abstract：BACKGROUND:Graft preservation continues to be one of the main pillars of pancreas transplantation (PT). Surgical complications, possibly caused or facilitated by organ damage during preservation, continue to occur more frequently after PT than for any other abdominal organ. During the past few years, the Georges Lopez ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Igreja MR,Wiederkehr JC,Wiederkehr BA,Maykon Massutti A,de Aguiar Wiederkehr H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucormycosis is an uncommonly encountered fungal infection in solid organ transplantation. The infection is severe and often results in a fatal outcome. The most common presentations are rhino-sino-orbital and pulmonary disease. We describe a rare case of gastric mucormycosis in a patient with a combined liver-kidney ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Alfano G,Fontana F,Francesca D,Assirati G,Magistri P,Tarantino G,Ballarin R,Rossi G,Franceschini E,Codeluppi M,Guaraldi G,Mussini C,Di Benedetto F,Cappelli G

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acetaminophen poisoning continues to be a major cause of liver failure that can lead to liver transplantation. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is the cornerstone of treatment. Some authors use a Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System (MARS) system in acetaminophen poisoning. It is reported that the MARS system elim...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Lopez-Lopez V,Ros J,Ferreras D,Sanmartin J,Martinez M,Pons Miñano JA,Sanchez-Bueno F,Robles-Campos R,Ramirez-Romero P,Parrilla-Paricio P

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Within the heart transplant (HT) population, few patients have complex congenital heart disease (CHD) underlying disease. Our objective is to assess the complications and follow-up of patients with CHD transplanted in our center (1991-present). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Retrospective analysis of patients older...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Esteve-Ruiz I,Grande-Trillo A,Rangel-Sousa D,Adsuar-Gómez A,Sobrino-Márquez M,Lage-Gallé E

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Orthotopic liver transplantation (LT) is considered to be one of the few curative treatments available for early stages of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Alfa-fetoprotein (AFP) is the most-used biomarker for HCC despite low sensitivity and specificity. Matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1) has been considere...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Sánchez-Lorencio MI,Saenz L,Ramirez P,Villalba-López F,de la Orden V,Mediero-Valeros B,Revilla Nuin B,Gonzalez MR,Cascales-Campos PA,Ferreras-Martínez D,Noguera-Velasco JA,Díaz-Rubio E,Parrilla P

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ureter stenosis in renal transplantation patients is a relatively frequent complication that negatively conditions graft evolution. The use of ureteral stents is a valid treatment alternative to the use of double-J catheters in patients for whom surgery is not contemplated or after surgical recurrence. We ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Salamanca-Bustos JJ,Gomez-Gomez E,Campos-Hernández JP,Carrasco-Valiente J,Ruiz-García J,Márquez-López FJ,Zurera-Tendero L,Requena-Tapia MJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:End-stage renal disease patients' access to the renal transplant (RT) waiting list (WL) depends on general criteria and their specific application in the different treatment units. METHODS:Study in nonhospital hemodialysis centers (n = 9), dependent on an adult RT center. Cases included 228 patients consi...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Toapanta-Gaibor NG,Suñer-Poblet M,Cintra-Cabrera M,Pérez-Valdivia MÁ,Suárez-Benjumea A,Gonzalez-Roncero FM,Bernal-Blanco G,Rocha-Castilla JL,Gentil-Govantes MÁ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In rural areas it is common to find unfavorable attitudes toward organ donation, and therefore it is important to find out the attitude and profile of new generations for improving predisposition to organ donation in these areas. Our objective was to analyze the attitude toward organ donation and the relat...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Febrero B,Almela J,Ríos A,Ros I,Pérez-Sánchez B,Martínez-Alarcón L,Ruiz-Carreño P,Ferreras D,Ramírez P,Parrilla P

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute liver failure (ALF) leads to high morbidity and mortality and is characterized by an accelerated deterioration of hepatic function in patients without prior liver disease. The survival rate is <15% without liver transplantation (LT). The aim of this study was to describe the population of patients with...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： de Ataide EC,Reges Perales S,Bastos Eloy da Costa L,Valerini FG,Shiyoiti Hirano E,Chueiri Neto F,Silveira Bello Stucchi R,de Fátima Santana Ferreira Boin I

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:As a pretransplantation evaluation, renal function is determined by the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) with the use of renal scintigraphy (RS) and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). To date, there are few studies that correlate renal cortex volume with eGFR determined with renal gammagram (...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Garcia-Covarrubias L,Valdéz DR,Bermudez LA,Córdoba R,Avelar FJ,Villanueva RM,Ortuño D,Hernández JC,García A,Castro I

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of this study was to identify the tendency toward donations of tissue and organs from donors with brain death between 2001 and 2016 as registered by an organ procurement organization in São Paulo City. METHODS:This quantitative, retrospective, exploratory study encompassed all Tissue and Organ Dona...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Dos Santos MJ,Leal de Moraes E,Santini Martins M,Carlos de Almeida E,Borges de Barros E Silva L,Urias V,Silvano Corrêa Pacheco Furtado MC,Brito Nunes Á,El Hage S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Most psychosocial attitude studies for donors are not evaluated and are not valid. Validated questionnaires are necessary to compare results and guarantee that they measure what they are intended to measure. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the psychometric characteristics of the attitude questionnaire toward the don...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Ríos A,López-Navas AI,De-Francisco C,Sánchez Á,Hernández AM,Ramírez P,Parrilla P

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of dialysis modality before kidney transplantation (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis) on outcomes is not clear. In this study we retrospectively analyzed the impact of dialysis modality on posttransplant follow-up. METHODS:To minimize donor bias, a paired kidney analysis was applied. One hundr...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Dębska-Ślizień A,Bobkowska-Macuk A,Bzoma B,Moszkowska G,Milecka A,Zadrożny D,Wołyniec W,Chamienia A,Lichodziejewska-Niemierko M,Król E,Śledziński Z,Rutkowski B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recipients of allotransplants are more susceptible to viral infections, among which the human papilloma virus infection is an independent factor inducing precancerous lesions and cancers of both the anogenital and the cervicocephalic region. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study included a group of 69 allogenic kidney tran...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Szubińska-Lelonkiewicz D,Osiak M,Wychowański P,Siewert-Gutowska M,Fiedor P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is considerable controversy over the benefits of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blockade in renal transplant recipients (RTRs). The aim of the study was to research the effects of RAS blockade on allograft and patient outcome. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of the effects of RAS blockade on allograf...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Zakrzewska A,Tylicki L,Debska-Slizien A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New-onset diabetes mellitus (NODAT) is a severe complication after kidney transplantation. It is associated with increased risk of graft failure, cardiovascular disease, mortality and infections. METHODS:We retrospectively (partially using the registry database) analyzed risk factors and clinical consequenc...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Bzoma B,Konopa J,Chamienia A,Łukiański M,Kobiela J,Śledziński Z,Dębska-Ślizień A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After kidney transplantation (KTx), donor- and recipient-dependent factors, as well as the immunosuppression protocol, may have an impact long-term graft function. The aim of this retrospective study was to identify and describe recipients from a single center who had their transplanted kidney survive for mo...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Karcz M,Kusztal M,Boratyńska M,Klinger M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze results of transplantation of kidneys procured from donors after brain death aged 60 years and older (hereafter denoted by "≥60") compared to kidneys procured from donors after brain death aged 40-59 years (hereafter denoted by "40-59") in medium-term follow-up period, and to assess factors that af...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Franczyk S,Skrabaka D,Jędrusik E,Ziaja J,Kolonko A,Świder R,Sekta S,Czerwiński J,Owczarek AJ,Durlik M,Więcek A,Cierpka L,Król R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:An increased risk of skin cancer is particularly important in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (HD), who are potential transplant recipients. In transplant recipients who are exposed to immunosuppressive therapy, neoplastic skin disease my take a more aggressive course. Increased exposure to ph...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Ankudowicz A,Król E,Dębska-Ślizień A,Czernych R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increase in the prevalence of end-stage renal disease in developed countries and the shortage of deceased donors have made it necessary to increase the graft pool by means of several strategies, such as living donation, non-heart-beating organ donors, and expanded-criteria donors. This study aimed to ass...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Wang X,Zhang X,Men T,Wang Y,Gao H,Meng Y,Wang J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild hypothermia is known to be protected against ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury. But the exact mechanisms of protection have not yet been fully understood and its usage has been limited. Mild hypothermia pretreatment (MHP) is used to investigate the mechanisms of the protective effects against liver IR in...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Wang W,Xiao Q,Hu XY,Liu ZZ,Zhang XJ,Xia ZP,Ye QF,Niu Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) after liver transplant (LT) has increased. The actual benefit of kidney transplantation (KT) is not completely understood in LT recipients with ESRD. METHODS:We analyzed Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data for all KT candidates with prior LT from...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Yunhua T,Qiang Z,Lipeng J,Shanzhou H,Zebin Z,Fei J,Zhiheng Z,Linhe W,Weiqiang J,Dongping W,Zhiyong G,Xiaoshun H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Computed tomography (CT) is considered the gold standard method for the diagnosis and characterization of sarcopenia. The aim of the present study was to determine the correlation between the volume of psoas muscle measured using CT and the measurement of muscle mass with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Yanishi M,Kinoshita H,Tsukaguchi H,Kimura Y,Koito Y,Jino E,Watanabe M,Sugi M,Matsuda T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:After significant improvement of the family consent rate to organ donation (OD) in recent years, owing to an increase in cultural activities and social awareness, a plateau has been reached. This study was performed to detect the causes for this plateau. METHODS:We reviewed exact causes of family refusal ...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Mojtabaee M,Ghorbani F,Mohsenzadeh M,Beigee FS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a rare condition that generally affects immunosuppressed patients. The mortality of IA is known to be >90% in liver transplantation (LT) recipients; the lung is the most commonly affected organ, followed by the brain. There have been reports in the literature of cerebral asperg...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Lee JS,Kim SH,Kwon JH,Yoon YC

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection by Nocardia species is an uncommon cause of severe clinical syndromes, particularly in immunocompromised patients, and solid-organ transplantation is the most common underlying condition. The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) has been described thus far in lung and st...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Melexopoulou C,Pavlopoulou ID,Zormpala A,Daikos GL,Boletis JN,Marinaki S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, pancreas transplantation has been a promising strategy to restore long-term normoglycemia as well as to improve life quality for patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DM). However, the discrepancy between the number of organs needed and the number donated for transplantation is always...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Chan KM,Cheng CH,Wu TH,Lee CF,Wu TJ,Chou HS,Lee WC

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With increasing graft survival, post-transplant immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) has emerged as an important cause of chronic graft dysfunction in renal allograft recipients. We studied the clinico-pathological features of post-transplant IgAN regardless of the primary disease. The aim was to study the us...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Agrawal V,Singh A,Kaul A,Verma R,Jain M,Pandey R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We analyzed incidence and profile of infections in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in Polish pediatric HSCT departments, over a 2-year period. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Hospital records of 67 patients, who underwent allogeneic HSCT for A...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Zaucha-Prażmo A,Kowalczyk JR,Drabko K,Czyżewski K,Goździk J,Zając-Spychała O,Wachowiak J,Frączkiewicz J,Gorczyńska E,Kałwak K,Styczyński J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thromboelastography (TEG) has been used perioperatively during liver transplantation (LT) to provide a real-time global hemostasis assessment for targeted blood product replacement. We aimed to analyze the relationship between post-LT TEG results and outcomes. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed patients un...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Trautman CL,Palmer WC,Taner CB,Canabal JM,Getz T,Goldman A,Heckman MG,Diehl NN,Lee DD,Stancampiano FF

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Previous studies of the safety of renal autotransplantation (RAT) have been limited by a lack of evidence. Because of the influence of the opposite kidney, it is difficult to evaluate actual renal function. This study evaluated the actual results of RAT by collecting only cases involving a solitary kidney....

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Gwon JG,Kim YH,Han DJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several adjustments occur after nephrectomy (NT) in the donor's remnant kidney. We investigated kidney donors 10 years after NT and compared several parameters before and after transplantation. METHODS:A total of 42 kidney donors of the University of Luebeck's Transplant Center were scheduled for a 10-year f...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Meier M,Winterhoff J,Fricke L,Lehnert H,Nitschke M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of post-transplantation erythrocytosis (PTE) is not well understood and appears to be multifactorial. Our hypothesis in this study was that several factors, including toxicity of calcineurin inhibitor, immunologic factors, and chronic allograft nephropathy, can trigger local tissue hypoxia i...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Unal A,Ata S,Karakurkcu C,Ciraci MZ,Kocyigit I,Sipahioglu MH,B Tokgoz,Oymak O

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of liver transplant recipients who became pregnant after transplantation. METHODS:The clinical data of all patients who underwent liver transplantation between January 2007 and December 2016 in our liver transplantation institute were reviewed. The following...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Baskiran A,Karakas S,Ince V,Kement M,Ozdemir F,Ozsay O,Kutluturk K,Ersan V,Koc C,Barut B,Yilmaz S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The abdominal wall may be severely compromised in the vast majority of intestinal and multiorgan transplant candidates, and sometimes as a consequence of complex liver transplantation. Multiple options have been described to overcome this problem, varying from component separation to the extreme need of perf...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Farinelli PA,Rubio JS,Padín JM,Rumbo C,Solar H,Ramisch D,Gondolesi GE

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conversion to belatacept at a later point after kidney transplantation (KT) as a rescue therapy has been shown to be beneficiary in an increasing number of patients, but prognostic factors for a favorable outcome have never been investigated. METHODS:The present study analyzed all KT patients after late con...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Dürr M,Lachmann N,Zukunft B,Schmidt D,Budde K,Brakemeier S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health professionals can affect attitudes toward organ donation in society; therefore, priority should be given to exploration of attitudes of nursing students as important prospective members of the health profession. The goal of this study was to assess nursing students' attitudes and volunteerism toward o...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Akpınar Söylemez B,Ordin YS

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For patients with end-stage heart failure, heart transplantation remains one of the most successful therapies with excellent long-term survival rates. However, over the past few decades, there has been a worsening supply/demand mismatch given the rising epidemic of heart failure and the relatively fixed availability o...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Doctorian T,Narasimha D,Stoletniy L,Sakr A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When there is an anatomic anomaly in the biliary tract of the donor for living-donor liver transplantation, the risk of postoperative biliary tract complications increases in both the donor and the recipient. We studied a case of living-donor liver transplantation with a left hepatic lobe graft that had anatomic anoma...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Wakasa Y,Kudo D,Ishido K,Kimura N,Wakiya T,Mitsuhashi Y,Hakamada K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In renal transplant recipients, delayed graft function and accompanying renal impairment may lead to therapeutic underexposure of valganciclovir. We describe a case of a cytomegalovirus (CMV)-seronegative kidney transplant recipient from a CMV-seropositive donor, whose course was complicated during valganciclovir prop...

journal_title：Transplantation proceedings

authors： Echenique IA,Beltran D,Ramirez-Ruiz L,Najafian N,Agrawal N

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00