Articles tagged "Living donor"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Using Quality Metrics to Improve Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
C. Jadlowiec, M. Petrosky, J. Welch, S. Holligan, A. Thorp, S. Wilson, C. Mansour, A. Mathur, K. Reddy, H. Khamash, K. Engholdt
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplants (LDKT) are an excellent option for patients with kidney disease. Delays in donor evaluations can impact donor satisfaction as well…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Next Era of Living Kidney Donation for Renal Transplantation: Virtual Postoperative Follow-Up
S. Allen, D. Taber, C. Perez, S. N. Nadig, V. Rohan
Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Living kidney donation (LKD) offers the best long-term outcomes for patients undergoing kidney transplantation. However, LKD has been declining in the U.S. in recent…
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
Preferences of Potential Living Kidney Donors on Strategies to Reduce Donation-Related Financial Burden
A. D. Waterman¹, O. N. Ranasinghe¹, Y. Cui², J. L. Beaumont², D. Adey³, B. Campbell⁴, F. L. Weng⁵
¹Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
*Purpose: To identify the severity of financial and employment challenges present for potential living kidney donors and the value of strategies to make kidney donation…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation Demonstrated Superiority to Deceased Donor Transplantation after Adult-To-Adult Liver Transplantation in Cumulative Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study of 19 Years
T. Goto, T. Reichman, G. Sapisochin, I. McGilvray, M. Selzner, A. Ghanekar, M. Cattral, N. Selzner
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an alternative way to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT). LDLT and DDLT showed similar short-term outcomes of recipient…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Establishment of a National Kidney Exchange Program in Mexico: Pro-Renal
A. Cicero¹, L. Basagoitia², E. F. Velez³, A. Dib-Kuri⁴, A. E. Roth⁵, M. A. Rees⁶
¹Transplant Surgery, ABC Medical Center, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Transplant Nephrology, Centro Mexicano Pro-Donación Renal, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico, ³Medical Director, Centro Mexicano Pro-Donación Renal, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Director, Centro Mexicano Pro-Donación Renal, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico, ⁵Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Transplant Surgery, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH
*Purpose: Expose the need of an effective kidney paired exchange program in Mexico*Methods: Describe how Pro-Renal works. Expose weaknesses of Mexican Health System. Compare our…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Socioeconomic and Financial Challenges Affecting 2500 Potential Living Kidney Donors’ Pursuit of Donation
A. Waterman¹, O. N. Ranasinghe¹, Y. Cui², J. L. Beaumont², D. Adey³, U. Reddy⁴, B. Campbell⁵, F. L. Weng⁶
¹Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, ⁴UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, ⁵Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, CA
*Purpose: To identify financial factors that affect living kidney donors’ attitudes and progress towards donation, we conducted a survey of 2576 potential living donors [48%…
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…