Articles tagged "Living donor"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Perception Regarding Live Kidney Donation in the General Population of South Korea
H. Lee¹, E. Kang², J. Lee³, Y. Jang¹, S. Park⁴, Y. Kim⁵, H. Kim⁶, Y. Kim¹, D. Kim¹, K. Joo¹, Y. Kim¹, I. Choi⁶
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Keimyung University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁶National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: It is necessary to know how the general population recognizes live kidney donation in Korea, where living donor kidney transplantations (KT) are the mainstream.*Methods:…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Augmented Reality in Hand-Assisted Retroperitoneal Donor Nephrectomy – Procedure Step Adjusted Evaluation for the Surgeons’ Benefits
R. Wahba¹, L. Krames², J. Hogervorst³, R. R. Datta¹, M. N. Thomas¹, P. Suppa³, D. L. Stippel¹
¹Department of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplantation Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany, ²Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBT), Karlsruhe, Germany, ³Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe, Hamburg, Germany
*Purpose: To identify procedure steps where a patient-specific CT-reconstructed virtual 3D model of the kidney displayed on the screen can support the surgeon while performing…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Management of Live Donor Liver Transplantation: National Survey Results
C. Crouch¹, J. Ko², A. Hendrickse³, S. Kumar⁴, M. Little⁵, T. Sakai⁶
¹Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁴Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Department of Anesthesiology, UTHealth San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ⁶Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an emerging alternative for deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT). In the United States (US), LDLT represented 5.3% (442/8345)…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Donor Exclusion Criteria in Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience
D. Daskalaki, M. E. Akoad, J. Kim, C. J. Simon, Y. Cheah
Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA
*Purpose: Liver donation is fundamental in increasing the pool of available grafts. Careful evaluation of each donor ensures the best outcomes for the recipient and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Validation of a Hypertension Risk Calculator for Living Kidney Donors
E. S. Helgeson¹, S. Vempati¹, E. F. Palzer¹, G. Mjøen², A. J. Haugen³, A. Matas⁴
¹Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Department of Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Bærum Hospital, Sandvika, Norway, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: It would be ideal if candidates considering kidney donation understood their long-term risks. Using single-center data (n=4055; median [IQR] f/u: 18 [9-28] yrs), we…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of Robotic Approach for Living Donor Nephrectomy in a High-Volume Laparoscopic Centre
G. Papadakis¹, I. D. Kostakis², A. Kumar¹, P. Kotecha³, P. Gogalniceanu¹, N. Mamode¹, J. Olsburgh¹, B. Challacombe¹, N. Kessaris¹, I. Loukopoulos¹
¹Department of Transplantation, Guy's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Royal Free Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ³Medical School, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: There are not many studies comparing robotic with laparoscopic living donor nephrectomies. Our aim was to report the outcomes of our initial experience with…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Development Process of Minimally Invasive Living Donor Liver Transplantation (from Pure Laparoscopic Explant Hepatectomy to Robotic Graft Implantation)
K. Suh, S. Hong, S. Lee, S. Suh, S. Hong, E. Han, Y. Choi, N. Yi, K. Lee
Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: With the accumulation of experience in pure laparoscopic hepatectomy, including donor hepatectomy, our center initiated a minimally invasive living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) program…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Older Donor Age is Associated with Worse Living Donor Liver Transplantation Outcomes in a National US Cohort
M. Kanneganti¹, K. M. Olthoff², T. Bittermann³
¹Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of increasing living donor (LD) age on living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) outcomes in the U.S.*Methods: A retrospective cohort of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Gift of Life: Gift Discourse in Transplant and Its Implications in Anonymous Living Liver Donation
S. S. Humar¹, J. Jung², S. Krause¹, N. Selzner¹, S. Abbey¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: The Gift of Life metaphor is prevalent in pro-donation dialogue, aiming to promote transplant programs and conceptualize the act of organ donation. To obtain…
2022 American Transplant Congress
ESRD is Increasing Faster After Living Kidney Donation Than it Does in the Unselected US Population: A New Risk Metric?
R. W. Steiner
UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: ESRD rates increase exponentially both after kidney donation and as the US population ages. Increases in ESRD rates from the first to the second…