2016 American Transplant Congress
An Analysis of Factors Associated with Pancreas Allograft Thrombosis.
Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
A successful simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant in recipients with end-stage diabetic nephropathy will provide normoglycemia and exert a salutary effect on neurovascular complications. Early, non-technical…2016 American Transplant Congress
Is Facilitated Pancreas Allocation Effective?
Background: OPTN policy exists that allows the UNOS Organ Center to facilitate the allocation of a pancreas within 1 hr. of donor surgery, permissible only…2016 American Transplant Congress
Injurious Procoagulant Pathways During Prolonged Cold Storage of the Donor Pancreas.
West London Renal and Transplant Centre, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Analyses of pancreas transplant outcomes have revealed that pancreatic grafts exhibit an enhanced intolerance to prolonged cold ischaemia time (CIT), however the underlying pathophysiology…2016 American Transplant Congress
How Did the New Kidney and Pancreas Allocation Systems Effect Pancreas Utilization in the First Six-Months?
Background: In 2010 a new pancreas allocation system (PAS) was approved by the OPTN and implemented in October 2014, shortly preceding the new kidney allocation…2016 American Transplant Congress
Mechanical Thrombectomy for the Treatment of Pancreas Transplant Venous Thrombosis: A Single Center Experience.
The aim of this study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of mechanical thrombectomy used as a tool for graft rescue in patients with…2016 American Transplant Congress
Protective Impact of the Kidney in SPK Transplants – Mechanisms for Improved Outcomes Compared with Solitary Transplants.
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Purpose: Outcomes for SPK txps are superior to solitary pancreas txps. The basis for this difference is unknown. We sought to identify the biologic mechanism…2016 American Transplant Congress
Detection of Venous Thrombi by Microdialysis Catheters and Angiographic Guided Thrombus Extraction in Two Solitary Pancreas Transplants.
Introduction: The complication rate after pancreas transplantation (PTx) is very high, with venous thrombosis being the most commonly occurring complication that leads to early graft…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Survival Benefit of Pancreas and/or Kidney Transplantation for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes.
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
Introduction: Deceased donor transplantation (tx) has provided an enormous survival benefit for patients with end-stage organ failure. An analysis of the survival benefit for type…2016 American Transplant Congress
Duodenal Graft Complications After Pancreas Transplant: Evolving Management.
Introduction Pancreas transplantation is an established treatment for insulin-dependent-diabetes-mellitus with renal failure. However, complications relating to the transplant duodenum remain a significant cause of morbidity…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donation After Cardiac Death Dose Not Impact Short and Long Term Graft Outcomes in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation.
1Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; 2Saint Louis University, St. Louis.
Background:Organ donation after cardiac death (DCD) has the potential to expand the pool of available organs for transplantation. Because of the concern that warm ischemia…
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