Articles tagged "Donation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
The First Human Organ Transported by Drone and Steps Forward to Large Scale Organ Drone Use in the USA
J. R. Scalea¹, M. Scassero², N. Wereley³
¹Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²UAS Test Site, University of Maryland, California, MD, ³Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
*Purpose: Organ transportation has yet to be substantially innovated. Cold ischemia times (CIT) for kidneys are too long, and prolongation of CIT leads to delayed…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Nothing Lasts Forever, So Of The Donor Risk Index For Liver Transplant
K. Okubo, K. Sasaki, A. Moro, J. McBey, M. Fujiki, T. Diago Uso, B. Eghtesad, D. Kwon, C. Miller, C. Quintini, K. Hashimoto, F. Aucejo
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: The donor risk index (DRI) is one of the most established risk indices in liver transplant (LT). DRI, which was reported in 2006, was…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of the Global Practice of Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Comparison of U.S. and International Programs
J. Emamaullee¹, M. Kim¹, C. Conrad¹, C. Lane¹, P. Singh¹, C. Niemann², L. Sher¹, Y. Genyk¹
¹University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: As programs have become more experienced with living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), technical hurdles have been overcome and superior graft and patient survival has…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Scope and Limitations of Current Public Education Materials on Vascular Composite Allotransplantation and Donation in the United States
M. Henderson¹, S. Rasmussen¹, J. Uriarte², N. Anderson², B. Doby¹, C. Cooney¹, G. Brandacher¹, D. Segev¹, E. Gordon²
¹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: As the field of Vascular Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) evolves and more VCAs are performed, the demand for VCA donations will increase. However, the public…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Predictive Value Of Pre-transplant Biopsies For Short-term And Long-term Graft Function In Kidney Transplantation
H. Zhang¹, L. Liu¹, S. Yang², W. Chen², X. Chen¹, Y. Li², C. Wang¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: The predictive capacity of previous pre-transplant histologic scoring systems for short-term and long-term graft function in kidney transplantation has not been adequately validated.*Methods: Deceased…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Use of Opioids and NSAIDs in Living Kidney Donors: Clinical Correlates and Early Outcomes
K. Lentine¹, L. Vest¹, Z. Zhang¹, F. Koraishy¹, M. Schnitzler¹, A. Garg², D. Axelrod³, B. Kasiske⁴, G. Hess⁵, A. Naik⁶, D. Segev⁷, M. Henderson⁷, A. Massie⁷, N. Lamm⁸
¹Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis, MO, ²Western Univ, London, ON, Canada, ³Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁴SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Univ Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Data are limited regarding pain medication use in living kidney donors (LKD). Concerns relate to opioid use, and to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) use in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Kidney Transplantation. Overcoming Sex Disparity In Japan
M. Yoshikawa
Nephrology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
*Purpose: Despite its superior outcomes relative to chronic dialysis, living kidney transplantation are less likely to occur in female in Japan. The aim of this…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the 2013 Change in Definition of Increased Risk Donors on Lung Transplant Outcomes
C. J. Lehr¹, R. Lopez², S. Arrigain², J. D. Schold², M. Valapour¹
¹Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: The definition for donors at “increased risk” for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV) was updated in 2013 from…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ Transportation by Drone: Surgeon Perspectives
T. Talaie¹, R. Barth², J. R. Scalea¹
¹University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: We recently reported on the first transport of a human kidney using a drone. Ahead of large scale adoption of such a technology, understanding…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Ex-Vivo Subnormothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion of Rodent Hindlimb: Feasibility Study to Elongate Preservation Time of Vascularized Composite Allograft
L. Burlage,^1,2 A. Lellouch,^3,4 S. Tessier,¹ C. Pendexter,¹ S. Cronin,¹ M. Schol,³ M. Randolph,³ R. Porte,² L. Lantieri,⁴ C. Cetrulo,³ K. Uygun.¹
¹Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston; ²Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Plastic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston; ⁴Plastic Surgery, European George Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France.
PURPOSE: A pressing challenge in the field of VCA is adequate tissue preservation. Static cold preservation, successfully used in field of solid organ transplantation, greatly…