2018 American Transplant Congress
Program-Specific Survival from Listing: Variability and Association with Pretransplant and Posttransplant Metrics
Transplant program performance assessment has traditionally focused on posttransplant outcomes. However, the survival benefit conferred by transplant offers a compelling reason to broaden program assessment…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Total Graft Steatotic Mass in Liver Transplant Outcomes
INTRODUCTIONGraft steatosis is a risk factor for early allograft dysfunction (EAD) and is thought to portend inferior transplant outcomes. The impact of total steatosis, combining…2018 American Transplant Congress
Increased Length of Stay of the Donor Decreases Heart Transplant Recipient Survival
Purpose: We hypothesize that the longer the cardiac donor is in the hospital prior to procurement, the worse the heart transplant (tx) recipient outcome for…2018 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation for Locally Advanced Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Treated with Neoadjuvant Therapy: A Pilot Cohort Study
1Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; 2MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
INTRODUCTIONIntrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) is a well-recognized contraindication for liver transplantation (LT). Recent reports indicate favorable LT outcomes for early iCCA (<2cm), but, poor survival persists…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hospitalization and Life Support before Liver Transplantation – Easily Available Predictors for Post-Transplant Patient Survival
IntroductionCurrently liver allocation -in contrast to allocation of other organs- is based on urgency in many countries and survival benefit is not included. Aim of…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Donor-Recipient Gender Matches on Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
PurposeSome investigators reported that the donor-recipient gender mismatches influence on long-term graft survival after deceased donor liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to…2018 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Variation in the Survival Benefit of Heart Transplantation
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Purpose: Heart transplant candidate selection and treatment practices vary substantially across the US. We aimed to determine if transplant center practices modify the survival benefit…2018 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas Transplant Recipients with End-Stage Renal Disease Benefit from Kidney Transplantation
Background: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) has been shown after pancreas transplant alone (PTA), however, the benefit of kidney transplantation (KT) in PTA recipients with ESRD…2018 American Transplant Congress
Cumulative United States Experience in Domino Liver Transplants
Surgery, State University of New York, Downstate, Brooklyn, CA.
Background/Purpose: The ongoing shortage of livers in the setting of growing waiting lists remains a challenge in transplantation. First introduced in 1995, sequential or domino…2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Graft Outcomes in Combined Heart-Kidney Transplantation: A UNOS Database Analysis 2000-2015
Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Background: Combined Heart-Kidney Transplantation (CHKT) is the optimal therapy for patients with advanced renal dysfunction. Our aim was to analyze kidney specific graft outcomes in…
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