Articles tagged "Living donor"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Managing the Costs of Routine Follow-up Care After Living Kidney Donation: A Survey of Contemporary Experience, Practice & Challenges
K. Lentine¹, G. McNatt², R. Howey³, C. Thomas², R. Hays⁴, U. Lebron-Banks⁵, S. Ainapurapu¹, A. Tietjen⁶
¹Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Univ. Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ³Toyon Associates, Concord, CA, ⁴Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁵New York-Presbyterian Hosp., New York, NY, ⁶St. Barnabas, Livingston, NJ
*Purpose: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Policy mandates that living kidney donor (LKD) programs collect and report clinical and laboratory follow-up information for living…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Health-System Level Barriers and Facilitators to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Comparative Case Study
A. Horton¹, M. Fortin², P. Nugus³, D. Landsberg⁴, M. Paquet², M. Cantarovich¹, S. Sandal¹
¹Nephrology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Despite the well-known advantages of living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), rates at many centers have stagnated or declined. In Canada, there are large interprovincial…
2021 American Transplant Congress
I Would Do Whatever It Took”: Understanding the Motivation, Education and Experiences of Kidney Paired Donation Participants
R. Pines¹, Y. A. Iraheta², L. Ambriz², K. A. Dahmani², E. H. Wood², M. Cooper³, A. D. Waterman²
¹Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: To improve kidney paired donation (KPD) educational programs, we conducted semi-structured interviews to understand motivations of past recipients and donors to participate in KPD,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Additional Value to Participation in a National Paired Kidney Exchange Program: Exploring Characteristics of Chain End Living Donors and Waitlist Recipients
N. Osbun¹, A. Thomas², M. Cooper³, S. Flechner⁴, D. Segev², J. Veale¹
¹Urology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington DC, DC, ⁴Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Non-directed kidney donors can initiate living donor chains that end to patients on the deceased donor waitlist. While many studies of paired exchange practices…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Compatible Paired Donation in Paired Kidney Exchange: A Look at the Road Not Taken
G. Vranic, A. Gilbert, B. Thomas, S. Ghasemian, M. Cooper, J. Verbesey
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Paired kidney exchange (PKE) offers incompatible donor-recipient pairs increased access to transplant. Compatible pairs are increasingly joining the PKE in an effort to find…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Developing a Robot-assisted Donor Nephrectomy Program in a High Volume Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy Program
S. S. Lee, N. Vachharajani, M. Pfeiffer, S. Matson, M. Scherer, M. Doyle, J. Wellen, Y. Lin, T. Rice, J. Yu, A. Khan
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Washington University at St. Louis, St Louis, MO
*Purpose: Three dimensional visualization, improved dexterity and fine instrument control make robotic surgery an attractive option for further improving the safety profile of laparoscopic living…
2021 American Transplant Congress
In Search of a Better Outcome: Opting Into the Live Donor Paired Kidney Exchange Program
A. J. Vinson¹, B. Kiberd², K. J. Tennankore¹
¹Nova Scotia Health Authority Division of Nephrology, Departm, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: Live donor kidney transplantation is the best option for patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD), if a donor is available. However, this may not…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Optimal Perioperative Management of Patients Undergoing Living Donor Nephrectomy Reduces Postoperative Length of Stay and Nausea and Vomiting
R. Chadha¹, S. Aniskevich¹, D. Perry², C. Taner², J. Burns²
¹Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Renal transplantation with organs from living donors saves thousands of lives every year. In the perioperative period, poorly controlled nausea and pain can prolong…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Non-Directed Anonymous Live Liver Donors on the Number of Children on the Waitlist at a Single Pediatric Liver Transplant Center
D. Yoeli¹, M. A. Adams¹, M. E. Wachs¹, S. S. Sundaram², R. A. Choudhury¹, K. D. Conzen¹, J. R. Burton³, E. A. Pomfret¹, W. E. Jackson³
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Pediatric Hepatology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Transplant Hepatology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Since the initiation of our living donor (LD) pediatric liver transplant program in November 2016, 10 non-directed anonymous donors have been approved and completed…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Improving Value Delivery in Living Donor Kidney Transplant Through Process Improvement
S. Anand, J. Browning, W. Stapley, M. Egbert, J. Krong, J. Zobell, A. Herbert, S. Dow, L. Dong, D. Morris, T. Srinivas
Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
*Purpose: To increase living donation through process improvement.*Methods: Quality improvement project, with intention to substantially improve the living donor (LD) transplant (Tx) rate. Participants: All…