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Effectiveness of Educational and Social Worker Interventions to Activate Patients' Discussion and Pursuit of Preemptive Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Boulware, L. Ebony, MD, Hill-Briggs, Felicia, PhD, Kraus, Edward S., MD, Melancon, J. Keith, MD, Falcone, Brenda, BA, Ephraim, Patti L., MPH, Jaar, Bernard G., MD, Gimenez, Luis, MD, Choi, Michael, MD, Senga, Mikiko, MPH, Kolotos, Maria, MPH, Lewis-Boyer, LaPricia, BA, Cook, Courtney, BA, Light, Laney, MS, DePasquale, Nicole, MSPH, Noletto, Todd, MPH, Powe, Neil R., MD

“…Background Many patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have difficulty becoming actively engaged in the pursuit of preemptive living donor kidney…”
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ABO Incompatible High‐Titer Renal Transplantation without Splenectomy or Anti‐CD20 Treatment by Segev, Dorry L., Simpkins, Christopher E., Warren, Daniel S., King, Karen E., Shirey, R. Sue, Maley, Warren R., Melancon, J. Keith, Cooper, Matthew, Kozlowski, Tomasz, Montgomery, Robert A.

“…Most successful protocols for renal transplantation across ABO incompatible (ABOi) barriers have utilized splenectomy as part of the pre‐conditioning process…”
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ABO Incompatible Renal Transplantation : A Paradigm Ready for Broad Implementation by MONTGOMERY, Robert A, LOCKE, Jayme E, MELANCON, J. Keith, RATNER, Lloyd, ZACHARY, Andrea A, HAAS, Mark, KING, Karen E, SEGEV, Dorry L, WARREN, Daniel S, KRAUS, Edward S, COOPER, Matthew, SIMPKINS, Christopher E, SINGER, Andrew L, STEWART, Zoe A

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Liver allograft outcomes after laparoscopic-assisted and minimal access live donor hepatectomy for transplantation by Thenappan, Arun, M.D, Jha, Reena C., M.D, Fishbein, Thomas, M.D, Matsumoto, Cal, M.D, Melancon, J. Keith, M.D, Girlanda, Raffaele, M.D, Shetty, Kirti, M.D, Laurin, Jacqueline, M.D, Plotkin, Jeffrey, M.D, Johnson, Lynt, M.D., M.B.A

“…Abstract Background The critical shortage of deceased organ donors has led to live-donor hepatectomy as an alternative donor option for transplantation…”
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Arteriosclerosis in kidneys from healthy live donors: comparison of wedge and needle core perioperative biopsies by Haas, Mark, Segev, Dorry L, Racusen, Lorraine C, Bagnasco, Serena M, Melancon, J Keith, Tan, Miguel, Kraus, Edward S, Rabb, Hamid, Ugarte, Richard M, Burdick, James F, Montgomery, Robert A

“…Although risks associated with live kidney donation are low, there are few pathologic studies of kidneys from live donors, and possible risk factors for…”
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Protocol of a randomized controlled trial of culturally sensitive interventions to improve African Americans' and non-African Americans' early, shared, and informed consideration of live kidney transplantation: the Talking About Live Kidney Donation (TALK) Study by Boulware, L Ebony, Hill-Briggs, Felicia, Kraus, Edward S, Melancon, J Keith, McGuire, Raquel, Bonhage, Bobbie, Senga, Mikiko, Ephraim, Patti, Evans, Kira E, Falcone, Brenda, Troll, Misty U, Depasquale, Nicole, Powe, Neil R

“…Live kidney transplantation (LKT) is underutilized, particularly among ethnic/racial minorities. The effectiveness of culturally sensitive educational and…”
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ABO incompatible renal transplantation: a paradigm ready for broad implementation by Montgomery, Robert A, Locke, Jayme E, King, Karen E, Segev, Dorry L, Warren, Daniel S, Kraus, Edward S, Cooper, Matthew, Simpkins, Christopher E, Singer, Andrew L, Stewart, Zoe A, Melancon, J Keith, Ratner, Lloyd, Zachary, Andrea A, Haas, Mark

“…The requirements for potent immunosuppression coupled with the formidable risk of irreversible antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) have thus far limited the…”
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Increasing Access to Kidney Transplantation for Black and Asian Patients Through Modification of the Current A2 to B Allocation Policy by Nayebpour, Mehdi, Ibrahim, Hanaa, Garcia, Andrew, Koizumi, Naoru, Johnson, Lynt B, Callender, Clive O, Melancon, J Keith

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Clinical Relevance and IgG Subclass Determination of Non-HLA Antibodies Identified Using Endothelial Cell Precursors Isolated From Donor Blood by JACKSON, Annette M, LUCAS, Donna P, MELANCON, J. Keith, DESAI, Niraj M

“…ABO and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alloantibodies provide major immunologic barriers to successful transplantation; however, there is increasing recognition…”
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Domino paired kidney donation: a strategy to make best use of live non-directed donation by Montgomery, Robert A, Gentry, Sommer E, Marks, William H, Warren, Daniel S, Hiller, Janet, Houp, Julie, Zachary, Andrea A, Melancon, J Keith, Maley, Warren R, Rabb, Hamid, Simpkins, Christopher, Segev, Dorry L

“…A donor and recipient who have incompatible blood groups or HLA sensitivity can be matched with another incompatible pair, to result in two compatible…”
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Clinical Results From Transplanting Incompatible Live Kidney Donor/Recipient Pairs Using Kidney Paired Donation by Montgomery, Robert A, Zachary, Andrea A, Ratner, Lloyd E, Segev, Dorry L, Hiller, Janet M, Houp, Julie, Cooper, Mathew, Kavoussi, Louis, Jarrett, Thomas, Burdick, James, Maley, Warren R, Melancon, J. Keith, Kozlowski, Tomasz, Simpkins, Christopher E, Phillips, Melissa, Desai, Amol, Collins, Vanessa, Reeb, Brigitte, Kraus, Edward, Rabb, Hamid, Leffell, Mary S, Warren, Daniel S

“…CONTEXT First proposed 2 decades ago, live kidney paired donation (KPD) was considered a promising new approach to addressing the shortage of organs for…”
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A Cost Analysis of Internal Fixation Versus Nonoperative Treatment in Adult Midshaft Clavicle Fractures Using Multiple Randomized Controlled Trials by Walton, Blaine, Meijer, Karim, Melancon, Keith, Hartman, Michael

“…BACKGROUND:To determine whether the cost of nonoperative treatment, including those who require delayed operative treatment, is less than those receiving…”
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Characterization of Waiting Times in a Simulation of Kidney Paired Donation by Segev, Dorry L., Gentry, Sommer E., Melancon, J. Keith, Montgomery, Robert A.

“…A national kidney paired donation (KPD) program will substantially increase transplant opportunities for recipients with blood type incompatible or cross‐match…”
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A Prospective Randomized Trial of Steroid‐Free Maintenance Regimens in Kidney Transplant Recipients—An Interim Analysis by Kandaswamy, Raja, Melancon, J. Keith, Dunn, Ty, Tan, Miguel, Casingal, Vincent, Humar, Abhinav, Payne, William D., Gruessner, Rainer W. G., Dunn, David L., Najarian, John S., Sutherland, David E. R., Gillingham, Kristen J., Matas, Arthur J.

“…We compared three maintenance immunosuppressive regimens in a rapid discontinuation of prednisone protocol. From March 1, 2001, through December 31, 2003, 239…”
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Outcome at 3 Years with a Prednisone‐Free Maintenance Regimen: A Single‐Center Experience with 349 Kidney Transplant Recipients by Khwaja, Khalid, Asolati, Massimo, Harmon, James, Melancon, J. Keith, Dunn, Ty, Gillingham, Kristen, Kandaswamy, Raja, Humar, Abhinav, Gruessner, Rainer, Payne, William, Najarian, John, Dunn, David, Sutherland, David, Matas, Arthur J.

“…Historically, late steroid withdrawal after kidney transplants has been associated with an increased rejection rate. Recently, low rejection rates have been…”
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RE: Long-term outcomes in African American kidney transplant recipients under contemporary immunosuppression: a four-yr analysis of the Mycophenolic acid (MORE) study by Melancon, Keith, Parsikia, Afshin, Ortiz, Jorge

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Donor Ethnicity Influences Outcomes following Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation in Black Recipients by LOCKE, Jayme E, WARREN, Daniel S, ZACHARY, Andrea A, MONTGOMERY, Robert A, DOMINICI, Francesca, CAMERON, Andrew M, LEFFELL, M. Sue, MCRANN, Deborah A, MELANCON, J. Keith, SEGEV, Dorry L, SIMPKINS, Christopher E, SINGER, Andrew L

“…Although the majority of deceased-donor kidneys are donated after brain death, increased recovery of kidneys donated after cardiac death could reduce the organ…”
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Mitochondrial membrane potential and delayed graft function following kidney transplantation by Garonzik‐Wang, Jacqueline M., Lonze, Bonnie E., Ruck, Jessica M., Luo, Xun, Massie, Allan B., Melancon, Keith, Burdick, James F., Segev, Dorry L., Sun, Zhaoli

“…Delayed graft function (DGF) complicates 20%‐40% of deceased‐donor kidney transplants and is associated with increased length of stay and subsequent allograft…”
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Outcomes in Ethnic Minority Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving Everolimus versus Mycophenolate: Comparative Risk Assessment Results From a Pooled Analysis by Melancon, Keith, Mulgaonkar, Shamkant P, Delcoro, Carlos, Wiland, Anne, McCague, Kevin, Shihab, Fuad S

“…BACKGROUNDEverolimus (EVR) has demonstrated good efficacy after renal transplantation. Racial disparities in clinical outcomes after de novo renal…”
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The Effect of Posture on the Neck and Shoulder Suspension Apparatus of Humans: A 3D Biomechanical Analysis by Osborn, Michelle L, Ge, Jinghua, Melancon, Keith P, Rau, A Ravi P, Homberger, Dominique G

“…Abstract only Clinical issues arising from bad posture and misalignment of the neck can significantly affect the quality of life of individuals. An…”
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