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Single-port donor nephrectomy provides improved patient satisfaction and equivalent outcomesRolf N Barth
Division of Transplantation, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Ann Surg 257:527-33. 2013..We changed our approach to single-port donor nephrectomy in 2009 and have compared outcomes with traditional multiple-port laparoscopic donor nephrectomy...
Vascularized bone marrow-based immunosuppression inhibits rejection of vascularized composite allografts in nonhuman primatesR N Barth
Division of Transplantation, Program for Comparative Medicine Department of Pathology Immunogenetics Laboratory, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Transplant 11:1407-16. 2011..These data support an immunomodulatory role of VBM in VCA that reduces immunosuppressive requirements while providing improved outcomes...
Antibody-mediated rejection of renal allograft in combined liver-kidney transplantRolf N Barth
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Clin Transplant 24:685-90. 2010..This result demonstrates the potential for AMR of the renal allograft in sensitized recipients of CLKT...
Prolonged survival of composite facial allografts in non-human primates associated with posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorderRolf N Barth
Division of Transplantation, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Transplantation 88:1242-50. 2009..We developed a non-human primate facial composite tissue allotransplantation model to investigate strategies to achieve prolonged graft survival and immunologic responses unique to these allografts...
Total face, double jaw, and tongue transplantation: an evolutionary conceptAmir H Dorafshar
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 131:241-51. 2013..However, despite significant surgical advances and multiple surgical procedures, the ultimate outcome continues to reveal an inanimate, insensate, and suboptimal aesthetic result...
Infrared fluorescence imaging of lymphatic regeneration in nonhuman primate facial vascularized composite allograftsGerhard S Mundinger
Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Maxillofacial Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Ann Plast Surg 68:314-9. 2012..We investigated lymphatic donor-recipient reconstitution and lymphatic regeneration in a nonhuman primate facial VCA model...
Pancreas transplant alone as an independent risk factor for the development of renal failure: a retrospective studyJoseph R Scalea
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Transplantation 86:1789-94. 2008..Pancreas transplant alone (PTA) is a controversial procedure. Without clearly demonstrated patient survival, recipients report improved quality of life. Nephrotoxic immunosuppression (IS) may exacerbate diabetic renal injury post-PTA...
Facial subunit composite tissue allografts in nonhuman primates: I. Technical and immunosuppressive requirements for prolonged graft survivalRolf N Barth
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 123:493-501. 2009..The authors have developed a nonhuman primate composite tissue allotransplantation model that demonstrated reliable and long-term success necessary to progress to preclinical studies...
Nonhuman primate model of fibula vascularized composite tissue allotransplantation demonstrates donor-recipient bony unionGerhard S Mundinger
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, MD, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 128:1193-204. 2011..The authors developed a fibular vascularized composite tissue allotransplantation model in nonhuman primates to investigate healing and rejection patterns of bone and associated tissues...
Deceased-donor renal transplantation in the geriatric population demonstrates equal graft survival compared with younger recipientsAlp Sener
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Transplantation 87:1549-54. 2009..Renal transplantation (RTx) in the geriatric population (age >65 years) accounts for 14% of all RTx performed nationally in 2007...
Ureteral stents are associated with reduced risk of ureteral complications after kidney transplantation: a large single center experienceSameh A Fayek
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Transplantation 93:304-8. 2012..Controversy exists regarding the benefit of ureteral stents in kidney transplantation. We aimed to examine the association of stents with risk of ureteral complications, particularly in relationship with donor type...
Valganciclovir is an effective prophylaxis for cytomegalovirus disease in liver transplant recipientsSameh Adel Fayek
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
HPB (Oxford) 12:657-63. 2010..This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of VGCV in CMV prophylaxis in OLT recipients...
Nasogastric decompression is not necessary after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantationRolf N Barth
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Ann Surg 247:350-6. 2008..To determine whether eliminating routine nasogastric (NG) decompression after simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation would reduce hospital length of stay without any increase in complications...
Outcomes at 3 years of a prospective pilot study of Campath-1H and sirolimus immunosuppression for renal transplantationRolf N Barth
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, 53792-7375, USA
Transpl Int 19:885-92. 2006..Because of the higher incidence of early rejection, we recommend a modified strategy of immunosuppression including a brief course of a calcineurin inhibitor...
Total face, double jaw, and tongue transplant research procurement: an educational modelBranko Bojovic
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 130:824-34. 2012..Although cadaveric dissections are an essential preparatory exercise, they cannot simulate the true clinical experience of facial vascularized composite allograft recovery...
The innate immune response and activation of coagulation in alpha1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout xenograft recipientsMohamed Ezzelarab
Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Transplantation 87:805-12. 2009..The role of the innate immune system in the development of thrombotic microangiopathy (TM) after alpha1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout (GTKO) pig organ transplantation in primates is uncertain...
