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Articles tagged "Pancreas transplantation"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Different Immunosuppressive Protocols on Early and Long Term Outcomes After Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation.

    A. Rajab, R. Pelletier, A. El-Hinnawi, E. Elkhammas, G. Bumgardner, M. Henry.

    Surgery/Transplant, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.

    Between January 1990 and December 2014, 800 combined kidney pancreas transplant procedures were performed at The Ohio State University. The immunosuppressive protocols have changed significantly…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Conversion from Tacrolimus to Belatacept in Pancreas Transplant Alone Recipients with Chronic Kidney Disease.

    A. Sharfuddin, J. Chen, M. Yaqub, T. Taber, J. Powelson, D. Mishler, M. Goble, J. Fridell, O. Adebiyi, M. Mujtaba.

    Medicine/Nephrology & Surgery/Transplant, Indiana University, Indianapolis.

    Background: CNI toxicity is a well known risk factor for chronic kidney disease and ESRD in organ transplants. We report our experience in converting Pancreas…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Why Are Pancreas Transplant Volumes Declining?

    R. Carrico,1 J. Fridell,2 J. Odorico,3 H. Yeh,4 K. Tyler,1 S. Niederhaus.5

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; 3Univ Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI; 4Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; 5Univ of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD.

    Background: Pancreas transplant volumes have been decreasing in the US since the mid-2000s. It has been conjectured that poor utilization of deceased donor pancreata (as…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Reconsideration of Age Limits for Pancreas Transplantation

    J. Scalea, H. Sollinger, R. Redfield, M. Rizzari, D. Kaufman, J. Odorico.

    Div. of Transplantation, Dept. of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

    Introduction: Pancreas transplantation (PTx) remains the only strategy for reinstitution of long-term insulin production and outcomes have progressively improved. Yet, historically, centers have employed age-limits…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Which Place of Pancreas Graft Biopsy in the Management of Pancreas Transplant Recipients?

    F. Buron, M. Rabeyrin, O. Rouvière, S. Reffet, C. Chauvet, O. Thaunat, M. Brunet, R. Cahen, S. Daoud, C. Pouteil-Noble, R. Codas, L. Badet, E. Morelon.

    Hospices civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.

    Introduction.Rejection or autoimmune recurrence is often difficult to diagnose in the field of pancreas transplantation. The place of pancreas graft biopsy in the management of…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Controlled DCD Pancreas Transplantation : A Single Centre Experience

    M. Voskuil, S. Mittal, A. Muthusamy, J. Gilbert, S. Sinha, I. Quiroga, S. Reddy, P. Friend, E. Sharples, A. Vaidya, R. Ploeg.

    Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.

    Background: The use of DCD pancreata are gaining popularity in the UK. Isolated pancreas transplantation (IP) is known to have inferior outcomes in comparison to…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Center Size on Outcome of Pancreas Transplants

    A. Gruessner,1 R. Gruessner.2

    1Colllege of Pubkic Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; 2Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

    Introduction: The number of pancreas transplants (PxTx) has continuously declined over the last decade. Since the number of transplant centers that perform pancreas transplants has…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Dual Induction Therapy With Anti-Thymocyte Globulin and Basiliximab in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation Reduced Incidence of Acute Rejection

    K. Miki, K. Iwadoh, I. Nakajima, S. Fuchinoue.

    Tokyo Women Medical University, Kidney Center, Tokyo, Kawadacho, Japan.

    【Background】Induction therapy in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPK) recipients has been a common practice because a consequence of acute rejection (AR) in SPK could result in…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Invasive CMV-Infection of the Duodenal Cuff – An Underestimated Entity of CMV Infection and Its Potential Impact On Outcome After Pancreas Transplantation

    A. Biglarnia,1 B. von Zur-Mühlen,1 S. Yamamoto,1 D. Berglund,1 M. Wagner,2 A. Sedigh,1 G. Tufveson,1 E. Larsson,3 F. Sund.2

    1Transplantation, Surgical Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden; 2Medical Scinces, Upsala, Sweden; 3Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala, Sweden.

    IntroductionWe present data on the incidence of focal invasive CMV-infection of the duodenal cuff and its potential impact on clinical outcome after pancreas transplantation (PT).Material…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Management of Pancreas Graft Splenic Vein Thrombosis: Is Conservative Management Safe?

    J. Harbell,1 T. Morgan,2 V. Feldstein,2 G. Roll,1 A. Posselt,1 S.-M. Kang,1 S. Feng,1 R. Hirose,1 C. Freise,1 P. Stock.1

    1Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; 2Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

    Background: Prophylaxis for graft portal/splenic venous thrombosis following pancreas transplant varies between institutions. Similarly, treatment of venous thrombosis ranges from early re-exploration to conservative management…
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