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Articles tagged "Survival"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Stimulating Protease Inhibitor 9 Expression By Human Regulatory T Cells Improve Homeostasis

    P. Lukyanchykov, Z. Solhjou, A. Radwan, L. Riella, A. Chandraker, R. Abdi, J. Azzi.

    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

    Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Is Associated With Improved Patient and Graft Survival in Liver Transplantation. Experience With 595 Patients

    M. Montenovo,1 F. Jalikis,2 L. Meng,3 Y. Matthew,2 D. Andre,1 H. Ryan,3 R. Jorge.1

    1Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 2Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 3Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

    BACKGROUND: Use of induction therapy in liver transplantation is debatable. We aimed to compare clinical outcomes of different induction protocols in liver transplant recipients.METHODS: Retrospective…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Proteinuria as Non-Invasive Marker for Renal Allograft Histology and Survival: A Population-Based Study

    M. Naesens, E. Lerut, M.-P. Emonds, D. Kuypers.

    University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

    Background:Proteinuria is routinely measured for assessment of renal allograft status, but its diagnostic value for transplant pathology and herewith-related prognostic value remain unclear.Methods:We included 1518…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    U.S. National Experience of Liver Transplantation Using Allografts from Octogenarian Donors

    C. Bhati, I. Tzvetanov, R. Garcia-Roca, J. Oberholzer, E. Benedetti, H. Jeon.

    Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.

    IntroductionA continuous worsening of donor organ shortage has led to expand organ acceptance criteria. It is still theoretically possible to utilize hepatic allografts from donors…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Predicting Graft Loss in a Population of Kidney Transplant Patients Diagnosed With ABMR/TG

    J. Reeve,1 P. Halloran.1

    1Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 2Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

    ABMR is the main cause of late graft loss in kidney transplants. Our goal was to determine the variables most strongly predictive of graft loss…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes Between ABO-Incompatible Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT) and ABO-Compatible LDLT: A Matched Study

    J. Kim, S. Lee, W. Cho, J.-Y. Choi, G.-S. Choi, J. Park, C. Kwon, S. Kim, J.-W. Joh, S.-K. Lee.

    Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

    Backgrounds: Reports from several experienced centers suggested that outcomes of an ABO-incompatible (ABOi) living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) after rituximab and reduction of ABO antibodies…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Renal Resistance Measured During Pulsatile Perfusion and Long-Term Kidney Transplant Outcomes

    S. Sandal, R. Sapir-Pichhadze, M. Cantarovich, S. Paraskevas.

    McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.

    Background: Pulsatile perfusion (PP) has been shown to reduce the incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) and increase short- and long-term kidney transplant (KT) survival.…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Obesity Impact on Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Outcomes

    T. Alhamad,1 A. Malone,1 H. Chakkera.2

    1Transplantation Nephrology, Renal Division, Washington University, St Louis; 2Renal Division, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.

    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

    I. Tzvetanov, G. D'Amico, G. Georgiev, P. Giulianotti, H. Jeon, R. Garcia-Roca, J. Oberholzer, E. Benedetti.

    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

    Cumulative Incidence, Risk Factors for and Impact on Survival of Severe Chronic Kidney Disease After Intestinal Transplantation: Analysis of the SRTR Database

    G. Huard,1 K. Iyer,1 J. Moon,1 L. Schwartz,1 J. Doucette,2 V. Nair,1 T. Schiano.1

    1Recanati-Miller Transplant Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY; 2Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.

    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…
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