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Articles tagged "Obesity"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Bariatric Surgery Prior to Living Kidney Donation: A Solution to Expand the Donor Pool.

    M.-T. Nguyen, D. Carpenter, A. Mathur, J. Van Bever, R. Sandoval, L. Ratner.

    Department of Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY

    Background: Living donor kidney donation rates have declined. Meanwhile, the number of morbidly obese people is increasing. They are frequently turned down for donation at…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The Effect of BMI on Renal Transplant Outcomes.

    E. Giorgakis,1 K. Reddy,1 A. Singer,1 H. Khamash,2 R. Heilman.2

    1Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; 2Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ

    Purpose of the study was to explore the effect of BMI class on renal transplant outcomes.Method: Single center retrospective analysis of deceased and living donor…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Temporal Trends and Variation in BMI Thresholds for Living Donation Across the US.

    A. Naik,1 D. Cibrik,1 A. Sakhuja,2 K. Lentine.3

    1U Michigan, Ann Arbor; 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester; 3St. Louis U, St Louis

    The acceptable BMI threshold for living kidney donation is controversial. We examined the variability in center acceptance of living donors with high Body Mass Index…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Five Year Experience with Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Obese Renal Transplant Candidates.

    A. Jung, Y. Kim, V. Dhar, D. Hanseman, J. Tadros, S. Dehart-Kilgore, R. Alloway, D. Schauer, S. Shah, A. Govil, E. Woodle, T. Diwan.

    University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati

    INTRODUCTION: Obesity in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients may not be adequately addressed by medical management, and represents a barrier to renal transplantation. We…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Improves Renal Transplant Candidacy and Posttransplant Outcomes in Morbidly Obese Patients.

    Y. Kim, A. Jung, V. Dhar, J. Tadros, R. Alloway, A. Shields, S. Woodle, T. Diwan.

    Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

    BACKGROUND: Morbid obesity remains a barrier to kidney transplantation (KT) and is associated with increased delayed graft function (DGF), graft loss, and wound complications. Laparoscopic…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Reasons for Ineligibility for Kidney Donation by Race: Gap for Blacks Represented by Modifiable Factors, However Are Big Hurdles to Overcome.

    D. Simpson,1 M. Levine,1 S. Amaral.2

    1Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

    Background: It is well-recognized that blacks are much less likely to receive living donor kidney transplants. Improved characterization of the reasons for differences in living…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Obesity Predicts New-Onset Diabetes After Live Kidney Donation.

    K. Lentine,1 A. Naik,2 N. Lam,3 M. Schnitzler,1,6 H. Xiao,1 D. Axelrod,4 G. Hess,5 B. Kasiske,6 A. Garg,7 S. Gustafson,6 D. Brennan,8 D. Segev.9,6

    1St. Louis Univ, St. Louis; 2U Michigan, Ann Arbor; 3U Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; 4E Carolina Univ, Greenville; 5Symphony Health, Philadelphia; 6Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis; 7Western Univ, London, Canada; 8Washington Univ, St. Louis; 9Johns Hopkins, Baltimore

    End-stage renal disease is uncommon in living kidney donors (LKD), but recent data suggest that most kidney failure developing late after donation is due to…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Long-Term Follow-Up of the Safety and Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Immunosuppression in Post-Transplant Patients.

    A. Keidar,1 R. Yemini,1 I. Carmeli,1 E. Nesher,2 J. Vinkler,2 E. Mor,2 M. Bendavid.1

    1Surgery, Beilinson Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2Transplantation, Beilinson Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Objectives: To report the safety and feasibility of maintaining immunosuppression and graft safety after bariatric surgery among solid organ transplanted patients.Summary Background Data: Transplanted patients…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Bariatric Operations at a Service of the Transplant Surgery.

    A. Keidar,1 R. Yemini,1 M. Ben David,1 E. Nesher,2 J. Vinkler,3 M. Broun,2 E. Mor.2

    1Surgery, Beilinson Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2Transplantation, Beilinson Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel; 3Nephrology, Beilinson Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel

    IntroductionInvolvement of bariatric operations in the peri-transplant setting could be at different stages – prospective living organ donor (group 1), prospective organ recipient (2), patients…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Barriers to Becoming Active on the Renal Transplant Waiting List: Have They Changed in the Last Five Years?

    E. van Hardeveld,1 T. Furlong,2 A. Robertson,2 N. Suh,2 S. Thwaites,2 R. Millar,2 R. Masterson,1 M. Lian,1 B. Jones,1 P. Hughes.1

    1Department of Nephrology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; 2Nephrology Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

    PURPOSEWe have previously studied the barriers preventing patients from being made active on the transplant waiting list (TWL) and implemented practice changes to improve the…
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