2020 American Transplant Congress
Re-Examining Sex-Based Differences in Liver Transplant Outcomes for HCV Cirrhosis
*Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated that female liver transplant recipients with hepatitis C (HCV) are at increased risk for graft failure due to disease recurrence…2020 American Transplant Congress
Posttransplant Program Evaluations: Long-Term Outcomes are More Relevant to Patients Than Short-Term Outcomes
*Purpose: Posttransplant evaluations with 1-year follow-up are criticized for not identifying clinically meaningful differences between programs, not being the right outcome for patients, or including…2020 American Transplant Congress
Biliary Reconstructionwith High Biliary Radicals is Safe Option for Multiple Graft Bile Ducts in Right Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Department of Surgery, Catholic University of Daegu College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Multiple small size donor bile ducts (BDs) are related to higher incidence of biliary complications (BCs) and biliary reconstruction for multiple BDs still remains…2020 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Bariatric Surgery is Associated with Increased Fungal Infection after Liver Transplant
1UWHC, Madison, WI, 2UWMF, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The impact of pre-transplant (pre-TXP) bariatric surgery (BS) on outcomes after liver transplant (LTX) has not been completely elucidated. Roux-en Y gastric bypass (RYGB)…2020 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends in Utilization and Outcomes of DCD Livers for Liver Transplantation in the United States
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) livers represent a possible expansion to the donor pool, but are frequently discarded due to an increased mortality and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Infections in Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney Transplant (SPKT) Recipients
*Purpose: Simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplant (SPKT) is indicated for diabetic patients (pts) with chronic kidney disease and represents the largest proportion of pancreas transplants performed. Infection…2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence, Clinical Correlates and Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension after Kidney Transplantation: Analysis of Linked U.S. Registry and Medicare Billing Claims
*Purpose: To describe the incidence and mortality implications of pulmonary hypertension (P-HTN) in a large, national cohort of US kidney transplant (KTx) recipients.*Methods: We examined…2020 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends in the Incidence and Impact of Infections Following Kidney Transplantation
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Infections remain a major threat to successful kidney transplantation (KT), and are associated with a subsequent higher risk of mortality and graft loss. However,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Severity of Donor Acute Kidney Injury Does Not Impact Long-Term Outcomes in Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Kidneys with increased donor terminal creatinine are frequently discarded. This study used national data to assess renal allograft and patient outcomes in deceased donor…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact and Outcomes of Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection in Seronegative Abdominal Solid Organ Transplant Recipients of Cytomegalovirus Unexposed Donors (D-/R-)
1UWHC, Madison, WI, 2UWMF, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Primary cytomegalovirus infection (CMV) in high risk (D+/R-) abdominal solid organ transplant recipients (aSOTRs) is well described, however there is a paucity of literature…
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