2017 American Transplant Congress
Strategies to Economize Dialysis and Transplantation in Low Resource Settings.
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan
Background: Pakistan in an emerging economy where 50% of the population live below the poverty line on <$2 a day. The government spend 1.3% of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation (DDTX) Justified in Patients with More Than 10 Years of Pre-TX Dialysis Exposure?
Background: The new kidney allocation system (KAS) led to an increase in DDTX among patients with ≥10 years of pre-TX dialysis exposure. We aimed to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation After Primary, Repeat and Kidney After Nonrenal Solid Organ Transplantation: 10 Years UNOS Database Analysis.
Introduction: The aim of the study is to evaluate patient and kidney allograft survivals in primary, repeat, and kidney after nonrenal organ transplantation using national…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Survival and Risk of Retransplantation of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Patients Following Liver Transplantation: UNOS Data Analysis.
Background: The impact of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on outcomes after liver transplantation (LT) for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) has been inconclusive. Previous reports suggested…2017 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Liver Transplantation for Patients with MELD Spike.
We recently showed that patients with a recent sudden MELD increase of >30% over 7 days (MELD spike) have higher waitlist mortality than patients with…2017 American Transplant Congress
Inferior 10-Year Graft and Patient Survival After End-to-Side Reconstruction for Two Renal Arteries in Living Donor Renal Transplantation.
Purpose: Living donor kidneys with two arteries can be revascularized using various techniques depending on anatomy and surgeon preference. We hypothesized that the revascularization technique…2017 American Transplant Congress
MELD-Based Allocation Leads to Inferior Survival After Liver Transplantation.
Department of Surgery, Campus Virchow and Mitte, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Introduction and BackgroundThe MELD-based allocation system has been implemented in Germany in 2006 in order to decrease waiting list mortality in patients with end stage…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is There an Association Between Number of Outpatient Primary Care Visits (OPV) and Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation (KTP)?
Background: Periodic outpatient primary care visits (PCV) after KTP is recommended to achieve optimal outcomes, but annual rates of PCV by KTP recipients is not…2017 American Transplant Congress
Optimizing Survival Outcomes for Advanced Age Patients Undergoing Liver Transplant.
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
ObjectivesAge at liver transplant (LT) is progressively increasing and is a known risk factor for mortality. We sought to evaluate preTx predictors for mortality among…2017 American Transplant Congress
Graft and Patient Survival in Liver Transplantation for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis with Organs from DCD versus DBD Donors: Analysis of the UNOS Database.
Background: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) remains a major indication for liver transplantation (LT) worldwide. In an era of limited organ donation pool, assessment of PSC…
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