Articles tagged "Donation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Recovery of Renal Function after Donor Nephrectomy
J. Na,¹ J. Park,¹ M-.G. Yoon,¹ H. Lee,² Y. Yoon,³ K. Huh,⁴ M. Kim,⁴ S. Kim,⁴ Y. Kim,⁴ W. Han.¹
¹Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Urological Science Institute, Seoul, Korea; ²Department of Urology, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang-si, Korea; ³Department of Urology, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; ⁴Department of Surgery-Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Introduction:Among living kidney donors at risk of CKD at 1 year after nephrectomy, some donors remain with poor renal function while many show delayed recovery…
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…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Restored Kidneys from Living Related Donors after Small Renal Tumor Resection: Report of 5 Cases
Y. Ogawa,¹ S. Shiroma,² K. Kojima,² R. Mannami,² M. Mannami,² N. Mitsuhata,² M. Nishi,⁴ H. Afuso.³
¹Urology, Tokyo-West Tokushukai Hospital, Akishima, Tokyo, Japan; ²Urology, Uwajima Toikushukai Hospital, Uwajima, Ehime, Japan; ³Urology, Okinawa Chubu Tokushukai Hospital, Okinawa, Japan; ⁴Urology, Saint Martin's Hospital, Sakaide, Kagawa, Japan.
Purpose: We launched a clinical trial registered at ClinicalTrials.gov that aimed to study the utility and safety of restored kidney transplantation between family members using…
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APOL1 Long-Term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO)
G. Guerra,¹ E. Poggio,² M. Ortigosa-Goggins,¹ M. Doshi,³ B. Freedman,⁴ D. Reboussin,⁴ P. Kimmel,⁵ APOLLO Investigators.
¹Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL; ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ⁴Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; ⁵NIDDK, Bethesda, MD.
Two renal-risk variants in the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1) are powerfully associated with a spectrum of non-diabetic chronic kidney diseases in populations with recent African…
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Impact of Local Liver Supply on Liver Offer Acceptance
M. Bowring,¹ S. Zhou,¹ A. Massie,¹ S. Gentry,^1,2 D. Segev.¹
¹JHU, Baltimore; ²US Naval Academy, Annapolis.
Geographic disparity in access to deceased-donor liver transplantation is well described. The available liver supply in a DSA may affect patient and provider decisions on…
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The Stunning Rise in Organ Donors Deceased from Drug Overdose
N. Agrawal,¹ S. Rhazouani,¹ D. Reino,¹ D. McMichael,² C. McClenney,³ D. Sears,¹ K. Al Khalloufi,¹ S. Gebreselassie,¹ S. Ebaid,¹ M. Berho,⁴ X. Zervos,¹ C. Sheffield,¹ A. Tzakis.¹
¹Transplantation, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL; ²Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ³Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency, University of Miami, Miami, FL; ⁴Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL.
In the recent years we noticed an increase in the number of local deceased organ donors who had died of drug overdose. This coincides with…
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National Study of Living Donor Program Protocols, Processes, and Resources within U.S. Transplant Centers
D. Moore,¹ M. Dietrich,¹ P. Buerhaus,² J. Rodrigue,³ A. Minnick.¹
¹Vanderbilt University, Nashville; ²Montana State University, Bonzeman; ³Beth Israel Deaconess MC, Boston.
Purpose: There is limited research that describes living donor (LD) program processes and protocols. This study aimed to describe LD program protocols, processes, and resources…
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Predicting Liver Allograft Discard: The Discard Risk Index
A. Rana, M. Kueht, N. Galvan, R. Cotton, T. Miloh, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss.
Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Background: An index that predicts liver allograft discard can effectively grade allografts and can be used to preferentially allocate marginal allografts to aggressive centers. Aim:…
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Patient Attitudes and Perceptions of Using Mobile Health Technology for Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up and Care Management
A. Eno,¹ A. Thomas,¹ J. Ruck,¹ S. Rasmussen,¹ S. Halpern,¹ D. Segev,^1,2,3 M. Henderson.^1,3
¹Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ²Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Living kidney donor (LKD) follow-up is imperative to understand and monitor long-term outcomes after living donor nephrectomy, yet donor engagement with transplant hospitals post-donation remains…
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Equivalent Post-Donation eGFR after Robotic Assisted versus Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy
R. Cross, H. Pollinger, M. Tan, M. Mulloy, T. Ommert, A. Ray, C. Klein.
Piedmont Transplant Institute, Atlanta, GA.
Robotic assisted donor nephrectomy (RADN) has gained popularity in recent years as a minimally invasive alternative to traditional laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN). RADN offers advantages…