Articles tagged "Outcome"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Apolipoprotein L1 Genotyping in Potential African American Living Kidney Donors
P. Gudsoorkar, M. Anand, T. Kaur, S. Shah, S. Bumb, A. Govil, B. G. Abu Jawdeh
U.Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: African Americans(AA) account for 13% of the US population, yet compose more than one third of dialysis patients. Inheriting two Apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1)…
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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).…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Donor-Recipient Serologic CMV Matching on 1-Year Post-Lung Transplant Outcomes
H. Ehrenfeld, M. Manson, R. Yau
Pharmacy, CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) poses significant risks and complications in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients. The current CMV guidelines acknowledge CMV serologic mismatch transplants contribute to…