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Split liver transplantation for two adult recipients: an initial experienceA Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, USA
Am J Transplant 1:366-72. 2001..In conclusion, split liver transplantation, using 1 cadaver liver for 2 adult recipients, can be performed successfully. Crucial to success is proper donor and recipient selection...- Living donor and split-liver transplants in hepatitis C recipients: does liver regeneration increase the risk for recurrence?Abhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
Am J Transplant 5:399-405. 2005..96; LD, 0.22 and DD split, 0.60 (p = 0.07 for LD versus WL). Liver regeneration does not seem to affect hepatitis C recurrence as much, perhaps, as factors such as DD status, donor age and cold ischemic time... - A comparison of surgical outcomes and quality of life surveys in right lobe vs. left lateral segment liver donorsAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Am J Transplant 5:805-9. 2005..Mean time off work was 61.0 days for RL donors and 32.4 days for LLS donors (p = 0.004). RL donation is associated with greater operative stress for donors, but not necessarily with a more complicated recovery or differences in QOL... - Technique of split-liver transplant for two adult recipientsAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Liver Transpl 8:725-9. 2002 - Chronic rejection: the next major challenge for pancreas transplant recipientsAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Transplantation 76:918-23. 2003..As long-term graft survival rates have improved, an increasing number of grafts are being lost to chronic rejection (CR). We studied the incidence of CR and identified risk factors... - Pancreas after kidney transplantsA Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, MMC 195, 420 Delaware St S E, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Am J Surg 182:155-61. 2001..The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes with simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) versus pancreas after kidney (PAK) transplants to determine advantages and disadvantages of the two procedures... - Regionwide sharing for status 1 liver patients--beneficial impact on waiting time and pre- and posttransplant survivalAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Liver Transpl 10:661-5. 2004..They have a significantly lower risk of dying while waiting for a transplant and undergo one in a much shorter period of time... - Hemolytic uremic syndrome in small-bowel transplant recipients: the first two case reportsA Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Delaware St S E, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Transpl Int 12:387-90. 1999..When caring for small-bowel transplant recipients, physicians must be alert to the possibility of HUS and its various presentations... - Immunologic factors: the major risk for decreased long-term renal allograft survivalA Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Transplantation 68:1842-6. 1999..Both antigen-dependent (immunologic) and non-antigen-dependent (nonimmunologic) factors have been implicated in long-term renal allograft loss. Differentiating between these two factors is important because prevention strategies differ... - 2,500 living donor kidney transplants: a single-center experienceA J Matas
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Ann Surg 234:149-64. 2001..To review a single center's experience and outcome with living donor transplants... - Steroid minimization in liver transplant recipients: impact on hepatitis C recurrence and post-transplant diabetesAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Clin Transplant 21:526-31. 2007..Steroid minimization regimens have become increasingly popular for kidney transplant recipients. We studied outcomes for liver transplant recipients with a regimen using rapid discontinuation of prednisone (RDP)... - Lessons learned from more than 1,000 pancreas transplants at a single institutionD E Sutherland
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Ann Surg 233:463-501. 2001..To determine outcome in diabetic pancreas transplant recipients according to risk factors and the surgical techniques and immunosuppressive protocols that evolved during a 33-year period at a single institution... - Rapid discontinuation of steroids in living donor kidney transplantation: a pilot studyA J Matas
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Am J Transplant 1:278-83. 2001..Future studies will need to be done to assess AR rates with an RDS protocol in cadaver transplant recipients and in recipients with delayed graft function... - Pancreas after kidney transplants in posturemic patients with type I diabetes mellitusA C Gruessner
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
J Am Soc Nephrol 12:2490-9. 2001..PAK recipients now enjoy >80% graft survival at 1 yr. This improvement in outcome results from better immunosuppression, good matching, and close posttransplant monitoring for rejection... - 2202 kidney transplant recipients with 10 years of graft function: what happens next?A J Matas
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Am J Transplant 8:2410-9. 2008..We conclude that long-term transplant recipients have a high rate of morbidity and early mortality. As short-term results have improved, more focus is needed on long-term outcome... - Selective retransplant after graft loss to nonadherence: success with a second chanceT B Dunn
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Am J Transplant 9:1337-46. 2009..With careful patient selection and aggressive intervention, prior overt NA should not be an absolute contraindication to retransplantation... - Outcome of other organs recovered during in situ split-liver procurementsT Ramcharan
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Liver Transpl 7:853-7. 2001..2 mg/dL. Despite increased surgical time and blood loss, in situ splitting of liver grafts can be accomplished in stable donors without significant negative effects on other organs... - Kidney transplantation in young children: should there be a minimum age?A Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, MMC 195, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Pediatr Nephrol 16:941-5. 2001..Kidney transplant results in very young children can be comparable to those in older children. There need be no minimum age for performing a kidney transplant. The timing of the transplant should not be based on age or size alone... - Kidney and pancreas transplantation without a crossmatch in select circumstances--it can be doneA J Matas
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Clin Transplant 15:236-9. 2001..Elimination of the screening XM for 0% PRA candidates saves money. Proceeding of the OR (if available) without a final XM shortens cold ischemia time... - Outcome at 3 years with a prednisone-free maintenance regimen: a single-center experience with 349 kidney transplant recipientsKhalid Khwaja
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Am J Transplant 4:980-7. 2004..Currently, 84% of recipients remain prednisone-free. We conclude that excellent 3-year patient and graft survival can be achieved without maintenance prednisone. With such a protocol, steroid-related side-effects are minimal... - Are wound complications after a kidney transplant more common with modern immunosuppression?A Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, MMC 195, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Transplantation 72:1920-3. 2001..However, in kidney recipients, use of MMF (vs. azathioprine) is an additional risk factor -one that potentially could be altered, especially in high-risk recipients... - Anti-CD25 antibody (daclizumab) maintenance therapy in pancreas transplantationV A Kirchner
Schulze Diabetes Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Transplant Proc 42:2003-5. 2010..We performed a retrospective analysis of 25 PT patients with progressive CNI toxicities that were switched to a daclizumab (DAC)-based maintenance regimen... - Steroid avoidance regimens: a comparison of outcomes with maintenance steroids versus continued steroid avoidance in recipients having an acute rejection episodeA Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Am J Transplant 7:1948-53. 2007..1, p = 0.07). At present there is evidence to suggest that some SA patients should start on maintenance steroids after AR. However, longer follow-up with more patients is necessary... - Orthotopic placement of a segmental pancreas graft for transplant: a case reportR Garcia-Roca
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Clin Transplant 24:424-8. 2010.... - Pancreas transplantation: indications, clinical management, and outcomesJ P Leone
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Front Biosci 2:e34-40. 1997..With new developments in immunosuppression and islet transplantation, diabetic patients of the future may be offered the option of a procedure with reduced risks, less morbidity, and improved long-term cure rates... - Kidney retransplants after initial graft loss to vascular thrombosisA Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Clin Transplant 15:6-10. 2001..Recipients with an identified disorder should undergo prophylaxis at the time of the retransplant. Results in these retransplant recipients are equivalent to those seen in primary transplant recipients... - Graft weight/recipient weight ratio: how well does it predict outcome after partial liver transplants?Mark J Hill
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Liver Transpl 15:1056-62. 2009..In conclusion, GW/RW did not appear to be the only determinant of outcome after partial liver transplantation. Using techniques such as inflow modification may help to prevent some of the problems seen with smaller grafts... - Living liver donor surgery: report of initial anesthesia experienceD S Beebe
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Clin Anesth 12:157-61. 2000..Patients were discharged home in 6.9 +/- 1.3 days (range 5 to 9 days). Living-related liver resection can be performed with noninvasive monitoring and without the need for heterologous blood products... - Mycobacterial infections after kidney transplantT Jie
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Transplant Proc 37:937-9. 2005..With mean follow-up of 12.5 years since transplant and 9.2 years since infection, 13 of the recipients are alive and well; causes of death included cardiovascular (n = 3) and sepsis (n = 2)... - Peri-operative cardiac morbidity in kidney transplant recipients: incidence and risk factorsA Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Clin Transplant 15:154-8. 2001..Such patients require aggressive pre-operative investigations, which may include coronary angiography, to decrease the risk of post-transplant complications... - Pancreas after living donor kidney transplants in diabetic patients: impact on long-term kidney graft functionFrancois Kleinclauss
Department of Surgery, Division of Renal Disease and Hypertension, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Clin Transplant 23:437-46. 2009..We conclude that the subsequent transplant of a pancreas after an LD kidney transplant does not adversely affect patient or kidney graft survival rates; in fact, it is associated with better long-term kidney graft function... - Late anastomotic leaks in pancreas transplant recipients - clinical characteristics and predisposing factorsDilip S Nath
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Clin Transplant 19:220-4. 2005..For two-thirds of our stable recipients with bladder-drained grafts, non-operative treatment of the leak was successful... - Fungal infections in transplant recipients receiving alemtuzumabD S Nath
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Transplant Proc 37:934-6. 2005..It would be important to determine what the most appropriate prophylaxis regimen would be for these patients... - Risk factors for rising creatinine in renal allografts with 1 and 3 yr survivalSteven Paraskevas
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Clin Transplant 20:667-72. 2006..CONCLUSION: Optimization of allograft function invokes a conundrum between the needs to avoid both AR and high early CsA levels. We support a policy of carefully balancing these two risks... - Stable kidney function in the second decade after kidney transplantation while on cyclosporine-based immunosuppressionRaja Kandaswamy
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Transplantation 83:722-6. 2007..However, in some recipients, the adverse effects of CNIs contribute to chronic allograft nephropathy and death with function--the two leading causes of late graft loss. Other recipients maintain stable graft function... - What happens to the kidney in an SPK transplant when the pancreas fails due to a technical complication?Mark Hill
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Clin Transplant 22:456-61. 2008..Multivariate analysis showed technical failure of the pancreas to be the most significant risk factor for kidney graft loss (HR = 2.08, p = 0.006)... - Do graft type or donor source affect acute rejection rates after liver transplant: a multivariate analysisThanh H K Nguyen
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Clin Transplant 22:624-9. 2008..whole) nor donor source (LD vs. DD) seemed to have an impact on the risk for AR. The only factor that was associated with an increased risk for AR was not using induction therapy... - Predicting long-term kidney graft survival: can new trials be performed?Steven Paraskevas
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Transplantation 75:1256-9. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Twelve-month Cr level is an accurate surrogate for long-term outcome. The use of a combined endpoint (graft loss and 12-month Cr level) allows trials to be performed without exorbitant numbers... - Kidney transplants for children under 1 year of age - a single-center experienceKhalid Khwaja
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Pediatr Transplant 7:163-7. 2003..We concluded that an early transplant is the best treatment option for infants under 1 yr old with chronic renal failure. Whenever possible, adult living kidney donors should be used... - Risk factors for slow graft function after kidney transplants: a multivariate analysisA Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, USA
Clin Transplant 16:425-9. 2002..recipients with IGF. The aim of our current study was to determine risk factors for SGF, which have not been well defined (in contrast to risk factors for DGF)... - Can we maintain immunosuppression avoiding nephrotoxic agents in pancreas transplantation?R Kandaswamy
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 65455, USA
Transplant Proc 40:516-7. 2008 - Surgical complications after kidney transplantationAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Semin Dial 18:505-10. 2005..Examples include wound infection, renal artery or vein thrombosis, and urine leak. Most of these complications will require surgical or radiologic intervention for appropriate management... - Graft loss from recurrent glomerulonephritis is not increased with a rapid steroid discontinuation protocolHassan Ibrahim
Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Transplantation 81:214-9. 2006..The risk of recurrence of glomerulonephritis in kidney transplant recipients on a steroid-free maintenance immunosuppression protocol is unknown... - Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder in pancreas transplantation: a single-center experienceSteven Paraskevas
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, USA
Transplantation 80:613-22. 2005..These heavily immunosuppressed patients, who often face multiple transplants, may be at greater risk; CMV infection may play an antecedent role... - Pancreas transplantation in crossmatch-positive recipientsKhalid Khwaja
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Clin Transplant 17:242-8. 2003..Chronic rejection was only seen in B-cell crossmatch-positive cases. (iii) High rates of technical graft loss in crossmatch-positive cases may reflect a high frequency of retransplants in this group... - Posttransplant diabetes mellitus and acute rejection: impact on kidney transplant outcomeArthur J Matas
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Transplantation 85:338-43. 2008..The benefits (e.g., low acute rejection [AR] rate) vs. the long-term risk of each immunosuppressive protocol may determine the protocol's value... - Five preventable causes of kidney graft loss in the 1990s: a single-center analysisArthur J Matas
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Kidney Int 62:704-14. 2002..Despite improvements in immunosuppressive protocols and patient care, kidney allografts continue to fail. We studied causes of graft loss for primary kidney transplants in the 1990s to determine major causes and potential interventions... - Calcineurin inhibitor- and steroid-free immunosuppression in pancreas-kidney and solitary pancreas transplantationRainer W G Gruessner
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Transplantation 79:1184-9. 2005..The authors present a novel strategy for posttransplant immunosuppression that combines a depleting antibody with an antimetabolite, avoiding calcineurin inhibitors and steroids... - Whole liver versus split liver versus living donor in the adult recipient: an analysis of outcomes by graft typeAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Transplantation 85:1420-4. 2008..We studied patient and graft survival rates in adult liver transplant recipients, analyzing outcomes based on donor source (deceased donor [DD] vs. living donor [LD]) and graft type (whole liver vs. partial liver)... - Kidney transplant half-life (t[1/2]) after rapid discontinuation of prednisoneArthur J Matas
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Transplantation 87:100-2. 2009..Our study suggests that long-term graft outcome is not decreased when using RDP protocols versus chronic maintenance prednisone... - Delayed splenic artery occlusion for treatment of established small-for-size syndrome after partial liver transplantationAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Liver Transpl 15:163-8. 2009..Delayed SAO represents a potential option for the treatment of recipients with established SFSS after partial liver transplantation... - Prednisone-free maintenance immunosuppression-a 5-year experienceArthur J Matas
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Am J Transplant 5:2473-8. 2005..001), and fractures (p = 0.004). We conclude that prednisone-related side effects can be minimized in a protocol incorporating prednisone-free maintenance immunosuppression. Five-year graft outcome remains good... - A prospective randomized trial of steroid-free maintenance regimens in kidney transplant recipients--an interim analysisRaja Kandaswamy
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Am J Transplant 5:1529-36. 2005..02); we found no other differences between groups in complication rates. Our data suggest that excellent patient and graft survival and low rejection rates can be obtained using a variety of maintenance protocols without prednisone... - Donor and recipient outcomes after adult living donor liver transplantationAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Liver Transpl 9:S42-4. 2003 - Technical failures after pancreas transplants: why grafts fail and the risk factors--a multivariate analysisAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Transplantation 78:1188-92. 2004..We performed a multivariate analysis to determine causes and risk factors for TF of pancreas grafts... - Long-term immunosuppression, without maintenance prednisone, after kidney transplantationArthur J Matas
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Ann Surg 240:510-6; discussion 516-7. 2004..Concern exists that prednisone-free maintenance immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients will increase acute and/or chronic rejection... - Biliary stricture in living-related donor liver transplantation: management with balloon dilationSarah Jane Schwarzenberg
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Pediatr Transplant 6:132-5. 2002..We suggest a high index of suspicion of biliary stricture in the LRD LTx population. Biliary dilation reduces the risk of life-threatening sepsis... - The impact of donor obesity on outcomes after cadaver pancreas transplantsAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Am J Transplant 4:605-10. 2004..Technically successful transplants using obese donors results in good graft function at 1 and 3 years posttransplant... - Liver regeneration after adult living donor and deceased donor split-liver transplantsAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Liver Transpl 10:374-8. 2004..52-fold). In conclusion, liver regeneration, as measured by CT volume, seems to be greatest in SLT recipients. LD recipients seem to have greater liver growth than their donors. The reason for this remains unclear... - Split-liver transplants for two adult recipients: technique of preservation of the vena cava with the right lobe graftAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Liver Transpl 10:153-5. 2004 - Graft and quality of life outcomes in older recipients of a kidney transplantAbhinav Humar
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Exp Clin Transplant 1:69-72. 2003..We looked at outcomes, both medical and psychosocial, in a group of older (> or =65 years) kidney transplant recipients and compared the results to a group of younger recipients (18 to 64 years)... - Why study kidney transplant risk factors?Arthur J Matas
Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Transplantation 75:266-7. 2003 - Rapid discontinuation of prednisone in higher-risk kidney transplant recipientsKhalid Khwaja
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, MN 55455, USA
Transplantation 78:1397-9. 2004..Our data suggests that such recipients should not be excluded from prednisone-minimization protocols... - Successful liver transplantation in a patient with severe haemophilia A and a high-titre factor VIII inhibitorA A Ashrani
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Haemophilia 10:735-7. 2004..This case illustrates the technical feasibility of OLT in some patients with high-titre inhibitors to FVIII, and suggests that immune tolerance may be induced by endogenously produced FVIII from the transplanted organ... - Postoperative severe microangiopathic hemolytic anemia associated with a giant hepatic cavernous hemangiomaKaysie L Banton
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 9:679-85. 2005..The systematic evaluation of hemolytic processes in the postoperative patient is described. Surgeons should be aware of the potential for hemolytic complications after major surgery when giant hepatic hemangiomas are present... - Risk factors and impact of delayed graft function after pancreas transplantsMiguel Tan
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, MN, USA
Am J Transplant 4:758-62. 2004..07). For PAK and PTA recipients, no difference was noted. Acute rejection rates were somewhat higher in recipients with DGF, but this did not reach statistical significance... - Outcomes of pancreas transplants for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitusDilip S Nath
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Clin Transplant 19:792-7. 2005..All 16 (94%) of our recipients whose transplant was technically successful were rendered euglycemic. Long-term results were comparable with those seen in transplant recipients with type 1 DM... - Beta-cell replacement therapy (pancreas and islet transplantation) for treatment of diabetes mellitus: an integrated approachD E R Sutherland
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Transplant Proc 36:1697-9. 2004 - Living related liver transplantation for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma in a normal liverDonavon Hess
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Clin Transplant 16:240-2. 2002..After resection of the index lesion and, later, of a remote recurrent lesion, a living donor liver transplant was offered. The natural history of this lesion and the management of transplantation in this setting are discussed... - Surgical challenges in transplantation: the Fourth Annual American Society of Transplant Surgeons' State-of-the-Art Winter SymposiumSandy Feng
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of California San Francisco, USA
Am J Transplant 5:428-35. 2005 - Kidney transplantation in infants and small childrenBlanche Chavers
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Pediatr Transplant 11:702-8. 2007..The latter allows for minimizing the negative impact of uremia on physical and neurologic development in infants... - Hepatitis B prophylaxis post-liver transplant without maintenance hepatitis B immunoglobulin therapyDilip S Nath
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, 55455, USA
Clin Transplant 20:206-10. 2006..CONCLUSION: Longer follow-up is needed, but this regimen may represent an alternative to chronic HBIG maintenance therapy... - Laparoscopic stapled left lateral segment liver resection--technique and resultsBradley C Linden
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 7:777-82. 2003..Such patients benefit from the minimally invasive approach, with no compromise in the surgical result as compared to the open approach... - Risk factors and treatment success for ureteral obstruction after pediatric renal transplantationKenneth M Smith
Department of Urologic Surgery, Pediatric Division, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
J Urol 183:317-22. 2010..We describe a single center experience with pediatric transplant recipients in an effort to discern risk factors and treatment efficacy... - Kidney and pancreas transplantationRobert S Gaston
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Am J Transplant 3:64-77. 2003 - Successful re-use of liver allografts: three case reports and a review of the UNOS databaseJorge Ortiz
Division of Transplantation Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center
Am J Transplant 5:189-92. 2005..We queried the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database for similar cases, and found 11 such cases, which we briefly describe herein... - Technical failure of the pancreas after SPK transplant: are these patients good candidates for later pancreas retransplant?Shen Nien Wang
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Clin Transplant 22:50-4. 2008..In conclusion, pancreas retransplant is a viable option for SPK recipients experiencing early technical failure of the pancreas graft. These recipients are not at higher immunologic risk vs. primary PAK recipients... - Do inherited hypercoagulable states play a role in thrombotic events affecting kidney/pancreas transplant recipients?Horacio E Adrogue
Department of Medicine, O Brien Kidney Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
Clin Transplant 21:32-7. 2007..Pancreas graft thrombosis remains the leading non-immunologic cause of graft loss after pancreas transplantation. We studied the role of hypercoagulable states (HCS) in pancreas graft thrombosis (pthx)... - A randomized trial of ganciclovir versus ganciclovir plus immune globulin for prophylaxis against Epstein-Barr virus related posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorderAtul Humar
Transplant Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto, and University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2N2
Transplantation 81:856-61. 2006..We performed a multi-center trial assessing two different antiviral regimens and their effect on EBV replication... - Radiofrequency ablation causes 'thermal fixation' of hepatocellular carcinoma: a post-liver transplant histopathologic studyJames E Coad
Department of Pathology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26508, USA
Clin Transplant 17:377-84. 2003..Thus, RFA can produce immediate and complete thermal fixation of select lesions with an appropriate liver margin and can provide a satisfactory treatment option for select HCC patients before a liver transplant...