Articles tagged "Donors, unrelated"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Vascularized Abdominal Wall Allograft Procurement – Lessons Learned from Early Experiences
J. A. Shah, D. L. Sudan, D. Erdmann, K. V. Ravindra
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Vascularized abdominal wall allografts (AWA), which protect solid organs in patients with loss of abdominal domain or extensive abdominal wall damage, remain an essential…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Reevaluating Cut-Off Points for the Expansion of Deceased Donor Criteria for Kidney Transplantation in Japan
Y. NAKAGAWA¹, M. Masahiro², M. Tasaki², K. Saito³, K. Takahashi⁴
¹Department of Urology,, Uonuma Kikan Hospital, Niigata, Japan, ²Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, ³Department of Urology,, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, ⁴Department of Urology,, Otsukadai Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: A shortage of donors poses a serious problem for organ transplantation around the world. In response, the concept of the Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Determinants of Allograft Injury during Procurement in Deceased Donors
E. Taber-Hight¹, R. Cauwels², E. Eidbo², A. S. Paramesh³, R. Squires⁴, T. Taber¹
¹Nephrology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²AOPO, Vienna, VA, ³Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency, New Orleans, LA, ⁴University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
*Purpose: With the ever enlarging list of potential recipients on the transplant list, the need for deceased donor organs has become critical. Avoiding injury to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Renal Transplantation without Any Induction Immunosuppression in Spousal Donors – Single Center Experience
R. Bhat, F. Aziz, I. N. Abubecker, S. Narayanan, B. Hafeeque
Nephrology & Transplantation, Malabar Instiute of Medical Sciences, Calicut, India
*Purpose: Renal transplantation in India is primarily driven by living related donation; parents and spouse constitute 70% of donors in India. Some centres use induction…
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…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Kidneys from Hepatitis C Infected Donors to Hepatitis C Negative Recipients
M. Z. Molnar, O. Cseprekal, M. Yazawa, M. Talwar, V. Balaraman, V. Mas, D. Maluf, R. Helmick, L. Campos, N. Nezakatgoo, C. Eymard, P. Horton, R. Verma, A. Jenkins, C. R. Handley, H. Snyder, C. Cummings, U. A. Agbim, B. Maliakkal, S. K. Satapathy, S. P. Nair, J. D. Eason
Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: There are no data on the safety of kidney transplantation from hepatitis C (HCV) NAT positive donors to HCV naïve recipients. We report the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Predictors for Pediatric Liver Allograft Utilization and Outcome of the Use of Paediatric Donor Livers in Adult Recipients
S. Huang, C. Sun, X. He, Z. Guo, G. Chen
Organ Transplant Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of SYSU, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: We determined to find out the utilization rate of pediatric livers, identify risk factors for graft discard and analyse the outcomes of adult liver…