2020 American Transplant Congress
Acute Liver Failure Etiology is an Independent Predictor of Waitlist Outcome Accounting for Severity of Illness in a National Cohort
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Severity of illness and liver transplant (LT) waitlist outcome can differ according to acute liver failure (ALF) etiology. However, it is unknown whether ALF…2020 American Transplant Congress
Unresolved Disparities: Sex, Racial, Ethnic, and Insurance Differences in Performance Status at Listing for Liver Transplant
Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, New York, NY
*Purpose: Cirrhosis is a chronic disease characterized by progressive worsening in physical functioning. We hypothesized that poor performance status at time of listing was an…2020 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Primary Kidney Transplant Recipients Outcomes by Immunosuppression Induction Received in the United States
*Purpose: Induction immunosuppression types for pediatric transplant recipients vary widely by transplant centers. We sought to study the impact of different induction types on recipients…2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney after Intestinal Transplantation: A Comparison with Combined Kidney with Intestinal Transplant. A UNOS Database Analysis
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: There is limited data on outcomes for patients receiving a isolated kidney transplant (KAIT) after any prior Multi-organ or Isolated Intestinal transplant (IT). We…2020 American Transplant Congress
Perfect Outcome of Ureteral Stenosis after Small Incision Surgical Treatment Under Magnetic Resonance Urography Localization in Kidney Transplant Patients: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study
Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
*Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of ureteral stenosis after treatment with small incision open surgery under Magnetic Resonance Urography (MRU) localization in…2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation as a Salvage and Uncommon Procedure for a Patient with Colorectal Liver Metastsis with Promising Results, Case Presentation and Literature Review
Transplant Surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide. About 50% of patients with CRC will develop metastases during the course of the…2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Effect on Acute Liver Failure Outcomes in a National Cohort
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Transplant centers coordinate complex care for patients with acute liver failure (ALF), in whom liver transplantation (LT) can be lifesaving. This study examines associations…2020 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Liver Transplantation: A Case Series
*Purpose: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a life-saving treatment modality for patients who develop cardiopulmonary failure refractory to conventional efforts. ECMO has been used sparingly…2020 American Transplant Congress
Transarterial Chemoembolization and Radio-Embolization are Similarly Efficacious in Achieving Successful Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Down-Staging: Results from the Multicenter Evaluation of Reduction in Tumor Size Before Liver Transplantation (MERITS-LT) Consortium
*Purpose: United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) Region 5 has reported excellent liver transplantation (LT) outcomes after successful down-staging (DS) in HCC patients exceeding Milan…2020 American Transplant Congress
Pulmonary Hypertension is Associated with Inferior Graft and Patient Survival after Kidney Transplantation
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is increasingly recognized among patients with chronic kidney disease largely driven by left heart failure, high cardiac output, hypoxic lung diseases…
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