Articles tagged "Donation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Standardized Pain Management Post Donor Nephrectomy Results in Decreased Length of Stay
N. Alvey¹, B. Hohoff², M. Brokhof¹, N. Kenyon¹, E. Hollinger³
¹Pharmacy, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Transplant, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy has reduced the burden associated with open surgery, but a significant percentage of donors still suffer from postoperative pain. It is…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Case Series Of Total Laparoscopic-hand Assisted Living Donor Right Hepatectomy: First 19 Cases At A Single Center In Usa
P. N. Martins¹, B. Movahedi², D. Litwin², A. Bozorgzadeh²
¹Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Massachusett, Worcester, MA, ²Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
*Purpose: One of the major limitations of living-donor liver donation is the associated morbidity of the procedure. Although left and left-lateral hepatectomy has been performed…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Exploring Perceptions of Organ Procurement: Need for a Formal Medical Student Curriculum
L. Winer¹, M. Vivero², B. Scully³, A. Cortez¹, A. Kassam¹, J. Kuethe¹, R. Nowygrod³, J. Emond³, R. C. Quillin III¹
¹Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Surgery, Columbia University, New York City, NY
*Purpose: Medical student participation in organ procurement provides early exposure to surgery and may inspire donor advocacy. We evaluated medical students’ experiences with an organ…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Practices Are the Primary Drivers of United States Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation
L. Beal¹, D. T. Nguyen², T. Menser³, S. Zajac¹, E. A. Graviss², M. J. Hobeika¹
¹Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ³Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX
*Purpose: We hypothesize that a few high-utilization donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver centers are the primary drivers of the dissimilar rates of DCD liver…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial Variation in ESRD Diagnosis Patterns among Prior Living Kidney Donors on the OPTN Kidney Waiting List
J. Wainright¹, A. Robinson¹, A. Wilk¹, D. Klassen², W. Cherikh¹, C. Custer¹, R. Brown³, D. Stewart¹
¹Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Office of the Chief Medical Officer, UNOS, Richmond, VA, ³Organ Center, UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: We studied End Stage Renal Disease diagnosis patterns among prior living kidney donors (PLDs) who received candidate PLD priority on the OPTN kidney waiting…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Metabolic and Cardiovascular Evaluation in Living Kidney Donors: Survey of US Transplant Centers 2018
N. Garg¹, K. L. Lentine², L. Inker³, A. X. Garg⁴, J. Rodrigue⁵, D. Segeb⁶, D. A. Mandelbrot¹
¹UW Madison, Madison, WI, ²SLU, St. Louis, MO, ³Tufts, Boston, MA, ⁴Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁵BIDMC, Boston, MA, ⁶JHU, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: There are very limited data on practice patterns for metabolic and cardiovascular testing of living kidney donor candidates. We surveyed US transplant centers to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
HOPE Act Deceased Donors Referrals: Barriers to Donation
O. Kusemiju, C. Durand, B. Doby, M. Bowring, B. Barnaba, W. Werbel, D. Brown, A. Tobian, S. Seaman, D. Ostrander, D. Segev
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: HIV+ deceased donors (D+) represent a unique resource for HIV+ recipients but HIV D+ may have medical contraindications to donation or lower authorization rates.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Post-Donation Hypertension is Highly Associated with Estimated Nephron Number, Post-Donation Weight Gain, and Family History: A Prospective 5-Year Follow-Up after Living Kidney Donation
T. Schachtner¹, N. M. Otto², P. Reinke²
¹University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Charite University Medicine Berlin, Zurich, Germany
*Purpose: The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease and chronic organ shortage subsequently calls more people upon to consider living kidney donation. Recent data, however,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Donor Nephrectomy: Is It Safe Alternative?
D. Friedman, R. Shahbazov, I. Bandler, T. Malik, Z. Acun, K. Olivera-Wright, B. Gallay, O. Pankewycz, M. Laftavi
Surgery, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
*Purpose: Robotic assisted live donor nephrectomies (RDN) have continued to gain popularity in recent years. Previous studies have shown that the outcomes of these robotic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Drug Metabolizing Capacity Of The Liver In Liver Donors Recovers Fully By One Month Post Donation
M. Miah¹, X. Wu¹, I. H. Shaik¹, H. J. Johnson¹, S. Ganesh², M. Molinari², A. D. Tevar², C. Hughes², A. Humar², R. Venkataramanan¹
¹Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: In liver donors, hepatic volume recovers to pre donation values in 2-6 months after surgery. However, there is limited information on the recovery of…