2018 American Transplant Congress
When Does Donor Age Matter? A Review of over 70,000 Liver Transplants
Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Background: Past studies on donor age in liver transplantation have largely relied on binary groups (i.e., young vs. old) with arbitrarily defined cut-offs. The aim…2018 American Transplant Congress
Improving and Delivering Medical Education about Organ Donation and Transplantation to Medical Students Could Play a Fundamental Role in Organ Donation Expansion: Its Time to Get the Basics Right.
Transplant Surgery, St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Education and knowledge about organ donation and transplantation are the most important tools required by all doctors to become ambassador for it irrespective of…2018 American Transplant Congress
Change of Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Kidney Donors after Uninephrectomy; Prospective Observational Study
ackground: The aim of this study is to investigate whether uninephrectomy for kidney donation cause change of bone and mineral metabolism and also investigate factors…2018 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Nephrectomy: Is It as Safe as It Can Be? Analysis of Living Donor Deaths in the United States
The reported rate of death from living donor nephrectomy is 3 in 10,000 donations. Although this risk is low, the important question is how many…2018 American Transplant Congress
An Initial Experience with the Endowrist Robotic Endostapling Device for Renal Donor Nephrectomy
Piedmont Transplant Institute, Atlanta.
Introduction:Robot assisted donor nephrectomy has been used an advancement to standard laparoscopic techniques. However, limitations in available instrumentation reduce the efficiency of the procedure especially…2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Related Issues Leads the Medical Reasons to Exclude Potential Living Kidney Donors from Donation ; Prospective Study
Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Living kidney donors provide the best therapeutic option for patients with kidney failure going for kidney transplantation; however significant numbers of them are out for…2018 American Transplant Congress
Prospective, Double Blind, Randomized Trial Comparing the Use of Ketorolac and Lyrica versus SOC+placebo during Live Donor Nephrectomy for Transplant
Opioid exposure is a concern after live donation (LD) for transplant. We theorized that a protocol using pregablin pre-operation to desensitize nerves followed by ketorolac…2018 American Transplant Congress
Improved OPO Performance Drives Broader Organ Sharing in the United States
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond.
Background: OPTN allocation policies in the United States include both local geographic priority and broader sharing. Local allocation priority varies by organ type. For example,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donation: Impact of Transplant Center Labor, Organization, and Resources
Purpose: Impact of transplant center program size, staffing, and organization on LKD outcomes is unknown. This study describes the labor inputs, organization, and resources available…2018 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist Candidates Who Travel for Liver Transplantation and the Donor Organs They Receive
Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.
Background:Geographic disparities in access to liver transplantation (LT) has led to candidates seeking LT outside their home UNOS region (“Travelers”). Little is known about their…
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