AJT Highlights

[02:08] Robotic living donor hepatectomy is associated with superior outcomes for both the donor and the recipient compared to laparoscopic or open - A single center prospective registry study of 3,448 cases [09:34] Public Attitudes to Xenotransplantation: A National Survey in the United States [18:09] Non-clinical and clinical characterization of MAU868, a novel human-derived monoclonal neutralizing antibody targeting BK polyomavirus VP1 [25:52] Establishing targets for goal-directed anesthesia in renal transplantation: a cohort analysis of high-saliency surgical time-courses. Editorial: Intraoperative blood pressure management during kidney transplantation: grafts under pressure. [36:53] Why partial heart transplantation could be regulated as organ transplantation

Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by Frances Lee, MD to discuss the key articles of the October issue of American Journal of Transplantation.   [00:02:31] Pre-transplant Use of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Multicenter, Retrospective Cohort Study Editorial: Integrating immune check inhibitors in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: The right time and the right patient [00:11:46] Association of Procurement Technique with Organ Yield and Cost Following Donation After Circulatory Death Editorial: Dawn Has Arrived, Illuminating Thrilling Opportunities and Fresh Challenges in a New Era of U.S. Transplantation [00:24:53] Common Definitions and Variables are Needed for the United States to Join the Conversation on Acute on Chronic Liver Failure [00:33:15] Enhanced role of multipair donor swaps in response to size incompatibility: The first two 5-way and the first 6-way liver paired exchanges [00:40:15] Comparing the prognostic performance of iBOX and biopsy-proven acute rejection for long-term kidney graft survival [00:48:22] Incomplete reporting of clinically significant acute rejection episodes in the National Kidney Transplant Registry

Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by Alissar El Chediak, MD to discuss the key articles of the September issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Alissar El Chediak, MD is a transplant nephrologist at UT Southwestern   [02:55] – Liver Machine Perfusion Technology: Expanding the Donor Pool to Improve Access to Liver Transplantation [08:01] – Editorial: Machine perfusion and liver transplant center behavior: Answers or more questions? [11:01] - Obesity, Organ Failure, and Transplantation: A Review of the Role of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Transplant Candidates and Recipients. [18:48] – Virus Specific T Cell Therapy to Treat Refractory Viral infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients [25:08] - Third-party virus-specific T cells for the treatment of double-stranded DNA viral reactivation and posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease after solid organ transplant [28:48] – Editorial: Virus-specific T-cell efficacy after solid organ transplantation: more questions than answers [34:05] - Successful BK virus–specific T cell therapy in a kidney transplant recipient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy [37:50] - The prevalence of postacute sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 in solid organ transplant recipients: Evaluation of risk in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative

Description:  Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by Maria Alejandra Mendoza, MD to discuss the key articles of the August issue of American Journal of Transplantation.   [01:57] Impact of deceased organ donor marijuana use on donor culture positivity and solid organ transplant recipient outcomes https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.02.022 [13:11] China Issued Rules on Human Organ Donation and Transplantation https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.04.002 [21:10] Advancing Mouse Models for Transplantation Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.01.006 [30:05] Differential induction of donor-reactive Foxp3+ Treg via blockade of CD154 vs. CD40 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.03.033 [40:27] Total Robotic Liver Transplant: The Final Frontier of Minimally Invasive Surgery https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.03.030