2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Clinical Outcomes of Belatacept- and Tacrolimus-Based Immunosuppression in Renal Transplant Recipients.
To examine the utilization and clinical outcomes of belatacept in the real clinical setting, a retrospective cohort study was conducted using SRTR data that compared…2016 American Transplant Congress
Dual Kidney Transplants as Policy to Optimize the Allocation of Marginal Donor Kidneys: Analysis of the French Cohort Since 2002.
The aim of this national multicentre cohort study was to assess the safety of dual kidney transplantation (DKT) in terms of patient and graft survival…2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Structural Characteristics as Predictors of Long-Term Kidney Function in Living Kidney Donors.
PurposeKidney structural characteristics may be predictive of long-term living donor outcomes such as a lower estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR).MethodsAs part of the Renal and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Creation of a Small Animal Model of Ex-Vivo Normothermic Perfusion (EVNP) for Treatment of Kidney Ischemia-Reperfusion (I/R) Injury.
Department of Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.
Purpose: Recent studies have suggested that EVNP may be utilized to assess and repair marginal donor organs subjected to severe I/R injury. The lack of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Standardized Pre-Implantation Kidney Biopsies of Expanded Criteria Donors to Improve the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) for the Evaluation of Marginal Donors.
There is no consensus of selection criteria used to allocate renal transplants from expanded criteria donors (ECD). The Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) has been…2016 American Transplant Congress
Renal Efficiency: A New Metric for Evaluating Kidneys in Living Donors.
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Donor age, quality of the graft, and the size/weight of the donated kidney are factors that may affect subsequent transplant outcomes. Morphological renal measurements may…2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Renal Outcomes Between ABO-Incompatible and Kidney Paired Donation Transplantation In Living Donors.
Kidney Transplant Unit, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.
Introduction: ABO incompatible transplantation (ABOi Tx) broadens the donor pool and decreases wait times for patients who don't have a blood type compatible living kidney…2016 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin in Living Kidney Donor Nephrectomy.
Introduction: Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) is a marker for acute kidney injury. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of perioperative uNGAL in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Is Ketorolac Really Safe for Donor Nephrectomy?
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Background. Ketorolac is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used for postoperative pain management. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of ketorolac after…2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Surgical Correction Techniques for Post-Kidney Transplantation Vesicoureteral Reflux.
PURPOSEThe aim of this study was to compare extravesical seromuscular tunnel lengthening technique with uretero-ureteral/pyelo-ureteral anastomosis techniques in post-transplant vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) management.MATERIALS AND METHODSWe…
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