2018 American Transplant Congress
How Early is Too Early for a Preemptive Kidney Transplant? A Markov Decision Process-Based Retrospective Analysis
Purpose: Living-donor preemptive kidney transplantation (PKT) provides survival and financial benefits. However there is no guidelines to assist with PKT timing.Method: We considered the transplant…2018 American Transplant Congress
Retransplantation after Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Analysis of Data from the A2ALL Study
Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is associated with a higher incidence of post-transplant vascular and biliary complications. Outcomes for retransplantation (reLT) after LDLT are not…2018 American Transplant Congress
Can Immunosuppression Maintenance after Renal Allograft Failure Prevent Further Sensitization?
University of Florida, Gainesville.
After renal graft failure, retransplantation(ReTx) becomes more difficult due to sensitization to alloantigens. In 2013, our center opened a specialty clinic to maintain immunosuppression(IS) after…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Second Kidney Transplantation According to Previous Pediatric Donor Type: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Medicine-Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: With the prioritization of age ≤ 18 years old at the time of registration on the kidney transplant waiting list in the United States,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Repeat Kidney Transplant Patients with Active Rejection Have Elevated Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA
Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is an established marker of active rejection in de novo kidney transplant recipients. Here we characterize dd-cfDNA in patients who…2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of C1Q Binding and Flow Cytometric Crossmatch Results Provides an Accurate Evaluation of Hypersensitive Kidney Transplant Patients
Measurement of C1q binding to Donor specific antibodies (DSA) gives transplantation chance to hypersensitive patients having non-binding high amount of anti-HLA antibodies. In our series…2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Retransplantation and Renal Failure: The Benefit of Simultaneous Kidney Transplant
Liver retransplantation has poor survival compared to primary liver transplant. Renal failure is a proven negative risk factor for survival with retransplant. Our aim was…2018 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Sarcopenia on Patients Undergoing Liver Re-Transplantation
Transplant Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
Background:Loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) has been found to be a measure of mortality after primary liver transplantation. We aimed to evaluate its effect in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Re-Transplantation for Hepatic Artery Thrombosis: A National Perspective
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Background: We aim to analyze patients undergoing re-transplantation for HAT in the US.Methods:Between 1995 and 2015, 623 patients were re-transplanted for HAT identified in the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Dunbar Syndrome in Liver Transplantation: Results of a Single Center Matched-Pair Analysis and a European Survey Study
Background: Median-arcuate-ligament or Dunbar-syndrome (MALs) potentially causes arterial complications in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). This study aimed to investigate MALs incidence and its impact on…
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