Articles tagged "Survival"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Preserved Collateral Veins on Small-for-Size Grafts in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
B-.G. Na, E. Lee, S. Kim, S. Park.
Center for Liver Cancer, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Goyang, Republic of Korea.
Purpose: Graft size is a critical issue in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We hypothesized that too much portal flow could possibly be diverted into…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Antecedent Malignancy on Kidney Transplant Outcomes: Patient, Graft, and Cancer-Free Survival
O. Serrano,¹ S. Mongin,² D. Berglund,¹ D. Vock,³ S. Chinnakotla,¹ T. Dunn,¹ E. Finger,¹ R. Kandaswamy,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas.¹
¹Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Minneapolis, MN; ³Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
OBJECTIVE: Non-skin pretransplant malignancy (NSPTM) has historically been considered a relative contraindication to kidney transplantation (KT). In addition to the conventional risk factors for cancer,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
A Low Level of De Novo DSA Sialylation is Associated with a Decreased of Allograft Survival in Non-Sensitized Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. Bonnet,^1,2 V. Pernin,^1,3 J-.E. Serre,¹ V. Georgescu,⁴ M. Le Quintrec,^1,2,3 G. Mourad,^1,2 J-.F. Eliaou,^2,5 C. Rene.^2,5
¹Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France; ²University of Medicine, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France; ³Inserm U1183, IRMB, Hôpital Saint Eloi, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France; ⁴Department of Medical Information, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France; ⁵Department of Immunology, Hôpital Saint Eloi, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France.
Background. In kidney transplantation, de novo donor specific antibodies (dnDSA) are associated with antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) and graft failure. While appearance of dnDSA, there is…
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MELD Based Allocation Deteriorates Patient Survival without Improving Waiting List Mortality in a Low Donor Area
P. Ritschl, L. Wiering, F. Aigner, M. Biebl, D. Eurich, M. Schmelzle, I. Sauer, K. Kotsch, J. Pratschke, R. Öllinger.
Department of Surgery, Campus Charité Mitte / Campus Virchow-Klinikum CCM/CVK, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
The MELD-based allocation system has been implemented in Germany in 2006 in order to decrease waiting list mortality in patients with end stage liver disease.…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes after Cardiac Transplantation for Adult Congenital Heart Disease in the Modern Era
X. Zeng,¹ R. Vela,² J. Pruszynski,² J. Martinez,² S. Ring,² M. Peltz.²
¹Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; ²Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallss, TX.
Background: More patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) are surviving into adulthood and require heart transplantation. These patients historically experienced worse survival early after transplantation.…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes from 194 Consecutive Split Left Liver Transplants: Comparison of Living versus Deceased Donors
D. Adamson, P. Tabrizian, M. Parides, K. Iyer, J. Moon, J. Chu, R. Arnon, S. Florman.
Recanati/Miller Transplant Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.
Methods:Analysis of long term outcomes of 194 consecutive left lateral segment grafts (LLS) including 94 living (LD) and 99 deceased (DD) donor grafts (1992 -…
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Disparate Risk Factors for Early and Late Death Impact Survival after Lung Transplant
C. Lehr, E. Blackstone, K. McCurry, L. Thuita, W. Tsuang, M. Valapour.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Purpose: After implementation of the lung allocation score, there has been improvement in one- and three-year survival but not in five-year survival after lung transplant…
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A High Abdominal Aortic Calcification Score by Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) is Associated with Cardiovascular Events after Kidney Transplantation
S. Benjamens,^1,2 R. A. Pol,¹ A. W. Glaudemans,² I. Wieringa,³ S. P. Berger,³ S. J. Bakker,³ R. H. Slart.²
¹Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Medical Imaging Center, UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Nephrology, UMCG, Groningen, Netherlands.
Introduction: It is unknown whether aortic calcification is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular events in renal transplant recipients. Therefore, this study focused on the…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors and Outcomes with Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Bloodstream Infections among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
J. Anesi,¹ E. Blumberg,¹ E. Lautenbach,¹ P. Tamma,² K. Thom,³ K. Alby,¹ W. Bilker,¹ J. Omorogbe,¹ P. Tolomeo,¹ A. Werzen,³ K. Nemati,² J. Han.¹
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ³University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Objective: Solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) have been significantly impacted by the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria, including extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EB). We determined the…
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Influence of Initial Tumor Burden and Wait Times on Post-Transplant Outcomes after Down-Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
N. Mehta, J. Dodge, F. Yao.
UCSF, San Francisco.
Background: A new national policy has adopted the UNOS Region 5 down-staging protocol for liver transplant (LT) in HCC meeting the following inclusion criteria -…