Articles tagged "Outcome"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes of Liver Transplantation (LT) Using Grafts from Donors with Active and Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection; Multi-Center Cohort Study
S. Suh¹, S. Gang², Y. Choi², S. Hong², N. Yi², K. Lee², K. Suh²
¹Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Liver grafts from donors with hepatitis B infection contributed to expand the donor pool under the Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) and antiviral agents (NA:…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Variation in Donor Liver Rejection Rates for Donor Quality Among US Transplant Centers
M. Anderson¹, T. Gilbert², M. Englesbe¹, S. Waits¹
¹Michigan Medicine Transplant Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Optimal utilization of all viable donor livers is a public health imperative. As no standardized criteria exist for assessment of donor quality, differential utilization…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Survival of the Fittest: The Rise in Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Related Disease
K. Lau¹, A. M. Fagenson¹, L. Szeto², S. Gingipally², K. Forde²
¹Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ²Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The number of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLT) performed for hepatitis C infection have decreased recently due to direct acting antiviral therapy. However, the number…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Individual and Community-Level Social Determinants of Health in Liver Transplant
M. Yilma¹, R. Cogan², N. Mehta³, J. Neuhaus², J. Voelkel⁴, C. Light⁵, I. Allen², R. Hirose²
¹General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Kaiser Permanente Northern California, San Francisco, CA, ⁵UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: To investigate the individual and census-level social determinants of health on liver transplant listing.*Methods: Retrospective review of patients referred to the University of California…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Does ABO/HLA Matching Matter in Uterus Transplantation?
L. Johannesson¹, M. Askar¹, A. Wall², G. Testa¹
¹Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Baylor Scott and White Dallas, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Uterus transplantation (UTx) is the most commonly performed vascular composite allograft and is rapidly becoming an accepted treatment for absolute uterine-factor infertility (AUFI). There…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Portal-Endocrine and Gastric-Exocrine Drainage Technique in Pancreatic Transplantation
H. Shokouh-Amiri¹, M. S. Naseer², R. McMillan¹, D. Aultman¹, S. Tandukar¹, N. Singh¹, G. B. Zibari¹
¹John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA, ²Transplant, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA
*Purpose: Diagnosis of rejection has continued to be problematic in pancreas transplantation (PT). In 2007, we innovated a new surgical technique for PT, portal-endocrine and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Correlating Histology, Immunohistochemical, & Serologic Data in Heart Transplant Recipients: Implications for Molecular Diagnostic Assays
P. Randhawa, Y. Huang
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The ISHLT classification of rejection in heart allograft biopsies is independent of DSA status. There is only limited data on the prevalence of DSA…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Recipient and Kidney Graft Outcomes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive Deceased Donors in the United States
K. J. Swanson¹, R. El-Rifai¹, A. Bregman¹, R. Spong¹, V. Kirchner², T. Pruett², S. Jackson³, S. M. Riad¹
¹Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³M-Health Fairview Analytics, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: With the inception of the HIV Organ Policy Act, HIV-positive donor to HIV-positive recipient kidney transplantation is a novel form of transplantation in the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Nocardia Infection and Associated Outcomes in Patients with Solid Organ Transplant
R. Munshi¹, J. Pellegrini Jr.¹, M. Lannom¹, N. Nehru², W. Olsthoorn², F. Anjum³
¹Internal Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, West Hempstead, NY, ²American University of the Caribbean, Cupecoy, Saint Martin, ³Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients face various challenges including increased risk of infections. Nocardia is a known pathogen for infecting immunosuppressed individuals, however, there…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Cardiovascular Outcomes of Pre-Transplant ECMO in Recipients of Lung Transplant
F. Anjum¹, R. Munshi², A. M. Courtwright¹, M. M. Crespo¹, J. C. Salgado¹, J. D. Christie¹, V. N. Ahya¹, N. Patel¹, D. Hadjiliadis¹, E. Clausen¹, M. Cevasco³, E. E. Cantu³, C. A. Bermudez³, J. M. Diamond¹
¹Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, ³Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a bridge to lung transplant (BTT) has increased over time. While similar one-year and overall survival has…