2017 American Transplant Congress
HLA Alloimmunization According to the Different Immunization Events and Consequences on Access to Kidney Transplantation.
Patients awaiting solid organ transplantation may develop anti-HLA antibodies after sensitization events such as transfusions, pregnancies or previous transplantations. The aim of our work was…2017 American Transplant Congress
Status 1 Liver Transplantation: Changes in Characteristics and Outcome Over Time.
General Surgery, University of Hawaii, JABSOM, Honolulu, HI
Purpose: Approximately 5% of liver transplants (LT) annually require this urgently as “Status 1." The aim of this study is to characterize patients who received…2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival After Second Kidney Transplant: Are We Being Good Stewards?
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
BACKGROUND: Primary kidney transplant is associated with increased life years compared with dialysis. Comparable patient survival between primary (1KT) and second kidney transplants (2KT) has…2016 American Transplant Congress
Young Recipients Receiving Kidneys from Older Donors Have Poorer Allograft Outcomes.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: An increasing number of marginal donors are being used in order to expand the donor pool. Age is one of the major criteria in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Graft Loss Due to Recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Second Renal Transplant.
Transplant, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.
Introduction : Focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS) glomerulonephritis can recur in renal transplants, and can potentially lead to graft loss. The rate of graft loss…2016 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation (LT) Using Liver Allografts from Deceased After Cardiac Death (DCD) Donors: Opinions, Practices and Reality.
Background: Scientific Studies Committee of ASTS conducted study to identify barriers to use of DCD liver grafts.Objectives: Identify barriers to use of DCD liver allografts;…2016 American Transplant Congress
Intestinal Retransplantation in Children: Single Center Experience.
Aim: To analyze the patient and graft characteristics and improvement in patient outcomes for intestinal retransplantation (Re-ITx) in the era of induction immunosuppression with the…2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Hospital Readmission Following Kidney Re-Transplantation.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: Among first time kideny transplant (KT) recipients the incidence of early hospital readmission (EHR) is 31%. Kidney re-transplants are more complex and we hypothesize…2016 American Transplant Congress
When Living Donor Liver Allografts Fail: Exploring the Pitfalls of Retransplantation Using Deceased Donor Organs.
Background: In the US, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is associated with increased long-term graft and patient survival compared to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT).…2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Retransplantation Is Associated with Higher Mortality Risk Among HIV+ vs. HIV- Recipients.
Background: Excellent outcomes have been demonstrated in HIV+ kidney transplant (KT) recipients, yet no study has explored outcomes among HIV+ reKT recipients.Methods: 4,683 adult reKT…
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