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To Pump or Not to Pump: A Comparison of Machine Perfusion vs Cold Storage for Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
To Pump or Not to Pump: A Comparison of Machine Perfusion vs Cold Storage for Deceased Donor Kidney TransplantationJuly 07, 2020Cannon et al. performed a retrospective analysis of the UNOS database from January 2005 to March of 2011, which included 52,052 kidney...
Machine Perfusion versus Cold Storage for Preservation of Kidneys from Expanded Criteria Donors after Brain Death
Machine Perfusion versus Cold Storage for Preservation of Kidneys from Expanded Criteria Donors after Brain DeathJune 02, 2020In an article based on the expanded criteria donor (ECD) subset from the machine perfusion trial, Treckmann et al. analyzed 91 donors where...
Machine Perfusion Decreases Delayed Graft Function in Donor Grafts With High Kidney Donor Profile Index
Machine Perfusion Decreases Delayed Graft Function in Donor Grafts With High Kidney Donor Profile IndexMay 22, 2020In the era of KDPI, Montenovo et al. sought to assess the impact of the use of machine perfusion (MP) on the incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) in...
Improved post-transplant resistive indices and long-term function in DCD kidneys preserved by HMP
Improved post-transplant resistive indices and long-term function in DCD kidneys preserved by HMPMay 05, 2020A single-center paired kidney study by Dion et al. where 15 kidneys were randomly assigned to the cold storage group and the contralateral kidney was assigned...
Diagnosing the Decades-Long Rise in the Deceased Donor Kidney Discard Rate in the United States
Diagnosing the Decades-Long Rise in the Deceased Donor Kidney Discard Rate in the United StatesApril 24, 2020Stewart et al. wanted to examine why there has been a steady increase in the percent of discarded kidneys from 5.1% in 1988 to 19.2% by 2009 where it leveled...
HMP provides safe and reliable preservation of “orphan” livers
HMP provides safe and reliable preservation of “orphan” liversApril 07, 2020In a study of 31 adult ECD livers that were declined by the originating UNOS region, Guarrera et al sought to determine whether the use of HMP could reduce the incidence and clinical impact of...
Canadian Transplant Summit
Canadian Transplant SummitMarch 23, 2020September 22, 2020 to September 26, 2020 Fairmont Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0Y3 The vision of the Canadian Transplant Summit is to connect members of the Canadian Society of Transplantation with...
The Transplantation Society International Congress
The Transplantation Society International CongressMarch 17, 2020September 12, 2020 to September 16, 2020 COEX Convention and Exhibition Center513, Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-guSeoul 06164 Republic of Korea The focus of the TTS congress is to share knowledge and learn...
NATCO Annual Meeting
NATCO Annual MeetingMarch 17, 2020August 4, 2020 to August 7, 2020 Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center 2345 McGee StKansas City, MO 64108 The focus for the NATCO Annual Meeting is working together towards improved donation and transplant outcomes through shared...
AOPO Annual Meeting
AOPO Annual MeetingMarch 17, 2020June 23, 2020 to June 25, 2020 Now a Virtual Event!The AOPO Annual Meeting brings together attendees and exhibitors under one roof to share ideas, create connections, and educate the donation and transplant community. Annual Meeting...
Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage in Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation
Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage in Deceased-Donor Kidney TransplantationFebruary 19, 2020In 2009, Moers et al. published the largest ever randomized controlled trial comparing paired kidneys that were either subjected to hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) or cold...
American Transplant Congress
American Transplant CongressNovember 12, 2019May 30, 2020 to June 3, 2020 Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC)1101 Arch StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19107 The American Transplant Congress is the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and...
In Conversation with Kevin O’Connor, President and Chief Executive, LifeCenter Northwest
In Conversation with Kevin O’Connor, President and Chief Executive, LifeCenter NorthwestJune 25, 2015In Conversation with Kevin O’Connor, President and Chief Executive, LifeCenter Northwest Please give us the key facts about the population you serve at LifeCenter...
In Conversation with Jeff Orlowski, President and Chief Executive of LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma
In Conversation with Jeff Orlowski, President and Chief Executive of LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of OklahomaApril 16, 2015In conversation with Jeff Orlowski, President and Chief Executive of LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma Please give us the...
The Promise of Hypothermic Machine Perfusion for Liver Allografts
The Promise of Hypothermic Machine Perfusion for Liver AllograftsNovember 20, 2014As the gap between the supply and demand of available liver allografts for transplant continues to grow, technologies in place for organ preservation and organ resuscitation ahead of...
1-Year Kidney Transplant Outcomes Superior with Pressure-Driven Machine Perfusion
1-Year Kidney Transplant Outcomes Superior with Pressure-Driven Machine PerfusionMarch 04, 2014A team from Warsaw Medical University, Poland, has reported results from a prospective, randomized, trial comparing Organ Recovery System’s LifePort®, a pressure driven (PD)...
Benefits of Hypothermia in Organ Preservation
Benefits of Hypothermia in Organ PreservationMarch 04, 2014Michael J. Taylor Ph.D F.Soc Cryobiol.Vice President R&D, Cell and Tissues Systems, N. Charleston, SC, USA and Adjunct Professor, Mech Engineering. Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA. It is...
Hypothermic Machine Perfusion — Cost-Effective Compared with Cold Storage
Hypothermic Machine Perfusion — Cost-Effective Compared with Cold StorageAugust 27, 2013An abstract presented at the American Transplant Congress (ATC) in May 2013 by Dr. Victoria Gomez et al. evaluated the budgetary impact and incremental cost-effectiveness of...