Articles tagged "Donors, unrelated"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics of Anonymous Living Donors and Their Recipients. Appropriate Use of a Rare and Valuable Gift
A. Sharfuddin, M. Panezai, M. Yaqub, D. Mishler, O. Adebiyi, T. Taber
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Anonymous Living Donors are a special select set of donors. As there continues to be advances in Paired Donation, we review the trends and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Failure to Launch; a Multi-Centre Study of Potential Live Donors in Southeast Nigeria
C. G. Okwuonu¹, G. O. Achor², Q. L. Ogana³, C. Kingsley⁴
¹Internal Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Nigeria, ²Department of Surgery, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Nigeria, ³Internal Medicine, Beatitudes Mediplex and Kidney Care Centre, Umuahia, Nigeria, ⁴Internal Medicine, Beatitudes Mediplex and Kidney Care Centre, Aba, Nigeria
*Purpose: To determine the socio-demographic characteristics of potential living kidney donors, donor motivation, incidental findings on clinical evaluation and some identified factors that precluded eventual…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Ethical Considerations and Post-Operative Outcomes in Good Samaritan Living Liver Donors: What Motivates Individuals to Donate to Strangers
C. Flaig, A. Humar, E. Kirschner, C. Hughes, S. Ganesh, A. Tevar, J. Steel
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Few transplant centers evaluate Good Samaritan living liver donors, secondary to ethical concerns and lack of evidence that the post-operative outcomes are comparable to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Living Donor Collective Pilot Evaluations of Living Liver Donor Candidates at 6 Programs
B. Kasiske, M. Conboy, Y. Ahn, A. Israni, J. Snyder
SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Much remains to learn regarding the long-term effects of living organ donation on donors. Rare events are important, and long-term follow-up with appropriate contemporaneous…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Altruistic Liver Donors at Thomas E Starzl Transplant Institute: Impact of the Educational Campaign: Gift of Life
S. Ganesh, M. Molinari, L. Tubb, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, J. Behari, A. Humar
Transplant Surgery, UPMC Thomas E Starzl Transplant Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Background and aims: There is an urgent need to expand access to living donor liver transplants due to a wide gap in the availability…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Anonymous Living Donor Liver Donation: Establishing A Protocol and Understanding Donors Experience
S. Shan¹, J. Durden¹, T. Seay², P. Vargas³, S. Pelletier³, J. Oberholzer³, C. Argo⁴, N. Goldaracena³
¹School of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Division of Transplantation, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Anonymous living liver donation (ALLDs) are not as widely accepted as directed donations from friends and family, despite having significant potential to help mitigate…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Sex, Race, Social Networks, and Requests for Living Donation
A. Gillespie¹, H. Gardiner², E. L. Fink³, P. P. Reese⁴, C. Gadegbeku¹, Z. Obradovic⁵
¹Nephrology, Hypertension, and Kidney Transplantation, Lewis Katz School of Medicine Temple Universiy, Philadelphia, PA, ²College of Public Health, Temple Universiy, Philadelphia, PA, ³Communication and Social influence, Temple University Klein College of Media and Communication, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵College of Computer and Information Sciences, Temple Universiy, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Little is known about the social networks of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients even though the members of these networks are most likely…
2019 American Transplant Congress
An Interesting Case of Proteinuria in Living Kidney Donor
A. Yadav, W. Maley, P. Singh
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Evaluation for proteinuria is vital to assess suitability for live kidney donation. Living unrelated donor with orthostatic proteinuria was evaluated. This case highlights importance…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor Exclusions and Shifting Trends in Living Liver Donor Evaluations: A Single Center Experience
S. Ganesh, M. Molinari, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, A. Humar
Transplant Surgery, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Not many studies have reported the donor exclusion rates and reason for their decline in US. We aim to report the breakdown of donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Power of Young Donor Liver; Elixir of Life for Sick Liver Transplant Recipient
J. Kusakabe¹, J. McVey², D. J. Firl², M. Fujiki², F. N. Aucejo², C. Quintini², K. Hashimoto², K. Sasaki²
¹Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Young donor organs are known to have significant prognostic benefits in liver transplantation (LT). However, details of short- and long-term prognostic benefits of young…