Articles tagged "Pancreas transplantation"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Analysis of Four Surgical Techniques in More Than 700 Pancreas Transplantes in a Single Center.
M. Perosa, J. Branez, L. Mota, B. Zeballos, H. Noujaim, L. Ianhez, D. Machado, L. Alvim, M. Paredes, T. Genzini.
Organ Transplantation, Bandeirantes Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil
There are several operative techniques in pancreas transplantation (PT) and controversy over the superiority of some of them. This study presents experience with 4 different…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept in Chronic Kidney Disease Stabilizes and Improves Renal Function in Pancreas Transplant Recipients: Intermediate Results.
J. Chen, M. Mujtaba, T. Taber, M. Yaqub, J. Powelson, O. Adebiyi, J. Fridell, A. Sharfuddin.
Indiana University Health, Indianapolis
Background: We report our experience in converting Pancreas Transplant recipients from tacrolimus to Belatacept in order to avoid further worsening of kidney function.Results: Eight (7…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Association of BK and CMV Viremia with Pancreas Allograft Survival Among Adults Receiving Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant: The Wisconsin Allograft Recipient Database (WisARD).
F. Aziz, B. Astor, S. Parajuli, N. Garg, B. Muth, D. Mandelbrot, A. Djamali, D. Kaufman, J. Odorico, H. Sollinger, M. Mohamed.
Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Knowing impact of BKV viremia and CMV infection on pancreas allograft outcome post Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney transplant (SPK) may improve allograft long-term survival and…
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…