2019 American Transplant Congress
Resource Utilization in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Liver Transplantation before and after the Six Month Wait Time
1Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, 2University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine any difference in resource utilization since the implementation of the mandatory six month wait-time policy for…2019 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Metabolic Outcomes in Islet Autotransplantation before Transplantation
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Auto-transplantation (TPIAT) has been actively performed on patients with severe, debilitating pain of chronic pancreatitis. The outcome of islet transplantation…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Pregnancy Experiences of Uterus Transplant Recipients
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the pregnancy experiences of uterus transplant recipients through semi-structured interviews so as to develop a better…2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Non-A1 and Non A1 B to B Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation Are Comparable to B Donor Renal Transplants
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Blood type B patients wait longer to get deceased donor (DD) renal transplants compared to other blood types. On December 2014, the US national…2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Outcomes ≥ 50 Years Post Donation
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Data on true long-term follow-up (LTFU) of living kidney donors (LD) is sparse. Given this, the acceptance of young donors can be a challenging…2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplants Outcomes from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
*Purpose: Due to the shortage of organs for transplantation, kidney transplants (KT) from marginal donors including donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) are expanding. Although…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Recipient Age in Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation (CLKT): Caution is Needed for Elderly Patients≥70 Years
*Purpose: Recent SRTR analysis showed that elderly recipients (≥70 years) accounts for 2.6% of all liver transplant alone (LTA) and do as well as younger…2019 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Deceased Donor Renal Transplant (DDRTx) Outcomes in Sensitized Patients after Implementation of the Kidney Allocation System (KAS)
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Introduction of KAS in 2014 prioritized access to DDRTx for highly-sensitized candidates although it was unclear whether the outcomes would be acceptable in this…2019 American Transplant Congress
Patient Reported Side Effects Associated with Reduced Quality of Life after Living Donor Kidney Transplant
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: As living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) graft and patient survival approaches 100%, the focus of care turns to patient reported outcome measures such as…2019 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparity: Do Female Donors Suffer from Living Kidney Donation?
*Purpose: Transplantation and optional living donation is the therapy of choice in end-stage renal disease. Due to the increase of living kidney donoration (LD), the…
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