Articles tagged "Living donor"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Deep Learning for Living Donor Surgery: AI Recognition of Surgical Video to Develop Navigation Systems for Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
M. Nishihara¹, K. Iwadoh², M. Noriyuki¹, I. Koyama², I. Nakajima², M. Tonsho¹
¹Transplant Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare, Mita Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²Kidney Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Laparoscopic surgery for living donors requires high safety, thus establishing of navigation system for surgical operation is urged. The purpose of this study was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Utilization of Anonymous Nondirected Living Liver Donors in the United States
M. H. Raza¹, M. Lo², Y. Genyk³, L. Sher³, J. Emamaullee³
¹Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Recently, there has been growth in the rate of living donor liver transplantation in the U.S. Increasingly, liver transplant programs are evaluating potential anonymous…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Public Perceptions of ApoL1 Testing in the Context of Living Kidney Donation
J. R. Rodrigue¹, J. Austrie¹, A. Fleishman¹, K. Tercyak², M. Berrigan¹, M. Pavlakis¹, V. Rohan³, P. Baliga³, L. Kayler⁴, T. Feeley⁴, M. Pollak¹
¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁴University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: We sought to assess the perceptions and attitudes about ApoL1 testing in African Americans.*Methods: African Americans (AA) living in the United States completed an…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Can Mayo Adhesive Probability Score Can Predict an Adherent Perinephric Fat? Analysis in Japanese Healthy Donor for Transplantation Underwent Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
T. Noda, Y. Miyauchi, K. Koyama, Y. Sawada, K. Nishimura, T. Fukumoto, N. Miura, T. Kikugawa, T. Saika
Department of Urology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
*Purpose: This study is aimed to evaluate Mayo Adhesive Probability (MAP) score as a predictor of adherent perinephric fat (APF) by analyzing a cohort of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Living versus Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation in Cholestatic Liver Disease: An Analysis of the OPTN Database
I. A. Ziogas¹, S. P. Alexopoulos¹, L. K. Matsuoka¹, S. K. Geevarghese¹, L. D. Gorden¹, S. J. Karp¹, J. D. Perkins², M. I. Montenovo¹
¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: The current MELD allocation system does not accurately reflect the urgency of liver transplantation (LT) in cholestatic liver disease (CLD) patients. Therefore, more CLD…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics of Anonymous Living Donors and Their Recipients. Appropriate Use of a Rare and Valuable Gift
A. Sharfuddin, M. Panezai, M. Yaqub, D. Mishler, O. Adebiyi, T. Taber
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Anonymous Living Donors are a special select set of donors. As there continues to be advances in Paired Donation, we review the trends and…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Single Cell Analysis of Living Donor Kidneys Characterizes Resident Parenchymal and Immune Populations in Male and Female Donors
C. McEvoy¹, J. Szusz², S. Clotet-Freixas¹, J. An², S. Crome², A. Konvalinka¹
¹Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and UHN Transplant Centre, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Dept. of Immunology, UHN Transplant, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose:Understanding the molecular profiles and individual contributions of kidney parenchymal and resident/infiltrating immune cells during homeostasis would facilitate development of treatments for kidney graft disease.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donor Profile Index Used to Assess Donor Risk Factors Affecting the Survival Rate of Transplanted Kidney and Comparison with Kidney Donor Profile Index of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
S. Kang¹, M. Kang², R. Ra¹, J. Kong², J. Kim², H. Hwang², K. Jeong²
¹Kyung-Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Nephrology, Kyung-Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Recently, the number of deceased donor kidneys(DDK) has been limited, so living donor kidney transplantation((LDKT) accounts for nearly 40% of kidney transplants worldwide. This…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes of Hypertensive Kidney Donors
H. Ibrahim, S. Hebert, H. E. Adrogue, D. T. Nguyen, E. A. Graviss, A. Gaber, A. Matas
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Many people with hypertension are excluded from kidney donation fearing that hypertension is a major cause of CKD and its impact maybe magnified after…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Experiences with Social Media Campaigns for Living Donation
S. E. Booker¹, L. King², J. Spiers³, H. Hunt⁴, R. L. Schaffer⁵
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁴OPTN Living Donor Committee, Richmond, VA, ⁵Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA
*Purpose: The OPTN Living Donor Committee surveyed U.S. transplant (TX) programs to assess their experiences with social media campaigns intended to identify potential living donors…