2015 American Transplant Congress
Cumulative Incidence, Risk Factors for and Impact on Survival of Severe Chronic Kidney Disease After Intestinal Transplantation: Analysis of the SRTR Database
Background: Patient and graft survival rates after intestinal transplantation (ITx) have improved. More ITx recipients achieve long-term survival and are at risk for severe chronic…2015 American Transplant Congress
Non-Inferiority of Graft Survival of Living Unrelated Kidney Transplant compared to Living Related Kidney Transplant as Analyzed by First Degree Relative
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI.
The perceived advantage of donating a kidney directly to a family member is difficult to uncouple in the setting of voluntary exchange or other kidney…2015 American Transplant Congress
Multicenter Study to Develop a Novel Prediction Index for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Recurrence After Liver Transplant (LT)
1UCSF, San Francisco, CA; 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 3Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Several factors have been associated with a high risk of recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after liver transplantation (LT), but no reliable risk score has…2015 American Transplant Congress
Stimulating Protease Inhibitor 9 Expression By Human Regulatory T Cells Improve Homeostasis
Renal/ Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
In this study, we show for the first time the key role of a protease inhibitor PI9 in human regulatory T cells (Tregs) homeostasis. Recent…2015 American Transplant Congress
External Validation of Clinical Prediction Models of Patient and Graft Survival in a Canadian Cohort of Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background: Several clinical prediction models (CPM) of patient and graft survival in kidney transplant recipients have been developed as tools to assist physicians in identifying…2015 American Transplant Congress
Lung Transplantation from Donors With Kidney Disease
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Background:Various donor characteristics are associated with decreased survival following single (SLT) or bilateral (BLT) lung transplantation. No current studies exist regarding use of lungs from…2015 American Transplant Congress
Donor Obesity Impact on Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Outcomes
Background: Donor obesity has been reported as a risk factor for early pancreas allograft failure. The relationship between donor obesity and long-term pancreas allograft survival…2015 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Kidney Transplantation in Obese Recipients Can Lead to Superior Outcomes in Terms of Wound Infection and Graft Survival
Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
IntroductionTraditionally kidney transplantation (KT) in obese recipients has been associated with high rates of surgical site infections (SSI). We hypothesize that robotic kidney transplantation (RKT)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Diminished Survival After Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant With Increasing Kidney Donor Profile Index Score
Transplant Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX.
BACKGROUND: Since the introduction of MELD, the number of simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) transplants has greatly increased. Renal failure after liver transplant is associated with a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Outcomes With Kidney Transplantation for Patients ≥70 Years of Age
BackgroundOur aim was to determine the outcomes following kidney transplantation in recipients ≥70 years of age at the time of transplantation.Materials and MethodsWe analyzed data…
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