Articles tagged "Living donor"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Lose Weight to Donate Program: Preliminary Results of a Program Intended to Optimize Obese Living Donor Liver Candidates
J. Rose¹, T. Seay², A. Pesch³, P. Vargas⁴, S. Pelletier⁴, J. Oberholzer⁴, C. Argo⁵, N. Goldaracena⁴
¹School of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Division of Transplantation, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Radiology Department, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁵Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Living donation (LD) can alleviate organ shortage, but is limited by obesity compromising organ quality and donor safety. This study intends to assess the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Genetic Testing of Living Related Donors for Inherited Renal Disease Improves Evaluation and Promotes Informed Choice of At-Risk Living Donors
C. P. Thomas¹, M. E. Freese¹, D. A. Katz²
¹Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: Living kidney donors (LKDs) with a family history of kidney disease are at higher risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) compared to LKDs without…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Results in Superior Patient and Graft Survival When Compared to Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
A. Barbetta¹, M. Aljehani², M. KIM¹, C. Tien³, A. Ahearn¹, H. Schilperoort², L. Sher¹, J. Emamaullee¹
¹Surgery, abdominal transplat, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Surgery, abdominal transplat, Keck Medical School, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Center-specific or national registry studies have shown that living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) decreases waitlist mortality, reduces waiting time, and may offer superior patient…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Paired Donation in Brazil
J. Bastos¹, M. Mankowski², S. Gentry³, A. Massie⁴, C. Bisi¹, C. Duarte¹, V. Colares¹, D. Segev⁴, G. Ferreira¹
¹Transplant, Santa Casa de Misericordia de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, ²King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, ³US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, ⁴JHU, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: It is estimated that up to 30% of potential living donor/recipient pairs are unable to proceed to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) for immunological…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Platelets Stimulate Liver Regeneration in a 30% Partial Liver Transplantation Model in Rat
K. Takahashi, C. Liang, N. Ohkohchi, T. Oda
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) is one of the most definitive treatments for patients with end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure, and it has been…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Risk Factors for NAFLD among Living Liver Donors
D. A. Axelrod¹, M. Simpson², E. Pomfret³, A. Ehrlich⁴, S. Rwema⁴, R. Chung⁴, F. Gordon⁵
¹Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa CIty, IA, ²Surgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, ³University of Colorado, Denver, CA, ⁴Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Lahey, Burlington, MA
*Purpose: The development of non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD) disease has been strongly associated with the presence of polymorphisms in PNPLA3 rs738409. When compared with wild…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Trans-Umbilical Single Port Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
D. Lia, Y. Alsalmay, L. Teperman, E. Grodstein, L. Lau, E. Molmenti, A. Fahmy
Surgery, Northshore-LIJ, Manhasset, NY
*Purpose: To evaluate the safety, efficacy, and outcomes of trans-umbilical single port laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (SPLDN).*Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 100 SPLDNs between…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Understanding Attitudes and Perceptions about Liver Disease and Living-Donor Liver Transplant- Results of a National Survey
C. Zell¹, C. Caruso¹, T. Kirby², S. Piccirilli³, S. Ganesh⁴, J. Whyte⁵, A. Humar³
¹Clinical Marketing, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Marketing Intelligence, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Clinical Marketing, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵WebMD, New York, NY
*Purpose: There are more than 14,000 people on the national waiting list for a liver transplant. Approximately 25% will die before receiving a life-saving transplant…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Your Path to Transplant Tailored Education Increases Living Donation Transplant Actions and Wait-Listing Rates: Final Randomized Controlled Trial Findings
A. Waterman¹, Y. Cui², J. L. Beaumont², J. D. Peipert³, A. Paiva⁴, M. L. Robbins⁴
¹Transplant Research and Education Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
*Purpose: Tailoring education and behavior change interventions to address gaps in individual patients’ knowledge, readiness, and socio-economic challenges may help more end-stage kidney disease patients…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Compliance with OPTN Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up Policy Remains Low
A. Thomas¹, A. Shaffer², D. Segev², M. Henderson²
¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: OPTN implemented a policy in 2013 that required all centers to perform 6-, 12-, and 24-month living donor follow-up (LDF). Early compliance with this…