Articles tagged "Living donor"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Offspring to Parent Living Donor Liver Transplantation: An Analysis of the A2ALL Database
R. A. Choudhury¹, H. J. Braun², J. D. Grab², J. L. Dodge², H. B. Moore¹, D. Yoeli¹, J. J. Pomposelli¹, T. Nydam¹, N. L. Ascher², E. A. Pomfret¹, J. P. Roberts²
¹Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Recently, there have been concerns regarding inferior graft survival following offspring to parent kidney transplantation due to issues related to alloimmunity during pregnancy. It…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Mental Health of Unspecified Anonymous Living Kidney Donors after Donation
W. Zuidema¹, S. Ismail², J. Wetering van de¹, L. Raalten van², W. Weimar¹, E. Massey¹
¹Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: Aim: Anonymous living kidney donors donates to an unknown stranger. These donors undergo psychosocial assessment to minimize likelihood of psychological harm from donation. The…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation from HBsAg+ Living Donors to HBsAg- Recipients: A Propensity Score-Matched Study at a High-Volume Center in China
X. Wang, J. Liu, T. Song, Y. Fan, Z. Huang, T. Lin
Urology, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Data on kidney transplantation (KTx) from hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)+ donors to HBsAg- recipients [D(HBsAg+)/R(HBsAg-)] are limited. We aimed to report the outcomes…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Rates of Live Donor Liver Transplantation Vary by Socioeconomic Status and Geography
D. R. Jorgensen, A. Humar, C. Hughes, M. Molinari, A. Ganoza, S. Ganesh, A. Duarte-Rojo, A. Tevar
Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Live donor liver transplantation (LDT) carries with it many benefits for the recipient, including reduced time on waitlist, transplantation at a lower meld score,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Defining the Psychological Profile of Living Organ Donors Using Personality Assessment Inventory
W. T. Branagan¹, S. Huett¹, M. Grafals², W. E. Jackson³, E. A. Pomfret⁴
¹Division of Psychiatry, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: We aim to assess the psychological profile of living organ donors using normative referenced psychological assessment of personality and pathology.*Methods: Evaluation for living kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Initial Case Series of Pure Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy in Cleveland Clinic
K. Sasaki, F. Aucejo, M. Fujiki, T. Diago Uso, B. Eghtesad, C. MIller, C. Quintini, K. Hashimoto, C. D. Kwon
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Techniques for laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) have been developed over the two decades, and its advantage in less postoperative pain and early recovery are…
2020 American Transplant Congress
HIV+ Living Kidney Donors in the United States: Cases and a Clinical Paradigm
D. Segev¹, C. Wolfe², D. Brown³, D. Fine³, K. Neumann⁴, N. Martinez⁵, D. Ostrander³, F. Al Ammary³, A. Tobian³, A. W. Baker⁶, C. Durand³
¹Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Unaffiliated, N/A, VA, ⁵Unaffiliated, N/A, GA, ⁶Duke University, School of Medicine, Durham, NC
*Purpose: To report clinical characteristics and outcomes of two people living with HIV who underwent laparoscopic donor nephrectomy*Methods: To facilitate donor selection, we first conducted…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Health-Related Quality of Life after Anonymous Nondirected Living Liver Donation: A Multi-Center, North American Collaboration
M. H. Raza¹, W. E. Jackson², A. Dell³, L. Ding⁴, J. Shapiro³, E. A. Pomfret⁵, Y. Genyk⁶, L. Sher⁶, J. Emamaullee⁶
¹Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²Gastroenterology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁶Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Literature on anonymous or ‘altruistic’ nondirected living liver donors (ND-LLDs) remains sparse as living donor liver transplant (LDLT) programs continue to explore the utilization…
2020 American Transplant Congress
African American Patient Perceptions of Live Kidney Donation and Educational Health Animations
R. E. Seibert¹, M. Keller², B. Dolph³, T. H. Feeley⁴, L. K. Kayler³
¹Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ²Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ³Transplant and Kidney Care Regional Center of Excellence, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, ⁴Department of Communication, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
*Purpose: Disparities in pursuit of living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) among African Americans remain challenging to overcome. Animation-based education is a promising approach to increasing…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Recipient Outcomes from Older (60+) Hypertensive Living Donors
A. Sharfuddin, T. Taber, O. Adebiyi, M. Panezai, D. Mishler, M. Yaqub
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Although the data supporting long-term safety of nephrectomy in hypertensive donors has been reported, there is scarcity of long term data on the recipient…