2015 American Transplant Congress
Import Pancreas Transplants: Good from Far or Far from Good?
General Surgery-Transplantation, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
Background: Many transplant (tx) programs are reluctant to import pancreas allografts because of concerns that outcomes might be inferior to locally procured organs. Methods: Single…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of HMOX1 Genetic Variation in Pancreas Transplant Recipients On Long-Term Graft Outcome
Variation within the heme oxygenase 1 (HMOX1) gene, essential for heme catabolism and a known inflammatory and immune regulator, is proposed to play a role…2015 American Transplant Congress
Do Induction Therapy, Patient-Level and Post-Operative Factors Impact Outcomes in Moderate to High Immunologic Risk Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in the Era of Stringent HLA Cross-Matching?
Background: Simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplantation (SPK) is a lifesaving procedure for patients with diabetes mellitus. The success of SPK is dependent upon minimization of…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Preliminary Study of Using Small Intestinal Submucosa Scaffolds Coated Islets and Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Built Artificial Pancreas
Background: Although islet transplantation successful applied, shortage of donors, poor islet survival and toxicity of immunosuppressants often reduce the graft functional lifetime. Tissue engineered scaffold…2015 American Transplant Congress
Allograft Pancreatectomy: Indications and Outcomes
Transplant Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Indications for allograft pancreatectomy have not been clearly established, but cause and timing of graft loss, clinical symptoms and candidacy for pancreas retransplantation are…2015 American Transplant Congress
Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Improves the Quality of Marginal Donor Pancreata
Introduction. Pancreas or islet transplantation is considered the most effective treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Due to the persistent organ shortage, pancreata…2015 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Cadaveric Pancreas, Living-Donor Kidney Transplantation: Single Center Experience
Surgery and Organ Transplant Center, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
BackgroundSimultaneous cadaveric pancreas and living-donor kidney transplantation(SPLK) is an attractive approach for uremic Type I diabetic patients, due to its distinct advantages from living kidney…2015 American Transplant Congress
Bladder Drainage of Pancreas Transplants Alone: Friend or Foe?
Introduction: Immunological monitoring of Pancreas Transplants Alone (PTA) remains a challenge and bladder drainage is thought to facilitate early detection of rejection but may lead…2015 American Transplant Congress
Early Hospital Readmission After Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation
Background: Early hospital readmission (EHR) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation. However, following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK), EHR rates are unknown,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Transplant Sera Improves the Function and Proliferation of Endothelial Cells
Transplant Services, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
Pancreas transplantation (Tx) allows for the study of diabetes by examining the reversal of the disease. Previously, we observed that after pancreas Tx many patients'…
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