Articles tagged "Pregnancy"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Experiences of Women Trainees in Transplant Surgery
A. E. Gomez-Rexrode¹, D. E. Cassidy¹, M. S. Anderson², J. R. Santos-Parker¹, L. M. McElroy³, S. A. Waits², V. S. Valbuena²
¹University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To assess the unique experiences of women surgical trainees to better understand the recruitment and training strategies needed to ensure meaningful progress toward gender…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Awareness of Teratogenic Potential of Mycophenolic Acid Products and Pregnancy Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Rao¹, L. Coscia², A. Yusuf², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Nephrology, University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: In 2006, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPRI) reported teratogenic effects of mycophenolic acid products (MPA) in pregnancies in transplant recipients. This resulted in black…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Alloimmunization Increases the Clonality of the Endogenous Treg Repertoire
K. Krupp, E. Lewis, R. Xu, P. Porrett
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Pregnancy is a common immune sensitizing event, which creates an access barrier to organ transplantation and can impact transplant outcomes. While most research has…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Survival after Pregnancy
S. Rao¹, L. Coscia², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Medicine, University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: This study compared transplant survival after pregnancy in type 1 diabetic recipients (n=103) who received either kidney-pancreas (KP, n=61) or kidney alone (KA, n=42).*Methods:…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Cadaveric Uterus Transplant Outcomes: Cleveland Experience
C. Quintini¹, G. D’Amico¹, B. Eghtesad¹, E. Richards¹, C. Kwon¹, K. Hashimoto¹, S. Ricci¹, R. Flyckt², C. Ferrando¹, A. Simioni¹, L. Del Angel Diaz¹, C. Miller¹, T. Falcone¹, A. Tzakis³
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, ³Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL
*Purpose: Uterus transplantation (UTx) is a novel treatment modality for women with absolute uterine factor infertility. The majority of uterine transplants performed in the world…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Successive Pregnancies in Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Rao¹, L. Coscia², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Medicine, University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: Pregnancy after transplant is considered high risk; nevertheless female kidney transplant (KT) recipients may have several post-transplant pregnancies. The aim of this study was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pregnancy on Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Propensity Score-Matched Study
T. Abe, A. Taniguchi, M. Kawamura, S. Nakazawa, T. Kato, R. Imamura, N. Nonomura
Department of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
*Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate whether the experience of pregnancy and delivery would be associated with poor maternal outcome among kidney transplant recipients.*Methods: A…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Sensitization via Pregnancy Generates Alloantibody and Cross-Reactive Xeno-Antibody in a Non-Human Primate Model
J. Yoon, M. Manook, Z. Fitch, R. Schmitz, A. Choi, A. M. Jackson, S. Knechtle, J. Kwun
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Women are disproportionately represented among highly sensitized waitlist candidates and within HLA-incompatible transplantation programs. Due to difficulties obtaining compatible donors, sensitized patients are seen…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Twin Pregnancies after Liver Transplantation
L. A. Coscia¹, A. Yusuf¹, S. Rao², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ²Medicine, University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe twin pregnancy outcomes in female liver transplant recipients.*Methods: Data were collected by the Transplant Pregnancy Registry…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Maternal Peripartum Complications in Solid Organ Transplantation
R. X. Wang¹, G. S. Lee-Riddle², D. O. Walls³, D. S. Goldberg⁴, P. L. Abt²
¹Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Previous studies examining pregnancy related complications after solid organ transplantation (SOT) primarily relied on voluntary registries and meta-analyses. Herein, we investigated maternal delivery outcomes…