Articles tagged "Living donor"

2022 American Transplant Congress
The Cost And Logistical Challenges To Kidney Paired Donation
S. G. Yi¹, V. E. Whittaker², T. B. Dunn³, N. Goldaracena⁴, V. Humphreville⁵, C. Kubal⁶, C. Kuhr⁷, D. Leeser⁸, J. Pomposelli⁹, E. Thomas¹⁰, N. Turgeon¹¹, C. Varma¹², M. Rees¹³, A. K. Mathur¹⁴
¹Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²New York Medical College, Scarsdale, NY, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Transplant Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ⁵University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, ⁷Virgina Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁸East Carolina Univ Sch of Med, Greenville, NC, ⁹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ¹⁰University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ¹¹Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas, Austin, TX, ¹²St Louis University Hospital, St Louis, MO, ¹³University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, ¹⁴Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Kidney paired donation (KPD) is a strategy for finding compatible pairing for living kidney transplantation (LDKT); however, only a small portion of LDKT continues…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Propensity Score Matched Cohort Analysis of Right Living Donor Kidneys and Delayed Graft Function
S. Sultan¹, G. Fasano¹, D. Sawinski¹, H. Chen¹, A. Zhu¹, G. Tan¹, M. Aull², S. Kapur³, J. Del Pizzo¹
¹New York Presbyterian / Weill Cornell, New York, NY, ²Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ³Cornell Med Ctr, New York, NY
*Purpose: Right, compared to left, living donor nephrectomy is typically more technically challenging, with respect to both the donor and recipient surgeries, and the shorter…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Performance of 2021 Creatinine and Cystatin C Based Equations without Race in Living Kidney Transplant Donors
A. Liaqat, H. Sawaf, L. Cholin, S. Arrigain, A. Wee, J. Schold, J. Augustine, E. Poggio
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: New 2021 Creatinine (Cr) and Cystatin C (CysC) based GFR equations without the race factor have been refitted to perform better than either 2009…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Health System-Level Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Health Professionals
S. Sandal¹, I. Schiller¹, N. Dendukuri¹, J. Robert¹, K. Katergi¹, A. Alam¹, M. Cantarovich¹, J. F. Fiore Jr¹, C. Weber¹, M. Fortin²
¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: There is growing recognition that efforts to increase living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) should focus on health system-level inefficiencies. While previous studies focused on…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Living Related Kidney Donation for Alternative Complement Pathway Diseases: Long-Term Outcomes
Y. Caliskan¹, S. Safak², A. B. Dirim², A. Velioglu³, B. Yelken⁴, O. A. Oto², A. Yildiz⁵, N. Garayeva², H. Yazici², A. Ersoy⁵, A. Turkmen⁴, K. L. Lentine¹
¹Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
*Purpose: Atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome (aHUS) and C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) are rare conditions that cause severe kidney disease. Data to guide the evaluation of living related…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Landscape of Attitudes Towards Living Kidney Donation During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in the United States: Results of a Public Opinion Survey
K. Kaplow¹, J. Ruck¹, A. Thomas¹, D. Warren¹, D. Segev¹, C. Corlett², J. Sinacore³, M. Levan¹
¹Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Brand Planning LLC, Williamsburg, VA, ³National Kidney Registry, Babylon, NY
*Purpose: Solid organ transplantation decreased during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic largely due to temporary shutdowns. The pandemic revealed significant gaps in medical knowledge among the public;…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Living Liver Donors Are Worse Than Those of Matched Healthy Controls: Nationwide Cohort Study
J. Kim¹, J. Choi², J. Kim³, H. Kim⁴, J. Joh¹
¹Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Surgery, Myongji Hospital, Goyang, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Donor death is the most serious complication of living liver donation, but is reported rarely. We investigated the actual mortality of living liver donors…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Performance of Updated Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Equations in Black Living Kidney Donor Candidates
J. Augustine, A. Liaqat, S. Arrigain, J. Schold, E. Poggio
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: New estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations using serum creatinine (Cr) and/or cystatin C (CysC) have been derived to eliminate adjustment by perceived Black…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Experience with the First Two Living Donor Robotic Left Lobe Hepatectomies in the USA
M. E. Tobon Lascano, M. Akoad, C. Simon, J. Kim, Y. Cheah
Transplant, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA
*Purpose: Robotic living donor has been performed in a few centers with good outcomes; the first report of a robotic right lobe donor hepatectomy was…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Utilizing Online Training Modules and Flowcharts to Maintain Regulatory Compliance with Abo Verification and Organ Check-In Procedures
L. Adamski¹, S. Ceschini², F. K. Butt³
¹Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, ²Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, ³Penn State Hershey Milton S Medical Center, Hershey, PA
*Purpose: Meeting the regulatory requirements for ABO Verification and solid Organ Check-In procedures is a constant challenge for transplant programs due to continuous turnover in…