2016 American Transplant Congress
When Liver Transplants and Procurement Occur at One Location – A National Study of Graft Survivals.
Organ procurement and placement processes entail complex scheduling, logistics and other administrative challenges, especially when organs travel outside the procuring Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) area.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Biliary Epithelial Damage, Regenerative Capacity and Local Immune Response After Cold Storage of DBD Livers Determine Biliary Complications After Liver Transplantation.
Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Background: The aim of this study was to examine the development and molecular mechanisms of bile duct (BD) damage between organ retrieval and transplantation and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Is It Worth Risking Lives of Multiple Procurement Surgeons to Save One Life in Extreme Weather Conditions?
Multi Organ Transplantation Unit, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada.
Transplant needs highly skilled surgeons and allied medical staff to travel to distant locations on short notices and secure a deceased donor organ that is…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplants Following Simultaneous Solid Organ and Vascularized Composite Allograft Procurements.
Background: Current knowledge of the impact of facial vascularized composite allograft (VCA) procurement on the transplantation outcomes of the concomitantly recovered life-saving organs is limited…2015 American Transplant Congress
Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Increases Transplantation of Abdominal Organs in Standard Criteria Neurological Death Donors
Background: Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) induces innate protective mechanisms in remote organs. We hypothesized RIPC soon after neurological death (ND) would improve donor organ function…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Prospective Comparison of the Completeness of Donor Kidney Biopsies
1Transplantation, University of Maryland, Baltimore; 2Pathology, University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Background: The use of expanded criteria kidneys has plateaued, possibly due to inadequate pathologic evaluation or lack of a universal grading system. We examined pre-transplant…2015 American Transplant Congress
Thymoglobulin Administration During Multi-Visceral and Isolated Small Bowel Procurement Does Not Adversely Affect the Survival of Harvested Organs
Anti-thymocyte globulin administration in donors before intestinal procurement may result in decreased graft versus-host disease (GVHD) due to reduced recipient lymphocyte trafficking after reperfusion. Reluctance…2015 American Transplant Congress
Nomogram for Predicting Patient Survival After Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment in Patients With Devastating Neurological Injury
Objective:Reliable prediction of time of death after withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in patients with devastating neurological injury is crucial to successful donation after circulatory death.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Patients Referred to an OPO: Analysis of Potential for Additional DCD Donors
New York Organ Donor Network, New York, NY.
Performance improvement at our organ procurement organization (OPO) includes retrospective analysis of the triage process for newly referred patients to identify missed opportunities for donation…2015 American Transplant Congress
Day of Week Influences Kidney Utilization
Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Background: From 2000 to 2013, 17% of all kidneys procured for transplantation from deceased organ donors in the United States were discarded. The high rate…
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