Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Analgesia and Control of Pain Following Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
J. Hedvat¹, N. W. Lange¹, P. Sandoval², L. E. Ratner², D. S. Tsapepas²
¹Pharmacy, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, ²Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy (LapDNx) for renal transplantation is a standard surgical practice. Effective pain management following this operation is essential. The purpose of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Improving Pre-Kidney Transplantion Laboratory Utilization in an Era of Increasing Waitlist Size
G. K. Mahowald¹, B. Kimball², N. Elias², E. Heher³, T. Girouard¹, S. L. Saidman¹, V. Pattanayak¹
¹Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Beginning on March 25, 2015, our institution’s kidney transplant program has implemented a “readiness” protocol, whereby patients are listed after limited workup and comprehensive…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Low Incidence of Acute Renal Failure with Minimal Prophylaxis after Iodinated-Contrast TC in Ambulatory Renal Transplant Patients
C. Jimenez¹, S. Afonso¹, M. O. Lopez¹, M. E. Gonzalez¹, M. J. Santana¹, A. Santiago², M. A. Vaca¹, M. Ferreira¹, R. Selgas¹
¹Nephrology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²Radiology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
*Purpose: Kidney transplant patients are at risk of contrast-induced nephropathy. CT scan with contrast is a very common imaging test. Our objective is to study…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Planned vs. Unplanned Pregnancies in Female Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Rao¹, L. A. Coscia², D. Kliniewski², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Gift of Life Institute, Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of planned vs. unplanned pregnancies in 897 female kidney transplant recipients.*Methods: Data were collected…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Transplant Ureteral Stricture Location and Type of Ureteral Revision on Long-Term Graft Survival and Patient Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation
C. Shepherd¹, R. Cameron², C. Holbrooks², A. Lin³, S. Nadig³, J. McGillicuddy³, D. Dubay³, D. Taber³, P. Baliga³, V. Rohan³
¹Urology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Transplant Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Transplant ureteral strictures are a major cause of morbidity following kidney transplantation and often require surgical revision including ureteroureterostomy (UU) and neocystoureterostomy (NC). Our…
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Periphery Blood ddcfDNA Can Significantly Differentiate Acute Humoral Rejection from Banff’s Type I Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplantation
R. Wang¹, T. Jiang², J. Shen¹, J. Ge³, W. Lei¹, X. Yang³, H. Deng¹, W. Kong¹, J. Zhou¹
¹Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, ²Organ diagnosis company, Suzhou, China, ³Organ Diagnosis Company, Suzhou, China
*Purpose: Cell free DNA(cfDNA) was widely used in field of cancer and obstetric care. Alloantigens was existed in Organ transplantation, so donor derived cfDNA(ddcfDNA) was…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hypoadiponectinemia is Associated with Low Handgrip Strength in Renal Transplant Recipients
M. Lee¹, B. Hsu²
¹Surgery, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan, ²Nephrology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan
*Purpose: Adiponectin was synthesized and expressed by adipocytes. However, recently it was suggested that adiponectin is also secreted and expressed by skeletal muscle. Decline of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Cardiac Risk Assessment in Kidney Transplant Candidates: Clinical Usefulness of Different Guidelines
A. Velioglu¹, S. Mehdiyev¹, H. Arikan¹, E. Asicioglu¹, A. Cincin², S. Tuglular¹
¹Nephrology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Cardiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
*Purpose: Despite cardiovascular (CV) assessment recommended all kidney transplant recipients to minimize perioperative risk, the utility and reliability of various assessments are not well established.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Small Pediatric Donor Kidneys to Improve Access to Kidney Transplantation for Underappreciated Uremic Children in China
X. Su¹, W. Shang², L. Liu¹, Y. Feng², H. Zhang¹, J. Li¹, Q. Fu¹, X. Pang², G. Feng², C. Wang¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Kidney Transplantation Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
*Purpose: We previously reported that children with end-stage renal disease had less chance to access to kidney transplantation from deceased donors in China. The number…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Minimally Invasive Kidney Transplantation Using a Novel Intraoperative Cryogenic Circulatory Cooling Device
H. Dai, L. Peng, L. Song, Z. Tang, N. Wu, C. Fang, M. Nie, T. Li, Y. Zheng, X. Xie, S. Yu
Department of Urological Organ Transplantation,The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
*Purpose: Minimally invasive kidney transplantation (MIKT) has recently been introduced, however, an effective but inexpensive method to balance a minimal incision and reduced ischemia injury…