2015 American Transplant Congress
Recovery After Living Donor Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
Living donors (LDs) require time away from daily activities and work for the surgery and recovery. In general, LDs are counselled that they should be…2015 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Transplant Attitudes: Understanding Minority Men's Perspectives on the Multifarious Barriers to Organ Donation
African-Americans comprise 13% of the US population; yet compose 34% of the kidney transplant waiting list and only 14% of cadaveric donors and 11% of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Hispanic/Latino Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation – Role of a Culturally Competent Transplant Program
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Background and objectives: Hispanic Americans face disparities in access to kidney transplantation, particularly living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT).Design, setting, participants, and measurements: Northwestern Medicine's® (NM)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Utilization and Characteristics of Kidney Donors in the US by OPTN-Defined Increased Risk Donor Status
Background: The number of candidates in need of kidney transplantation is far larger than the number of organ donors. To expand the organ pool, there…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Changing Candidate Demographics on Living Donor Kidney Transplant Rates
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Living donor (LD) rates continue to decline despite a growing list of candidates for renal transplant in the US. While there are many factors driving…2015 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Error: A Common, Preventable Threat to Deceased Donor Organs
Deceased donor procurements (N = 340) performed through a single organ procurement organization during a 19 month period from 7/1/13 - 11/30/14 were reviewed through…2015 American Transplant Congress
Hybrid-Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) for Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Offers Better Postoperative Pain, Cosmesis and Surgical Outcomes Than Transumbilical Single Site Surgery
Department of Renal Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Objectives: Laparoendoscopic single site donor nephrectomy (LESSDN) via the umbilicus has been our standard care for living donors. Although we have previously reported better cosmetic…2015 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Increased Risk Donors in a Canadian Multi-Organ Transplant Program
Background: Due to a shortage of organ donors and increasing mortality on the wait list, marginal donors, including those at increased risk for blood borne…2015 American Transplant Congress
Paired Match Power and Challenges for O-Patients in Kidney Paired Donation
Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Introduction: In kidney paired donation (KPD), Paired Match Power (PMP), defined as Probability{Donor Compatible}×Probability{Patient Compatible}, can be used to prioritize difficult to match pairs. However,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Unknown Urological Pathologies in Renal Allografts from Deceased Donors. Should Image Evaluation Be Routinely Performed?
Division of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Purpose: In an effort to increase the overall donor pool, the use of extended-criteria kidneys has been routine in the majority of transplant centers. It…
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