Articles tagged "Outcome"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplant Has Similar Outcome to Deceased Donor Liver Transplant for MELD > 25.
M. Al Sebayel,¹ F. Abaalkhail,^1,2 M. Shoukri,¹ H. Albahili,^1,2 S. Alabbad,¹ W. AlHamoudi,^1,2,3 H. Albeshbeshy,¹ H. Elsiesy.^1,2
¹Liver Transplantation, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ²Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ³Department of Gastroenterology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Background and Aims: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score is universally used to prioritize patients on the liver transplant (LT) waiting list. There has…
2016 American Transplant Congress
What Are the Charges and Costs of Transplanting High MELD Patients?
K. Bortecen, B. Gelb, A. Winnick, G. Morgan, L. Teperman.
Transplant Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY.
Purpose: There is a significant variation in the MELD scores and subsequent morbidity among liver recipients in the US. Larger OPOs consistently serve patients with…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes of ATG versus IL-2 Receptor Antagonist in Low Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients: Donor Factors.
F. Al Ammary, S. Bae, A. Massie, N. Desai, N. Dagher, E. Kraus, A. Wiseman, D. Segev.
JHU, Baltimore; CU, Denver.
Controversy exists regarding the optimal choice of induction therapy in low-risk kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Current guidelines specify induction choices in KT based on recipient…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Kidney Transplant Outcomes Have Improved Over the Last Decade.
A. Nishio Lucar, G. Vranic, D. Keith.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Our group recently reported improved 6-month eGFR and long-term patient and allograft outcomes in deceased donor transplant over the last decade. Our goal was to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Use of Integrated National Registry and Pharmacy Claims Data to Identify Diabetes Mellitus After Live Pancreas Donation.
K. Lentine,^1,7 N. Lam,² H. Randall,⁸ D. Axelrod,³ D. Segev,^4,1 G. Hess,⁵ A. Garg,⁶ D. Brennan,⁷ B. Kasiske,⁸ M. Schnitzler.^8,1
¹Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis; ²Univ Alberta, Alberta, Canada; ³Dartmouth, Hanover; ⁴Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; ⁵Symphony Health, Pittsburgh; ⁶Western Univ, London, Canada; ⁷Washington Univ, St. Louis; ⁸Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis.
Living donor pancreas transplant is a potential treatment for diabetic patients with end-organ complications. Early post-donation surgical risks of living pancreas donation have been reported,…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Minimum Graft Size Avoiding Small-for-Size Associated Early Graft Failure in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
S. Marubashi,¹ H. Nagano,³ H. Eguchi,² H. Wada,² K. Umeshita,² Y. Doki,² M. Mori,² N. Sato,¹ T. Kimura,¹ A. Kenjyo,¹ M. Gotoh.¹
¹Regenerative Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan; ²Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Small-for-size syndrome (SFSS) is a serious complication in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors for…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Health Disparities in Pediatric Intestinal Transplantation: Before and After the Implementation of MELD/PELD.
V. Cohran,¹ S. Mohammed,¹ J. Prozialeck,¹ A. Gaddam,¹ J. Caicedo.²
¹Department of Pediatrics, The Ann & Robert H. Lurie's Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Racial disparities have been demonstrated in solid organ transplantation with regard to wait times and patient/graft survival but intestinal transplantation (IT) has not been as…
2016 American Transplant Congress
The Importance of KDPI in Simultaneous Liver and Kidney Transplant.
E. Chan,¹ M. Hertl,¹ J. Perkins.²
¹General Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; ²Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Background: The use of the Donor Risk Index (DRI) in liver transplantation and the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) in kidney transplantation has been well…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Living and Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Recipients According to the MELD Score.
J. Lee, J. Lee, S. Song, J. Lee, S.-K. Kwon, D. Joo, M. Ju, G. Choi, J. Choi, S. Kim, M. Kim.
Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
BackgroundLiving donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has developed as an alternative to decease donor liver transplantation (DDLT) to overcome the critical shortage of deceased organ donations.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donor Priorities for Outcomes: A Nominal Group Technique Study.
C. Hanson,^1,2 J. Kanellis,^3,4 G. Wong,^1,2 J. Pinter,² S. Chadban,^5,6 J. Chapman,⁷ J. Craig,^1,2 J. Gill,⁸ A. Garg,⁹ J. Lewis,^1,2 A. Tong.^1,2
¹Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ²Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia; ³Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; ⁴Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia; ⁵Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁶Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁷Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ⁸Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; ⁹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada.
Background: Living kidney donors face risks associated with nephrectomy. While this is justified with informed consent, screening and follow up, the outcomes that are most…