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Articles tagged "Living donor"

  • 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

    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

    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…
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