiency is recognized as a risk factor for progression of kidney disease in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Penis Transplantation: First U.S. Experience.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
STUDY PURPOSE: Penis transplantation represents a new paradigm in restoring function and anatomic appearance following genitourinary tissue loss. To date, only two penis transplants have…2017 American Transplant Congress
Five-Year Outcomes After Transplantation of Kidneys from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury.
Background: Kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) are often discarded due to a perceived higher risk of poor graft function. Kidney Donor…2017 American Transplant Congress
10 Years or More of Follow Up After Total Pancreatectomy and Intra Portal Islet Auto Transplantation (TP/IAT) for Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis, Is It a Durable Operation?
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Background: Total pancreatectomy and intra-portal islet cell auto-transplantation (TP/IAT) is increasingly being utilized for the management of chronic pancreatitis (CP), the benefits being removal of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of 100 ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplants: A Single US Center Experience.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
IntroductionAcceptable patient and graft outcomes of ABO incompatible (ABOi) living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) have been reported with the use of desensitization strategies. Data on…2017 American Transplant Congress
Clostridium difficile Infection in Intestinal Transplant Recipients.
Background: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) data in intestinal transplant (ITx) recipients is lacking. This study was performed to evaluate prevalence, risk factors, treatments and outcomes…2017 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist and Post-Lung Transplant Mortality Vary by Diagnosis for a Given Lung Allocation Score.
The lung allocation score (LAS) is used to prioritize candidates based on predicted one-year waitlist mortality and post-transplant survival. Lung diagnosis is factored into LAS,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics and Performance of Unilateral Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants.
1Columbia Univ, New York, NY; 2Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA
Purpose:The fraction of kidneys procured for transplant that are discarded is rising in the United States. Identifying donors from whom only one kidney was discarded…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Paradox in Pancreas After Kidney Transplantation (PAK): Better Results but Fewer Transplants Despite an Increase in High-Risk Patients.
Background: The number of pancreas transplants performed in the United States peaked in 2004 at 1,483. Since then, pancreas transplant numbers have significantly decreased. Between…2017 American Transplant Congress
Persistent Hypophosphatemia Among Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients Is Donor-Dependent and Associated with Superior Long-Term Allograft Outcomes.
Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany
Significant variations in posttransplant phosphate levels are recognized after kidney transplantation, and associated with more favorable allograft outcomes. Although posttransplant hypophosphatemia may be associated with…
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