Articles tagged "non-heart-beating"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Imminent Death Donation: Potential Effects on Organ Donation Numbers and Clinical Outcomes.
V. Potluri,¹ S. Nazarian,² M. Levine,² P. Reese.³
¹Internal Medicine, Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood; ²Transplant Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; ³Renal Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Attempts at donation after cardiac death (DCD) lead to organ transplantation only among 70% of eligible DCDs. Imminent death donation (IDD) is ante-mortem donation of…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Results from 100 Consecutive Donation-After-Circulatory Death (DCD) Liver Transplants Using a Thrombolytic Protocol.
J. Seal, H. Bohorquez, N. Battula, E. Ahmed, D. Bruce, I. Carmody, R. Trevor, G. Tyson, S. Joshi, N. Bzowej, G. Therapondas, N. Girgrah, A. Cohen, G. Loss.
Multi-Organ Transplant Institute, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
Background: In early 2010, our center implemented a thrombolytic protocol for DCD liver transplantation in an effort to reduce biliary complications and improve graft survival.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Reducing Non-Anastomotic Biliary Strictures After Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation, a Matter of Time?
N. Gilbo, I. Jochmans, M. Sainz, J. Pirenne, D. Monbaliu.
Abdominal Transplantation Surgery, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Liver Transplantation (LT) from donation after circulatory death (DCD) is associated with increased non-anastomotic biliary strictures (NAS) and graft loss. Donor and recipient demographics, transplant…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Expanding the Donor Pool: Comparison of Outcomes in DCD Vs Living Donor Liver Transplantation
G. Sapisochin,¹ J. Seal,² N. Goldaracena,¹ T. Reichman,² J. Laurence,¹ H. Bohorquez,² I. McGilvray,¹ D. Bruce,² P. Greig,¹ I. Carmody,² M. Cattral,¹ A. Ghanekar,¹ D. Grant,¹ G. Loss,² M. Selzner.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Multi-Organ Transplant Institute, Ochner Medican Center, New Orleans, LA.
Living donors (LD) and donation after-circulatory-death (DCD) grafts represent important opportunities to increase the donor pool. We reviewed the combined experience at Toronto General Hospital…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Calcineurin Inhibitors (CNI) Minimization Associated With Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Inhibitors (i-mTOR) to Improve Renal Function in Renal Grafts from Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiac Death Donors (UDCDD)
M. Molina,¹ E. Gutierrez,¹ S. González-Sanchidrian,² E. González,¹ J. Cabrera,¹ N. Polanco,¹ A. Hernández,¹ A. Sevillano,¹ M. Praga,¹ A. Andres.¹
¹Nephrology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; ²Nephrology, Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Caceres, Spain.
INTRODUCTION: Ischemia injury in kidneys grafts from UDCDD could produce a poor renal function. Minimized blood levels of CNI associated with i-mTOR therapy could avoid…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Controlled DCD Pancreas Transplantation : A Single Centre Experience
M. Voskuil, S. Mittal, A. Muthusamy, J. Gilbert, S. Sinha, I. Quiroga, S. Reddy, P. Friend, E. Sharples, A. Vaidya, R. Ploeg.
Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Background: The use of DCD pancreata are gaining popularity in the UK. Isolated pancreas transplantation (IP) is known to have inferior outcomes in comparison to…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Lessons Learned from the Clinical Use of Normothermic Regional Perfusion (nRP) in Uncontrolled Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD)
C. Antoine,¹ E. Savoye,¹ F. Gaudez,² G. Cheisson,³ M. Videcoq,⁴ B. Barrou,⁵ National Steering Committee of Donation After Circulatory Death.¹
¹Medical and Scientific Department, Agence de la Biomedecine, LA Plaine Saint Denis, Saint Denis, France; ²Department of Urology, Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France; ³Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Bicetre Hospital, Kremlin Bicetre, Val de Marne, France; ⁴Department of Transplantation, Edouard Herriot Hospital Group, Lyon, Rhones Alpes, France; ⁵Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France; ⁶Department of Urology, University Hospital La Pitie, Paris, France.
The national protocol for the uDCD program restricts donor age < 55 y, no flow period < 30 min and total warm ischemia time (WIT)…
2015 American Transplant Congress
The use of Donation After Cardiac Death Liver Allografts does not increase Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
K. Croome, D. Lee, J. Burns, J. Nguyen, D. Perry, D. Harnois, C. Taner.
Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Background: Previous studies examining the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) database for liver transplantation (LT) have demonstrated inferior survival for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recipients…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Ischemic Cholangiopathy Following Liver Transplantation from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors: Role of Tissue Plasminogen Activator Flush
C. Kubal,¹ R. Mangus,¹ J. Fridell,¹ M. Wingler,² S. Nagai,¹ B. Ekser,¹ J. Tector.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; ²Indiana Organ Procurement Organization, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: Formation of microthrombi within the peribiliary arterial plexus causing necrosis of biliary epithelium may be responsible for ischemic cholangiopathy (IC) after donation after circulatory…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Cold Ischemia Time in Combination With Donor Ischemic Events on Kidney Transplant Outcomes
M. Lubetzky, Y. Xia, P. Friedmann, C. Cortes, L. Kayler.
Transplantation, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
Deceased-donor kidneys may be exposed to various ischemic events either from donor instability as evidenced by acute kidney injury (AKI) or donation after circulatory death…