2020 American Transplant Congress
Between-Center Variation in the Survival Benefit of Liver Transplant in the United States
*Purpose: Survival benefit of liver transplantation is strongly correlated with Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score at transplant. Variability in organ supply across…2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Incisional Hernia Recurrence and Surgical Site Infection in the Transplant Population
*Purpose: To investigate recurrence and surgical site infection (SSI) rates and risk factors after incisional hernia (IH) repair following abdominal transplantation.*Methods: A retrospective review of…2020 American Transplant Congress
From Nudge to Nudges: Organizational Factors Explaining Different Incentives but Similarly Low Kidney Donation Outcomes in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The research asks why global living and deceased donor rates of the past 15 years in advanced economies far exceed those occurring in Singapore,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Focal Cortical Necrosis (CN) in Preimplantation Biopsy (PBx) on Outcomes after Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: The data on outcomes of focal CN in PBx after deceased donor transplantation is sparse. We studied the prognostic value of focal CN on…2020 American Transplant Congress
Cumulative United States Experience with Domino Liver Transplants
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: The ongoing shortage of livers in the setting of growing waiting lists remains a challenge in transplantation. First introduced in 1996, domino liver transplantation…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Composite Molecular and Cellular Instability Score Identifies the Sub-Phenotypes of Histologically Stable Kidney Transplants
Department of Surgery, BCHSI, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Recent molecular studies have highlighted the unrecognized burden of sub-clinical graft rejection of a histologically stable allograft, defined as transplants with absence of clinical…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Liver Transplant Outcomes: A Single Center Cohort Study
Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: This single center study reviews long-term outcomes of liver transplantation identifying morbidity differences between post-transplant liver patients surviving greater than five years versus those…2020 American Transplant Congress
Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review of the Literature
*Purpose: Combined heart-liver transplant (CHLT) has been increasingly utilized as the treatment of choice for candidates with dual end-stage organ disease. We aimed to assess…2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of over 65 Years Old ESRD Patients Referred for Pre-Kidney Transplant Evaluation
*Purpose: Potential kidney transplant recipients over the age of 65 years of age form a significant proportion of the total referred for kidney transplant evaluation.…2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Outcomes, Risk Factors, and Regional Variation in Selection of Morbidly Obese Liver Transplant Candidates in the US
*Purpose: Body Mass Index (BMI) limits for liver transplant (LT) candidacy are controversial. We evaluated waitlist and post-LT outcomes, prognostic factors, and regional patterns of…
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