2016 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Transplant Health Literacy of Liver Transplant Candidates and Their Caregivers.
Purpose: All transplant programs provide education sessions and instructional material to their patients to improve health literacy. However, their efficacy is unknown. We piloted a…2016 American Transplant Congress
Socioeconomic Status and Readmission Following Kidney Transplant.
Transplant Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
Our group has previously demonstrated that 31% of kidney transplant recipients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge from the original hospitalization. Patient-level contributors such…2016 American Transplant Congress
Virological Profile of Deceased Organ Donors in the UK.
Background: To date there has been no routine surveillance of infections in deceased solid organ donors in the UK. A national scheme to monitor infectious…2016 American Transplant Congress
Review of Organ Utilization from Increased Infectious Risk Donors.
IntroductionDonors with an increased risk of transmitting HIV, HBV or HCV (IRDs) are a potential source of organs. There is a lack of data on…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact on Wound Healing Events After Early Conversion to Everolimus in De Novo Renal Transplant Recipients: 24-Month Results from the Randomized ELEVATE Study.
BackgroundWound healing events (WHE) are probably the most common type of post-transplant (Tx) surgical complication. Due to its antiproliferative properties, mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors…2016 American Transplant Congress
Safety, Efficacy, and Cost Saving Potential of Various Weight-Based Dosing for Thymoglobulin Induction Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Introduction: There are limited data assessing the appropriate weight to use when dosing Thymoglobulin for induction therapy. The aim of this study is to assess…2016 American Transplant Congress
What Are the Benefits of Transvaginal Route for Kidney Extraction in Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy ?
1Hôpital Européen Georges Pomidou, Paris, France; 2Hôpital Necker, Paris, France.
Rationale and objectivesTransvaginal route for kidney extraction (TVE) emerged as new surgical option during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy to minimize scar and presumably to offer donors…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Safety and Efficacy of Suspended Gasless Laparoscopy Living-Donor Nephrectomy in Renal Transplantation.
Organ Transplantation Center, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
BACKGROUNDS: To develop a minimally invasive surgery for the kidney transplant donor and get the no CO2 pressure condition harvested kidney, we have developed suspended…2016 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Experience with Robotic Kidney Transplantation for Recipients with BMI >40 kg/m2: A Comparison with the UNOS Registry.
Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.
Introduction:Obesity represents a barrier to kidney transplantation, but the increasing prevalence amongst renal failure patients has forced some centers to carefully consider such candidates. Morbidly…2016 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Country-Associated Geographical Variables in the Ouctomes of Kidney Transplantation in Patients with HIV-Infection.
Objective: To evaluate effects of geographical factors on demography, clinical management and evolution of two cohorts of HIV-infected KT recipients.Methods: Observational, retrospective cohort study including…
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