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
Deficiencies in Family Planning Counseling and Practices in Kidney Transplant Patients
J. Ritchie¹, D. Seidman², Y. Srisengfa², E. Perito², D. Adey², M. Sarkar²
¹St Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Nearly 20% of female kidney transplant(KT) recipients are reproductive-aged. Fertility is often impaired pre-transplant, but rapidly restored after KT. Early and unplanned pregnancies after…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Desensitization Therapy on Sex Disparity in Living Kidney Transplantation
Y. Kakuta¹, M. Okumi¹, T. Kanzawa¹, K. Unagami², H. Ishida², K. Tanabe¹
¹Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Organ Transplant Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Sex- and gender-based disparities which have shown women to have lower access to kidney transplantation have been reported. In living kidney transplantation (LKT), pregnancy-related…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Minor Negative Effects of Calcineurin Inhibitor Based Immunosuppression on Pregnancy Outcomes after Renal Transplantation in the Netherlands
L. M. Koenjer¹, J. R. Meinderts², A. T. Lely³, M. F. de Jong², O. W. van der Heijden¹, R. G. van der Molen⁴, H. W. van Hamersvelt⁵
¹Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Immunology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
*Purpose: Pregnancies after renal transplantation became more frequent over the past years, also in patients with compromised renal function. Immunosuppression may influence pregnancy outcome. It…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Pregnancy in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney (SPK) Transplant Recipients
S. Punjala¹, B. L. Phillips¹, P. Chowdhury¹, T. Pile¹, K. Harding², C. J. Callaghan¹, C. Nelson-Piercy², M. Drage¹
¹Department of Nephrology, Renal Transplant and Urology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: The chance of successful pregnancy is low in women with end stage renal disease. In women with type-1 DM, not only are the fertility…
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…