Articles tagged "Living donor"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Cortex Recipient Weight Ratio is a Predictor for Short-Term Renal Function After Living Donor Kidney Transplant
K. Takahashi¹, K. Furuya¹, J. Usui², T. Kimura³, S. Fukuda⁴, A. Hoshi³, T. Yoshino³, H. Nishiyama³, T. Oda¹, K. Yamagata²
¹Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ²Nephrology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ³Urology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, ⁴Nursing, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
*Purpose: Renal function early after living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) depends on “nephron mass” in the renal graft, and “nephron mass” can be quantified as…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Steroid-Free Living Donor Liver Transplantation Using Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Induction Reduces Incidence of Acute Cellular Rejection
C. Eymard¹, S. Naik¹, J. Eason²
¹James D Eason Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, ²University of Tennessee/Methodist Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: The efficacy of steroid-free immunosuppression protocols using rabbit antithymocyte globulin (RATG) induction with tacrolimus minimization has previously been described in deceased donor liver transplantation.…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Reported Barriers to Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up
B. Orandi, R. Reed, H. Qu, G. Owens, S. Brooks, C. Killian, V. Kumar, S. Sheikh, R. Cannon, C. Lewis, J. Locke
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Despite regulations mandating follow-up laboratory testing for living kidney donors, less than half of transplant centers are in compliance. We sought to understand barriers…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Variation in Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States: Identifying Opportunities for Increased Utilization
K. Lentine¹, D. Axelrod², M. Schnitzler¹, R. Li¹, M. Dew³, T. Bitterman⁴, K. Olthoff⁴, J. Locke⁵, S. Emre⁶, H. Hunt⁷, T. Tanaka², A. Liapakis⁶
¹Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ²U Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ³U Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴U Penn, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵UAB, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Yale, New Haven, CT, ⁷UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: To assess barriers to living donor liver transplant (LDLT) access in light of convincing evidence of survival benefits for patients with end-stage liver disease.*Methods:…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Living Donor Nephrectomy: The Future is Now
J. Yu, N. Vaccharajani, S. Matson, M. Scherer, J. Wellen, S. Shenoy, W. Chapman, M. Doyle, A. Khan
Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplants represent nearly 25% of all kidney transplants performed in the United States. Over the last 10 years, an increasing emphasis…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Utilizing Microsurgeon Expertise in the Salvage of Hepatic Artery Dissection
R. Sitta¹, N. Ascher², J. Roberts², M. Piper³
¹General Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Abdominal Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Living donor hepatic artery intimal dissection is a rare but devastating complication often resulting in inability to utilize the graft. We detail the salvage…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Qualitative Comparison of Declined Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Living Liver Donor Candidates at a High-Volume Urban Transplant Center
D. Toy¹, B. Horwich¹, A. Mulgaonkar¹, A. Padilla², J. L. Dodge³, N. Kaur⁴, H. Han³
¹Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²USC Transplant Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: To compare Hispanic and non-Hispanic living liver donor candidates who were declined by a multidisciplinary selection committee at a large urban transplant center.*Methods: The…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Better Option for Patients 70 Years or Older
A. Ganoza, A. Duarte-Rojo, V. Gunabushanam, M. Molinari, S. Ganesh, D. Reddy, A. M. Thompson, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, A. Humar
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The burden of liver diseases in patients of advanced age has risen. Irrespective of its possible causes, older recipients have a higher waitlist mortality…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Paired Exchange in Children in the United-states
J. Hogan¹, A. G. Thomas², J. Verbesey³, D. L. Segev⁴
¹Transplant Research Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Department of Surgery, Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, ⁴Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Kidney paired exchange (KPE) plays an increasing role in the landscape of adult living donor transplant (LDTx) in the US. LDTx is the treatment…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Platelets Stimulate Liver Regeneration After Partial Liver Transplantation
K. Takahashi, C. Liang, K. Furuya, T. Oda
GI and HBP Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplant (LDLT) can sometimes be associated with impaired regeneration and severe ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in the liver graft, resulting in small-for-size…

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