2020 American Transplant Congress
Correlation of Intraoperative Donor Duodenal Segment Swab Cultures with the Subsequent Occurrence of Surgical Site Infections in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients
1University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Division of ID, University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Pancreas transplantation (PT) is commonly employed for the treatment of type I diabetes mellitus. It has been postulated that surgical site infections (SSIs), particularly…2020 American Transplant Congress
Results of Pancreas Transplantation in Diabetic Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease Older Than 50 Years
*Purpose: Improvement of care in type 1 diabetes mellitus, with the optimization of patient access to insulins of variable action, has led to macro- and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Transplant in Chronic Kidney Disease for Type 1 Diabetic Patients
*Purpose: Although both pancreas transplantation alone (PTA) and islet cell transplantation (ICT) have been associated with peri-operative declines in eGFR, the magnitude of decline is…2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Anticoagulation Decreases Graft Thrombosis in Pancreas Transplantation
*Purpose: Pancreas transplant thrombosis is the most common cause of graft failure in the early postoperative period, occurring 5-20% of cases. Bleeding (which occurs ~30%…2020 American Transplant Congress
Anticoagulation in Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney (SPK) Transplantation- On What Basis?
Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Despite technical refinements, early pancreas graft loss due to thrombosis continues to occur. Conventional coagulation tests do not detect hypercoagulability and hence is left…2020 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Experience with Allograft Pancreatectomy
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: Limited data on indications for and outcomes following allograft pancreatectomy (AP) exist. The purpose of this study was to analyze our single center experience…2020 American Transplant Congress
Proposed New Pancreas Allocation Policy: Moving to Concentric Circles as First Unit of Allocation
*Purpose: The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) proposed a new national deceased donor pancreas allocation policy that removes donor service area and OPTN region…2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Failing Native Kidney Function after Successful PTA
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Patients with labile diabetes and good kidney function are often advised to wait until kidney function deteriorates and then undergo a SPK rather than…2020 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of High Terminal Creatinine Kidney Donors for Simultaneous Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: The use of kidneys with high terminal creatinine has been demonstrated in renal transplantation with excellent outcomes. Here we explore the use of high…2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor Insulin Therapy Predicts Better Graft Survival in Pancreas Transplantation
University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Organ donors frequently develop hyperglycaemia in intensive care, which is managed with insulin. In islet and solid pancreas transplantation (PT) we reported that Donor…
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