Articles tagged "Donors, marginal"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Procurement Biopsy Practices, Interpretation, and Histology-Based Decision Making: A Survey of US Transplant Centers
V. Fleetwood¹, D. Axelrod², Y. Caliskan¹, H. Randall¹, J. Wellen³, M. Lichtenberger³, C. Dedert¹, R. Rothweiler⁴, G. F. Marklin⁴, D. Brockmeier⁴, M. A. Schnitzler¹, S. A. Husain⁵, S. Mohan⁵, B. Kasiske⁶, M. Cooper⁷, K. L. Lentine¹
¹Saint Louis U., St. Louis, MO, ²U. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ³WUSTL, St. Louis, MO, ⁴Mid-Am. Trans., St. Louis, MO, ⁵Columbia U., New York, NY, ⁶Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷MedStar Transpl. Inst., Washington, DC
*Purpose: In light of contemporary controversies on the utility of kidney procurement biopsies in predicting allograft outcomes and guiding organ acceptance, we surveyed transplant providers…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Predictors Associated with Survival Outcomes for DCD and DBD Renal Transplants from D4 Donors. A Registry Based Machine Learning Analysis (MLA)
H. Sharma¹, A. Sharma²
¹Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Marginal Donor 4- D4 ( Donor Risk Index ≥1.50 ) Matching was introduced as a part of new Kidney allocation scheme in the UK…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Ultrasound Assessing Donor Kidney Quality in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
S. Yun¹, K. Lee¹, S. Park², J. Park¹
¹Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: We evaluated the role of functional kidney volume using donor kidney ultrasound (US) alone or in combination with other donor factors and parameters appropriate…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes After Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation Utilizing Kidney Allografts with Marginal Perfusion Parameters: A Single-Center Experience
P. N. Chotai¹, A. Logan², F. Siddiqui³, A. Schenk⁴, G. Bumgardner⁵, G. L. Brock², A. El-Hinnawi⁵, A. Rajab⁶, K. Washburn⁷, N. Singh²
¹Division of Transplantation, Department of General Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ³Ohio State University, Bloomfield, NJ, ⁴Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Bexley, OH, ⁵Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁶Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁷The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: To study outcomes of deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) in recipients of kidney allografts with poor perfusion parameters.*Methods: This is a retrospective, single center…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Assessing Safety of Using ECMO-Supported Donors in Abdominal Transplantation
P. J. Altshuler¹, A. P. Shah¹, J. M. Glorioso¹, W. R. Maley¹, A. M. Frank¹, C. B. Ramirez¹, H. Dang¹, S. West², R. Hasz, Jr.², A. S. Bodzin¹
¹Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Gift Of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Organ donors supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are historically considered high-risk and are judiciously utilized. Here we explore the safety of using organs…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes of Liver Transplantation (LT) Using Grafts from Donors with Active and Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection; Multi-Center Cohort Study
S. Suh¹, S. Gang², Y. Choi², S. Hong², N. Yi², K. Lee², K. Suh²
¹Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Liver grafts from donors with hepatitis B infection contributed to expand the donor pool under the Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) and antiviral agents (NA:…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Hard to Place Dual Kidney Transplantation (HTPDKT): A Viable Option Despite Prolonged Cold Ischemia
R. Plews¹, E. Siskind², M. Laftavi², E. Shipman³, S. Shah², D. Conti⁴, A. Adekile², S. Nijim², S. K. Patel²
¹Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ²Center for Transplantation, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, ³Nevada Donor Network, Las Vegas, NV, ⁴Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
*Purpose: Less than perfect kidneys are often difficult to place in the current kidney allocation system. The kidneys have to travel extended distances , increasing…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Role Of Ferroptosis In Modulating Ischemia Reperfusion Injury(IRI) Gene Expression In Marginal Donor Livers(MDLS) Using The Novel Protect Normothermic Perfusion Pump
M. D. Nazzal¹, K. Kurashima², J. Bettag², A. Chen², S. Bruno², A. Nagarapu², J. Van Nispen¹, J. Krebs², J. Teckman², D. Carpenter³, D. Hermelin³, C. Varma¹, A. Jain²
¹Surgery, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Pediatrics, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ³Pathology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Severe IRI can impair liver allograft when using MDLs and accounts for high discard rates. We tested iron chelators to reduce ferroptosis and IRI.…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Resource Expenditure in the Evaluation of Older Donors for Heart Transplant: An Impediment to Donor Pool Expansion?
B. Wayda¹, J. G. Zaroff², N. Neidlinger³, P. Geraghty⁴, R. P. Wood⁵, J. Nieto⁵, T. C. Pearson⁶, B. Nicely⁷, K. K. Khush¹
¹Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI, ⁴Donor Network of Arizona, Tempe, AZ, ⁵LifeGift, Houston, TX, ⁶Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁷Gift of Life Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Using older donors for heart transplant (HT) could alleviate donor scarcity but the resource implications of this strategy - and whether evaluation of older…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Lucas Device Assisted Uncontrolled Dcd Kidney Transplantation – A Feasible but Underutilized Option in the United States
S. Nagaraju, S. Vaishnav, R. Savilla, M. Moore, J. B. Africa
Renal Transplant, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
*Purpose: Uncontrolled DCD (uDCD) procurement involves either normo-thermic or hypothermic regional perfusion to reduce ischemic injury. We report a series of successful kidney transplant utilizing…