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Articles tagged "Risk factors"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Does Ureteric Stent Avoid Urological Complications After Renal Transplantation? A Retrospective Study of 10 Years Experience

    R. Kato, W. Nahas, K. Yamaçake, H. Kanashiro, R. Falci, A. Bull, I. Antonopoulos, G. Messi, A. Piovesan.

    Divison of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

    PURPOSE: Urinary leakage and ureteral stenosis are the most common surgical complications after kidney transplantation and are associated with significant morbidity, mortality and prolonged hospital…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Does Smoking Lead to Increased Rates of Acute Cellular Rejection in Liver Transplant Recipients?

    B. Rao,1 D. Montezuma-Calvo,2 K. Tosch,2 S.-M. Jafri.2

    1Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; 2Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.

    Introduction: Prior studies of liver transplant recipients who smoke have shown associations between mortality and adverse outcomes. We investigated if smoking status at the time…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Does the Site Or Etiology of Renal Artery Stenosis Influence the Sucess Rate of Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty?

    A. Bull, W. Nahas, K. Yamaçake, R. Kato, I. Antonopoulos, H. Kanashiro, G. Ebaid, A. Piovesan.

    Divison of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

    Purpose: The incidence of transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) ranges from 1 to 23% and is the most frequent vascular complication following renal transplantation. It…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Predicting Mental Health After Living Kidney Donation: The Importance of Donors' and Recipients' Medical Process

    L. Timmerman,1 M. Laging,1 R. Timman,2 W. Zuidema,1 D. Beck,1 J. IJzermans,3 M. Betjes,1 J. Busschbach,2 W. Weimar,1 E. Massey.1

    1Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 2Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 3General Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    A minority of living kidney donors have poor psychological outcomes after donation. There is mixed evidence as to the influence of the medical process on…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Ureteral Length in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation; Does Size Matter?

    L. Ooms, I. Slagt, J. IJzermans, T. Terkivatan.

    Transplant Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Introduction: Urological complications are common after kidney transplantation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of ureteral length on ureter strictures or…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of HMOX1 Genetic Variation in Pancreas Transplant Recipients On Long-Term Graft Outcome

    C. Duff,1 A. Hamilton,1 S. Mittal,2,3,4 M. Barnardo,2,3 S. Fuggle,2,3 P. Friend,2,3 S. Gough,1,4 M. Simmonds.1

    1Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; 2Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom; 3Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; 4Oxford National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom.

    Variation within the heme oxygenase 1 (HMOX1) gene, essential for heme catabolism and a known inflammatory and immune regulator, is proposed to play a role…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Clinical Significance of Multidetector Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography to Evaluate the Prevalence and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic Kidney Transplantation Recipients

    S. Lee,1 K. Huh,3 B. Kim,2 B. Choi,4 Y. Kim,4 Y. Kim,3 B. Kim.2

    1Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea; 2Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 3Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 4Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

    Introduction: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of mortality in kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Noninvasive coronary angiography using multidetector computed tomography…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Assessment of Eating Disorders in Altruistic Organ Donor Candidates: Pitfalls, Red Flags and Practical Suggestions

    R. Jaiswal, J. Gordon-Elliott, F. Desrosiers.

    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell, New York, NY.

    The preoperative psychosocial evaluation of potential altruistic organ donors is a means of exploring a patient's motivations for donation as well as identifying any obstacles…
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