Articles tagged "Nephrectomy"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Laparoscopic Bilateral Native Nephrectomy and Open Kidney Transplantation in Patients with ESRD Due to ADPKD: A Single Center Experience
N. Abrol, A. Bentall, V. Torres, M. Prieto
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney (ADPKD) progressing to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) often are symptomatic due to cystic kidneys and require surgical intervention.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Intravenous Acetaminophen on Opioid Use in Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Patients
C. Makosiej, A. Eisenhart
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if intravenous acetaminophen (IV APAP) use affects the daily and cumulative opioid requirements of patients undergoing…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Surgeon Readiness For Entry Into Practice: A Survey Of Abdominal Transplant Surgeons In The United States
M. Abouljoud¹, R. Hirose², S. Nagai¹, C. Gordon³, D. Farmer⁴
¹Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI, ²Transplant Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Arlington, VA, ⁴Transplant Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) provides a framework for the training and development of a competent transplant surgery workforce. Practice-readiness and phase-in…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Effectiveness Of Percutaneous Embolization As Treatment Compared To Nephrectomy For Renal Graft Intolerance Syndrome In Late Graft Failure Patients
S. Kwon, J. Go, S. Park, S. Yoon, J. Kim, I. Moon
Department of Vascular and Transplant Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Failed renal allografts left in situ may cause inflammation presenting as graft intolerance syndrome (GIS). But there is no standardization for treatment of a…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Kidney Function Following Live Donor Nephrectomy
N. N. Lam¹, A. Lloyd¹, K. L. Lentine², R. R. Quinn³, B. R. Hemmelgarn³, S. Klarenbach¹, A. X. Garg⁴
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, LA, ³University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Western University, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Understanding the decline in kidney function after live donor nephrectomy can inform the counselling and selection of donor candidates and guide the follow-up care…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Multiplexed Droplet Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing for Cellular Profiling of Transplant Rejection
A. Schroeder, T. Sigdel, I. Damm, S. Sur, G. Hartoularos, J. Ye, M. Sarwal
Department of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Multiplexed droplet single-cell RNA-sequencing (mdscRNA-seq) has been utilized across many tissue types for fast and paralleled transcriptomic profiling. However, maintaining sample identity for differential…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Evolution Of Right Laparoscopic Nephrectomy, Report Of A Tertiary Care Center In Mexico
L. Noriega- Salas, J. Cruz-Santiago, M. Quiñones-Gamero, J. Barcena, M. De Gante, G. Bernaldez-Gomez
Transplant Department, Instituto Mexicano Del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico
*Purpose: Aim: The minimally-invasive approach to donor nephrectomy has been primarily driven for nephrectomy in the living donor; nevertheless, Right Nephrectomy (RN) constitutes a major…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Changing Education Paradigms: Training Fellows for High Stake Procedures
T. Rice¹, H. Lewis¹, M. Cuffy¹, L. Ratner², T. Diwan¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Department of Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Living kidney donation is unique, as healthy patients are placed at risks inherent with major surgery without physical benefit. The procedure receives intense scrutiny…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Complex Live Donor Anatomy Does Not Preclude Kidney Transplantation
P. Veitch, T. Brown, A. Courtney, J. McDaid
Transplant Department, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Living donor (LD) kidney transplantation is the optimum form of renal replacement therapy for suitable patients. Decline of otherwise suitable potential donors on the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
How Challenging Will Be My Living Donor? CT Scan and Clinical Evaluation Can Predict Technical Difficulty of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
V. Bianchi¹, G. Spagnoletti¹, R. Iezzi², F. E. Rossini¹, A. Posa², A. E. Rossini¹, M. P. Salerno¹, F. Citterio¹, J. Romagnoli¹
¹Renal Transplant Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy, ²Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
*Purpose: There are no objective parameters for predicting the difficulty of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN). Our aim was to identify the correlation between demographic and…