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Articles tagged "Survival"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Re-Transplantation (KRTx) from Donation After Cardiocirculatory Death (DCD)-Standard Criteria Donors (SCD).

    M. Khan, B. Alradawna, A. Farney, J. Rogers, G. Orlando, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Palanisamy, M. Gautreaux, W. Doares, S. Kaczmorsky, R. Stratta.

    Transplant, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC

    Donation after cardiac death (DCD) donor kidneys increase the organ pool but use in kidney retransplantation (KRTx) has been questioned due to higher rates of…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    A Decade of Paediatric Kidney Transplantation in Children Weighing <20kg.

    P. Chandak,1 J. Stojanovic,2 F. Jamshaid,1 N. Mamode,1 F. Calder,1 J. Olsburgh,1 C. Callaghan,1 M. Drage,1 G. Koffman,1 S. Marks,3 N. Kessaris.1

    1Transplant Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas and Evelina Childrens and Great Ormond Street Hospitals, London, United Kingdom; 2Paediatric Nephrology, Evelina Childrens Hospitals, London, United Kingdom; 3Paediatric Nephrology and Transplantation, Great Ormond Street Hospitals, London, United Kingdom

    Introduction: Renal transplantation is the gold standard treatment for end-stage kidney disease. There are increased challenges in paediatric renal transplant recipients under 20kg, especially when…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Simultaneous or Sequential Heart-Liver Transplantation Confer Superior Survival in Patients with Listed for Heart-Liver Transplantation: A National Analysis.

    K. Anderson,1 M. Mulvihill,2 B. Yerokun,2 A. Barbas,2 M. Hartwig.2

    1Duke School of Medicine, Durham, NC; 2Dept of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

    Background: Simultaneous heart-liver transplantation (TXP), for patients with combined heart and liver failure, confers survival benefit over remaining on the waitlist. Whether heart TXP followed…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Five Year Outcomes with Alemtuzumab Induction Therapy in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients.

    M. Casagrande, K. Cunningham, C. Tseng, C. D'Agostino, L. Wong, C. Richardson.

    Pharmacy, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

    Background:The elderly population (≥ 65 years) comprise one fourth of patients on the waiting list for renal transplantation. Alemtuzumab use has increased over the past…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Down but Not Out: Leucopenia Can Be Safely Treated with Reduction in Immunosuppression without Increasing Risk to the Kidney Allograft.

    A. Gilbert,1 A. Vergottini,1 A. Karabala,1 M. Grafals,1 B. Javaid,1 J. Moore,1 J. Verbesey,2 P. Abrams,2 S. Ghasemian,2 M. Cooper.2

    1Department of Medicine, Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC; 2Department of Surgery, Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC

    IntroductionLeucopenia is a growing problem with increasing immunosuppression (IS) in kidney transplantation. Reducing IS in the face of leucopenia is a concern due to the…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Transplant without Borders – A New Project for Decentralization of Transplant Centers in Brazil.

    M. Perosa, J. Branez, L. Mota, B. Zeballos, H. Noujaim, M. Paredes, T. Miranda, G. Martinho, T. Genzini.

    Organ Transplantation, Bandeirantes Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    The regional disparity in transplant activity is one of the main problems in Brazil and in other countries. Brazilian transplant centers are concentrated in the…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Single Kidney Transplantation from Pediatric Donors Younger Than 3 Years to Adult Recipients.

    L. Zhu, B. Liu, S. Chang, D. Du, N. Gong, J. Jiang, Z. Chen, G. Chen.

    Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

    Background: Traditionally, the criteria of splitting pediatric en bloc kidneys for transplantation into two adults includes: donor age > 3 years, donor weight > 12kg,…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Graft Survival in De Novo Donor-Specific Antibodies and Positive Flow Crossmatch Kidney Transplants Is influenced by Class I and Class II.

    S. Montag,1,2 B. Ho,1 H. Bhagat,3 E. Lee,3,4 K. Atiemo,1 A. Daud,1 R. Kang,1 L. Zhao,1,2 J. Schwartz,3 D. Ladner.1

    1Northwestern University Transplant and Outcomes Research Collaborative (NUTORC), Chicago; 2Dept of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago; 3Astellas Pharma Global Development, Northbrook; 4Now with UCB, Atlanta

    Patients with de novo donor-specific antibodies (dnDSA) show inferior graft survival in numerous small studies. We assessed the effect of dnDSA on graft and patient…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    When Does the Learning Curve End? A High-Volume Single Center Experience with Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Over 16 Years.

    S. Yamanaga,1,2,3 A. Posselt,1 C. Freise,1 C. Niemann,1 A. Rosario,1 D. Fernandez,1 T. Kobayashi,3 A. Ahearn,4 M. Tavakol,1 S.-M. Kang.1

    1Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; 2Department of General Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan; 3Department of Renal Transplant Surgery, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan; 4Department of Transplant Surgery, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA

    Purpose: No studies for any type of surgery have examined learning curves beyond a decade or 100 cases because surgeon turnover and lack of complete…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Achieving Ideal Outcome After Intestinal Transplantation: How Close Are We?

    A. Ganoza,1 N. Celik,1 G. Bond,1 K. Soltys,1 J. Rudolph,2 R. Sindhi,1 G. Mazariegos.1

    1Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation Center, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

    Aim:To determine the incidence of factors affecting ideal outcome after pediatric intestinal transplantation (ITx).Methods: Children that underwent primary ITx with intact grafts at one year…
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