2019 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Obese Candidates
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The dialysis dependent patient population is growing more obese and finding innovative ways to make them transplant candidates is important. Here in we demonstrate…2019 American Transplant Congress
Frailty and Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Frailty has been shown to be predictive of patient outcomes following renal transplantation. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of…2019 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous Robotic Kidney Transplantation and Bariatric Surgery for Morbidly Obese Patients with End-Stage Renal Failure
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of simultaneous robotic assisted kidney transplant and robotic assisted sleeve in obese…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Recipient Weight in Renal Transplantation Revisited; Not Quite the Obesity Paradox
Cardiff Transplant Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Studies conflict whether obesity is associated with higher risk of failure and death among kidney transplant recipients. ESRF patients show the obesity paradox where…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Evolution of Body Mass Index after Kidney Transplantation in Recipients with a Previous Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Universite de Montreal, Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Bariatric surgery is one of the most common operations. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has been reported to prepare candidates for listing. However, weight gain…2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Post-transplant Weight Gain In Inner-city Kidney Transplant Recipients (ktrs) Does Not Remit And Is Associated With Poor Food Quality, Stress And Anxiety.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Weight gain is a significant issue in the post-transplant period and can contribute to morbidity and development or worsening of diabetes and hypertension. Some…2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes for Robotic Pancreas Transplants in Obese Candidates
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Pancreas transplantation has evolved to include select overweight and obese diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. A robotic approach can be utilized to treat obese transplant…2019 American Transplant Congress
Body Mass Index Alone Should Not Be Used to Exclude Potential Kidney Transplant Recipients
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: Patients with extreme obesity (EO, BMI ≥40 kg/m2) are frequently excluded as renal transplant candidates. The study purpose was to analyze outcomes of deceased…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Sleeve Gastrectomy Following Liver Transplant in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatosis: A Five-Year Experience
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) cirrhosis is an increasingly common indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States and obese patients continue to be at…2019 American Transplant Congress
BMI Changes and Its Impact on Long Term Follow-Up in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Dept. of Nephrology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
*Purpose: BMI has an effect on patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and after kidney transplantation (ktx). Higher body weight and use of immunosuppressive treatment…
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