Articles tagged "Outcome"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Optimizing Patient Blood Management in Simultaneous Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
D. P. Al-Adra, J. Odorico, D. Kaufman, R. Redfield, J. P. Connor
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: To identify a post-operative hematocrit (Hct) target for patients recovering from simultaneous kidney and pancreas (SPK) transplant and pancreas transplant alone (PTA) that is…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Outcomes Following Transplantation Of Allografts From Older Live Kidney Donors With Hypertension
F. Al Ammary¹, S. Yu², A. D. Muzaale³, D. C. Brennan⁴, A. C. Wiseman⁵, D. L. Segev³, A. B. Massie³
¹Johns Hopkins Medicine, Greenbelt, MD, ²Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Healthy older live kidney donor candidates with hypertension may provide an opportunity to increase live kidney donation. However, the impact of this practice on…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Expanding the Donor Pool with Extended Criteria DCD Livers
P. Mihaylov¹, B. Ekser², R. Mangus², J. Fridell², D. Soma², C. Kubal²
¹Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Pavia Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Utilization of extended criteria donation after circulatory death (ECD DCD) livers has remained cautious due to potentially worse outcomes because of higher rates of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Pure Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy Based On Korean Multicenter Experience
K. Suh¹, S. Hong¹, G. Choi², K. Lee¹, C. D. Kwon², K. Kim³, S. Lee⁴, Y. Han⁵, J. Cho⁶, H. Han⁷
¹Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Surgery, , Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Surgery, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of, ⁷Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital,, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Due to increased experience and knowledge in laparoscopic surgery in the era of minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopic donor hepatectomy is also being increasingly performed…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes after Face Transplantation
B. Kollar, S. Tasigiorgos, M. Turk, E. Bueno, B. Perry, M. Alhefzi, H. Kiwanuka, M. Nizzi, N. Krezdorn, T. Win, M. I. Dorante, V. Haug, D. J. Annino, F. M. Marty, A. Chandraker, S. G. Tullius, L. V. Riella, B. Pomahac
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Face transplantation (FT) holds promise of restoring form and function to patients with severe facial disfigurement not amenable to traditional reconstructive procedures. However, quantitative…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Does Secondary Simultaneous Liver Kidney versus Liver Alone Make a Difference in Terms of Patient and Graft Survival
C. Blanton, J. Reyes, M. Eerhart, P. Chlebeck, L. Fernandez
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Survival benefits have been shown with primary simultaneous liver kidney (SLK) transplantation as well as kidney after primary liver transplant when patients develop kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial Differences in Acute Kidney Injury Occurrence among Deceased Kidney Donors
M. Doshi¹, I. Hall², S. Mohan³, C. Liu⁴, H. Philbrook⁴, P. Reese⁵, S. Mansour⁶, F. Weng⁷, E. Akalin⁸, J. Bromberg⁹, M. Harhay¹⁰, T. Muthukumar¹¹, B. Schroeppel¹², P. Singh¹³, C. Parikh⁴
¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Columbia, New York, NY, ⁴Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Yale University, New Haven, CT, ⁷St. Barnabas, Livingston, NJ, ⁸Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁹University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Drexel, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Cornell, New York, NY, ¹²University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, ¹³Jefferson, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Kidneys from African American (AA) deceased donors have lower graft survival than kidneys from white donors, regardless of recipient race. We hypothesized that kidneys…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Cognitive Improvement One Month after Liver Transplant Measured by the NIH Toolbox
M. Kim¹, J. D. Peipert², K. J. Reid¹, E. M. Liotta¹, M. B. Maas¹, D. R. Ganger³, P. C. Zee¹, D. P. Ladner⁴
¹Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Cognitive impairment (CI) is highly prevalent in liver cirrhosis. Improvement after liver transplant (LT) varies among patients, diminishing the benefits of LT for some.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donor Time Zero Biopsy Findings Predict Graft Loss in the Recipient
N. Issa¹, C. Lopez¹, A. Denic¹, J. J. Larson¹, R. Narasimhan¹, L. Archila¹, S. S. Taler¹, H. Chakkera², J. Augustine³, M. Stegall⁴, A. Rule¹
¹Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ³Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Recipient outcomes with living donor kidney grafts are superior to those achieved from deceased donors. However, there may still be variability in the quality…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Graft Survival for Pediatric and Adult Kidney Recipients Followed and Lost to Follow-Up
A. M. Robinson¹, E. K. Hsu², S. M. Bartosh³, D. E. Stewart¹, G. V. Mazariegos⁴
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, ⁴Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: While the majority of kidney transplant recipients are followed by their program, many end up reported to the OPTN as lost to follow-up (LTFU).…