Articles tagged "Pancreas transplantation"

2017 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of the Procurement Surgeon on Transplanted Abdominal Organ Outcomes: An OPTN/SRTR Analysis to Evaluate Regional Organ Procurement Collaboration.
O. Serrano,¹ D. Vock,² R. Kandaswamy,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas,¹ E. Finger.¹
¹Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
OBJECTIVE: A number of single center studies have demonstrated utility of regional organ procurement collaboration to reduce travel redundancy by procuring surgical teams with no…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Posttransplant Employment Patterns Are More Favorable in Patients with Solitary Pancreas vs. Simultaneous Pancreas/Kidney (SPK) Transplants – The Impact of Native Kidney Function.
S. Gruessner.
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse
Introduction: Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DM) is a debilitating disease resulting in life-limiting secondary complications. A successful pancreas (Pa) transplant (Tx) achieves normoglycemia, extends life expectancy…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Co-Stimulation Blockade to Minimize and Withdraw Long Term Calcineurin Inhibitors (CNI) in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant (SPK).
P. Stock,¹ R. Mannon,² B. Armstrong,³ D. Ikle,³ M. Robian,⁴ Y. Morrison,⁴ J. Odorico,⁵ J. Fridell,⁶ A. Mehta,⁷ K. Newell.⁷
¹UCSF, San Francisco; ²UAB, Birmingham, AL; ³Rho Inc, Chapel Hill, NC; ⁴NIH/NIAID, Bethesda, MD; ⁵UW, Madison, WI; ⁶IU, Indianapolis, IN; ⁷Emory University, Atlanta, GA
The NIH multicenter CTOT-15 trial tested the hypothesis that use of belatacept (bela) could minimize or eliminate long-term CNI use in simultaneous pancreas and kidney…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Safety of Percutaneous Pancreas Allograft Biopsy in Enteric Drained Pancreas Transplants.
Y. Kassis, E. Poggio, Z. Zaky.
Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Background: Pancreas allograft biopsy (Bx) is the gold standard in diagnosing allograft rejection. The safety of this procedure has been controversial, thus limiting its widespread…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Vendor to Center in 0-60: A Cost-Effective Blueprint for Creating an In-House On-Call System for Abdominal Organ Offers.
J. Davenport, D. Cassidy, A. Hauser, A. Milling, K. Driggers, H. Crego, J. Anderson, L. Curry, P. Baliga, N. Pilch, D. Dubay.
Transplant, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Introduction: Our center decided to return to an in-house nurse coordinator on-call program 7/2016 after using a vendor from 11/2012 to 7/2016 for organ allocation.…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Does Pancreas Transplantation for the Patients with Diabetes Showed Significant Survival Benefit?
J. Choi, J. Jung, S. Chun, S. Shin, Y. Kim, D. Han.
Department of General Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background : Pancreas transplantation was considered a therapeutic option for patients with complicated DM. However, in the past decade, the annual number of PT performed…
2017 American Transplant Congress
The Incidence and Outcomes of Fever of Unknown Origin After Pancreas Transplantation.
R. Klasek,¹ S. Kuten,¹ S. Patel,^1,3 D. Nguyen,¹ E. Graviss,¹ A. Gaber,¹ R. Knight.¹
¹Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; ²Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Cary, NC
Previous studies have shown that approximately 20% of febrile episodes in transplant recipients are not associated with infection. At our center, fever of unknown origin…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Solitary Pancreas Transplantation – Do Steroids Matter?
C. Chan, I. Tang, J. Oberholzer, M. Campara.
University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago
Background: Corticosteroids remain the cornerstone of maintenance immunosuppression following pancreas transplantation but are associated with significant short- and long-term complications. Data regarding steroid sparing regimens…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Review of UK-Wide Practice of Pancreas Transplantation: Donor Selection, Back-Bench Preparation & Implantation Technique.
H. Sharma,¹ S. Bhutani,³ D. Vandellen,² T. Campbell,² R. Pararajasingham,² B. Forgacs,² A. Tavakoli,² P. Friend,⁴ T. Augustine,² R. Dhanda.²
¹Multi Organ Transplant Unit, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada; ²Kidney Pancreas Transplant Unit, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom; ³Multi Organ Transplant Unit, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada; ⁴Multi Organ Transplant Unit, Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background: Experience of Centers for simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK) transplantation is not uniform. Variability in operative steps may explain inconsistent surgical outcomes.Methods: A web…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcome of Pancreas Transplantation in Elderly Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.
J. Jung,¹ J. Choi,² S. Shin,² Y. Kim,² D. Han.²
¹Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ²Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Introduction: The age of the recipient is an important factor affecting the outcome of pancreas transplantation. In elderly people, it was a taboo due to…