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Articles tagged "Laparoscopy"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Experience and Safety of Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Nephrectomy for Living Kidney Donors at Mexico´s General Hospital "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga"

    P. Prieto-Olivares, L. Garcia-Covarrubias, A. Bahena-Portillo, A. Cicero-Lebrija, V. Visag-Castillo, H. Hinojosa-Heredia, D. Fernandez-Angel, Y. Carrión, A. Rosas, E. Pedraza, I. Castro, A. García-Covarrubias, H. Diliz-Perez.

    Organ Transplantation, Hospital General de Mexico "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", Mexico City, Mexico.

    Background: Hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy (HALN) is the procedure of choice for living kidney donors. Our center is a public hospital that serves low-income patients from…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Involvement of Additional Surgeons in Robot Assisted Kidney Transplantation Does Not Affect Surgical Outcomes, in the Context of a Structured Robotic Surgery Program. Results from a CUSUM Analysis

    F. Gheza,1 C. Di Bella,1 P. Giulianotti,1 J. Oberholzer,2 E. Benedetti,1 I. Tzvetanov.1

    1Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 2Surgery, University of Virginia, Virginia, VA.

    Robot assisted kidney transplant (RAKT) is a good option for obese recipients. Our group first performed this procedure in 2009 and nowadays the experience includes…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Minimal Invasive Surgery is Feasible and Safe in Patients with Liver and Kidney Transplant Patients

    W. Yin.

    Surgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan; School of Medicine Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.

    Introduction: It is no doubt that laparoscopic surgery nowadays is widely used in many abdominal surgical procedures from laparoscopic cholecystectomy to Whipple procedure. However, there…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Learning Curve in 100 Consecutive Live Liver Donors Undergoing Pure Laparoscopic Right Hepatectomy

    K. Suh, S. Hong, K. Yoon, J-.M. Lee, J-.H. Cho, N-.J. Yi, K. Lee.

    Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

    Introduction: Laparoscopic donor hepatectomy is evolving as a new option in live liver donor surgery considering donor's cosmetic and functional demand. However, laparoscopic donor major…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy – The BMI Effect

    V. Chia,1 F. Khan,2 M. Newell,2 L. J. Chen.3

    1Surgery, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, England, United Kingdom; 2Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; 3Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami, Miami.

    Aims: To evaluate the outcomes of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy (LDN) across 4 BMI groups.Methods : Using the SRTR database, all LDNs performed between 2006-2015 were…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Prospective, Double Blind, Randomized Trial Comparing the Use of Ketorolac and Lyrica versus SOC+placebo during Live Donor Nephrectomy for Transplant

    J. Campsen,1 T. Call,2 A. Rosales,1 C. Allen,3 A. Presson,3 R. Kim.1

    1Trasplantation and Advanced Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 2Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 3Epidemiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

    Opioid exposure is a concern after live donation (LD) for transplant. We theorized that a protocol using pregablin pre-operation to desensitize nerves followed by ketorolac…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Robotic Pancreas Transplantation in Obese Recipients: Preliminary Results

    M. Spaggiari,1 C. Di Bella,1 P. Di Cocco,1 F. Gheza,1 E. Benedetti,1 I. Tzvetanov,1 J. Oberholzer.2

    1Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 2Surgery, University of Virginia, Virginia, VA.

    IntroductionObesity is considered a relative contraindication to pancreas transplantation due to increased risks of wound and surgical related complications. Robotic surgery has never been applied…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Three Approaches for Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Transvaginal, Transumbilical Single Site and Retroperitoneal

    M. Miura, H. Higashiyama.

    Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.

    Objectives: Reduction of burdens to live kidney donors are important. The aim of this study was to compare the surgical outcomes of 3 approaches we…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Robotic Kidney Transplantation in Obese Recipients: The New Standard?

    I. Tzvetanov, C. Di Bella, K. Tulla, M. Spaggiari, F. Gheza, P. Di Cocco, J. Oberholzer, E. Benedetti.

    Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; Surgery, University of Virginia, Virginia, VA.

    Introduction: Obese recipients could potentially benefit from the introduction of minimally invasive techniques for kidney transplantation. We have introduced robotic kidney transplantation for our obese…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of the Differences between Body Mass Index of Recipient and Donor in a Population of Robotic Kidney Transplant

    K. Tulla,1 I. Tzvetanov,1 C. Di Bella,1 F. Gheza,1 M. Spaggiari,1 J. Oberholzer,2 E. Benedetti.1

    1Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 2Surgery, Universit of Virginia, Virginia, VA.

    Introduction: The recent introduction of minimally invasive technique allows to perform kidney transplant in otherwise suitable recipients regardless the recipient BMI. This could lead to…
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