Articles tagged "Donors, marginal"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Creating a Patient Website to Search for Transplant Centers: www.transplantcentersearch.org
C. R. Schaffhausen¹, S. Chu², M. Bruin³, A. Matas⁴, M. Hertz⁵, C. Martin⁵, J. Lake⁶, W. Kim⁷, S. Biggins⁸, J. J. Snyder⁹, B. L. Kasiske⁹, A. K. Israni¹⁰
¹Hennepin Heathcare Research Institute (HHRI), Minneapolis, MN, ²College of Design, University of Minnesota (UMN), Saint Paul, MN, ³College of Design, UMN, Saint Paul, MN, ⁴Department of Surgery, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Department of Medicine, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁸Division of Hepatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, HHRI, UMN, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) data was used to create a website with a tailored decision guide to help inform patient decisions…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Surgery Continuing Professional Development Courses Increase Knowledge and Procedural Confidence
M. J. Hobeika¹, T. Menser², A. Kassam³, T. C. Rice⁴, T. S. Diwan³
¹Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ³University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Washington University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Continuing professional development (CPD) workshops are emerging to fill critical knowledge and skill gaps in both surgical trainees and practicing surgeons. The ASTS has…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Procurement Biopsy Technique Does Not Determine Histologic Accuracy
V. Shah, K. King, S. Coley, G. Dube, D. Cohen, S. Mohan, S. Husain
Medicine-Nephrology, Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose:Procurement biopsies (PBx) are commonly used to evaluate the quality of deceased donor kidneys (DDK). However, the validity of PBx biopsy interpretation has been questioned,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of High KDPI Kidneys in Selected Recipients at a Large Center
J. Pagan, L. Preczewski, M. Muldoon, L. Mendez, A. Harshman, E. Shipman, G. Guerra
Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Kidneys from donors with high KDPI’s are frequently discarded due to concerns about short- and long-term outcomes. Despite the decreased graft survival of these…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Do Higher Remuzzi Scores Make Good Kidneys Bad? Examining Histologic Criteria within the Framework of Single Kidney Transplantation
V. Fleetwood¹, C. Kensinger², C. Papageorge¹, D. Aufhauser¹, P. Pasha¹, G. Leverson³, B. Welch¹, D. Foley¹
¹Department of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²Department of Transplantation, Piedmont Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA, ³Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The Remuzzi score (RS), a histologic tool to assess chronic allograft damage, can guide allocation to single (SKT) or dual (DKT) kidney implantation. RS…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transmission of Synovial Sarcoma by a Single Multiorgan Donor to Three Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
J. Zhang, J. Lin, Y. Tian
Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
*Purpose: To report 3 cases of donor-derived synovial sarcoma (SS) by a single multiorgan donor in China.*Methods: SS was diagnosed by the presence of SS18…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Non- Superior Patient and Death-Censored Graft Survival with Controlled after Cardiac Death Donors Than Expanded Criteria Brain Death Donors in Older Recipients Over 60 Years, with Better Outcomes with Living Kidney Donors
I. Revuelta¹, D. Cucchiari¹, A. Ruiz², E. De Sousa-Amorim¹, D. Paredes², L. Peri³, P. Ventura-Aguiar¹, M. Musquera³, N. Esforzado¹, F. Cofan¹, J. V. Torregrosa¹, G. J. Piñeiro¹, J. Ugalde-Altamirano¹, J. M. Campistol¹, F. Oppenheimer¹, F. Diekmann¹
¹Renal Transplant Unit, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ²Donation and Transplant Coordination Section, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Urology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Each time transplant candidates are older, and the allocation of suitable donors is a real challenge. Controlled Donors after Cardiac Death (cDCD) are using…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Bridging the Gap: Normothermic Perfusion of Discarded Livers Significantly Alleviates the Donor Shortage
S. Raigani, R. J. De Vries, C. Carroll, Y. Chen, D. C. Chang, K. Uygun, H. Yeh
Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: European studies have shown that discarded liver grafts can be successfully transplanted if they meet viability criteria during normothermic machine perfusion (NMP). The potential…
2020 American Transplant Congress
What Are the Peri-Operative and Longterm Outcomes of Utilizing Donation after Circulatory Death Livers with Macrosteatosis? A Multicenter Analysis
K. Croome¹, A. Mathur², S. Mao¹, B. Aqel³, P. Senada¹, J. Piatt¹, J. Heimbach⁴, A. Moss³, C. Rosen⁴, C. Taner¹
¹Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ²Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scotsdale, AZ, ³Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁴Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Given the potentially additive risk from using donor livers that are both steatotic and from a donation after circulatory death(DCD) donor, there is a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends in Utilization and Outcomes of Sclerotic Donor Kidneys in the United States
J. D. Motter, K. R. Jackson, J. J. Long, A. B. Massie, N. M. Desai, D. L. Segev, J. M. Garonzik-Wang
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Sclerotic donor kidneys (SDK, glomerulosclerosis ≥20% on biopsy) represent a possible expansion to the donor pool but are often discarded due to historical association…