Pediatric En-bloc Kidney Transplant-a Small But Viable Answer to Augment the Donor Pool

ASSOCIATION FOR ACADEMIC SURGERY AND SOCIETY OF UNIVERSITY SURGEONS—ABSTRACTS 55.14. Proteogenomic Characterization of the Human Infant Intestinal Microbiome. M. J. Morowitz,1 J. Young,2 C. Pan,2 B. Brooks,3 B. Thomas,3 R. Mueller,3 J. Banfield,3 R. 1 University of Pittsburgh Medical Hettich2; Center-Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN; 3University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 55.15. Predictors of Radiolucent Foreign Body Aspiration. V. E. Mortellaro, C. Iqbal, R. Fu, H. Curtis, F. B. Fike, S. D. St. Peter; Children’s Mercy Hospital- University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 55.16. Outcomes from Gastric Electrical Stimulation in Children with Intractable Gastroparesis. J. McLaughlin,1 C. D. Jolley,1 A. Kedar,2 Y. Nikitina,2 T. L. Abell,2 S. Islam1; 1 University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL; 2 University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 55.17. The Effects of Irrigation on Outcomes in Cases of Perforated Appendicitis in Children. J. E. Hartwich,1 R. F. Carter,1 L. Wolfe,1 M. Goretsky,2 K. Heath,2 S. D. St Peter,3 D. A. Lanning1; 1Virginia Commonwealth University, Children’s Hospital of Richmond, Richmond, VA; 2Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA; 3Children’s Mercy Hospital- University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 55.18. Incidence and Outcomes of Unexpected Pathology Findings After Appendectomy. J. Pettiford-Cunningham, A. Gasior, E. M. Knott, C. L. Snyder, S. D. St. Peter, D. J. Ostlie; Children’s Mercy Hospital- University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 55.19. Costal Cartilage Excision for the Treatment of Pediatric Slipping Rib Syndrome. R. Fu,2 C. W. Iqbal,1 D. E. Jaroszewski,2 S. D. St. Peter1; 1Children’s Mercy HospitalUniversity of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO; 2 Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ 55.20. Evaluation of Pediatric Abdominal CT Scans: Are Referring Facilities Following Best Practices?. A. E. Nosek,1 C. W. Hartin,2 K. D. Bass,2 P. L. Glick,2 M. G. Caty,2 M. T. Dayton,3 D. E. Ozgediz2; 1State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY; 2 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; 3Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

TRANSPLANT AND IMMUNOLOGY 2: THORACIC & RENAL TRANSPLANT 56.1. Single Cell Gene Expression Analysis Identifies a Subpopulation Diminished in Diabetic Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. M. Sorkin, J. Glotzbach, M. Januszyk, H. Suga, J. Chen, V. W. Wong, M. T. Longaker, G. C. Gurtner; Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 56.2. Creation of Highly Functional Liver Unit in Vitro for Tissue Transplantation Toward Liver Tissue Engineering. K. Ohashi, K. Kim, R. Utoh, T. Okano; Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Shinjyuku, Tokyo

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56.3. Hepatic Progenitor Cell Transplantation for Improving Survival After Liver Resection in a Rat Non-alcoholic Steatocirrhotic Liver Model. Y. Nakamura,1,2 T. Mizuguchi,1 H. Ooe,2 M. Kawamoto,1 M. Meguro,1 S. Ota,1 T. Mitaka,2 K. Hirata1; 1Department of Surgery I, Sapporo Medical University Hospital., Sapporo, Hokkaido; 2 Department of Tissue Development and Regeneration, Frontier Medical Research Institute, SMU, Sapporo, Hokkaido

56.4. The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor as an Environmental Sensor that May Modulate Transplantation Outcomes. M. J. Van Voorhis, J. H. Fechner, X. Zhang, J. D. Mezrich; University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

56.5. Tolerance Towards a Mismatched Vascularized Composite Allograft in a Large Animal Model Using Either Bone Marrow or G-CSF Mobilized Stem Cells to Induce Mixed Chimerism. J. Chang,1,2 T. Butts,2 S. Graves,2 R. Storb,1,2 D. Mathes1; 1University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

56.6. Cytotoxic CD8+ T Cells Utilize FasL and Perforin to Downregulate Post-Transplant Alloantibody Production. T. A. Pham, J. M. Zimmerer, V. M. Sanders, G. L. Bumgardner; The Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, OH

56.7. Memory T Cells are Uniquely Resistant to Melanoma-induced Suppression. J. V. Meyers,1 D. S. Mahvi,1 A. J. Russ,1 S. Alam,1 L. Wentworth,1,2 C. S. Cho1,2; 1University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health - Department of Surgery, Madison, WI; 2William S. Middleton Memorial VA Hospital, Madison, WI

56.8. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Everolimus Reduces Early Post-Transplant Proteinuria- a Prognostic Factor for Long Term Glomerular Filtration Rate (Gfr) and Kidney Allograft Survival. M. Cooper,1 F. Geissler,3 Y. Kim,3 A. Wiseman2; 1University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; 3Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ

56.9. Histologic Scoring of Pre-Transplant Donor Kidney Biopsies is Predictive of Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation. S. V. Niederhaus,1 M. Gurney,2 G. Leverson,1 H. W. Sollinger,1 J. R. Torrealba,2 D. P. Foley1; 1University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health - Department of Surgery, Madison, WI; 2University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

56.10. Pediatric En-bloc Kidney Transplant-a Small But Viable Answer to Augment the Donor Pool. A. Mathur,1 R. Parikh,1 W. Kendall,2 J. P. Leone,2 J. Huang,2 H. Pearson,2 V. D. Bowers2; 1University of South Florida - USF Health, Tampa, FL; 2Tampa General Medical Group, Tampa, FL