Articles tagged "Obesity"

2020 American Transplant Congress
The Development of an Innovative Training Pathway for Robotic Assisted Renal Transplant Program
H. Pournik¹, J. Castillo², V. Brown², J. Collins², C. Haisch², D. Leeser²
¹ECU, Greenville, NC, ²Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: To develop and implement a surgeon and team training program for robotic renal transplants utilizing innovative technology and techniques.*Methods: A graduated robotic educational program…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Obese Recipients: Post-Transplant Weight Gain and Outcomes
D. Soma¹, Y. Park¹, P. Mihaylov¹, B. Ekser¹, M. S. Ghabril², M. A. Lacerda², N. Chalasani², R. S. Mangus¹, C. A. Kubal¹
¹Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²Transplant Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is now the most common cause of end-stage liver disease necessitating orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in the United States. Several…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Reverse Epidemiology and the Obesity Paradox for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
R. A. Choudhury¹, D. Yoeli¹, H. B. Moore¹, H. Yaffe¹, G. Hoeltzel², K. R. Dumon³, N. N. Williams³, P. L. Abt⁴, K. D. Conzen¹, T. L. Nydam¹
¹Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Obesity has been associated with both increased progression of chronic kidney disease as well as with a paradoxical improvement in survival among ESRD patients…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Sarcopenia and Obesity by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Transplant and Hepatobiliary Populations
J. Konel¹, T. Kitajima², L. Arevalo¹, N. Murray¹, T. Pietrowsky², D. Venkat², H. Gonzalez², M. Samaniego², M. Abouljoud², S. Nagai²
¹Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, ²Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Sarcopenia and obesity are common among transplant and hepatobiliary patients; however, current methods of measuring these risk factors may provide an inadequate representation of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Timing of Bariatric Surgery for Obese Liver Transplant Candidates
R. A. Choudhury¹, D. Yoeli², G. Hoeltzel³, H. B. Moore², H. Yaffe², K. R. Dumon⁴, N. N. Williams⁴, P. L. Abt⁵, K. D. Conzen², J. J. Pomposelli², E. A. Pomfret², T. L. Nydam²
¹Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, CO, ²Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ³Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The timing of bariatric surgery for obese liver transplant candidates remains controversial. Surgery prior to transplant may improves one’s chance of receiving a transplant,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Reasons for Living Kidney Donor Candidate Turndowns: A Single-Center Cohort Study
M. Debroy, K. Yadav, A. Palanisamy, K. Chavin
University Hospitals. Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Living kidney donation is widely accepted to be a safe procedure. In the absence of reliable predictors of renal dysfunction in potential living kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Sirolimus on Weight Gain Post Heart Transplant
S. M. Gore, C. E. Raphael, K. Mara, C. Arendt, A. L. Clavell, S. A. Bernard
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Obesity is common after heart transplant (HT), resulting in increased risk of new onset diabetes, all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and graft failure. Immunosuppressants (ISN)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Quantifying the Number of ESRD Patients Who Might Benefit from Bariatric Surgery to Achieve Listing for Transplant
B. Orandi¹, P. MacLennan¹, S. Mehta¹, J. Grams¹, R. Stahl¹, R. Cannon¹, D. Anderson¹, M. Hanaway¹, C. Young¹, J. Purvis¹, N. Terrault², C. Lewis¹, J. Locke¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Mounting evidence suggests bariatric surgery may play a role in helping obese ESRD patients achieve sufficient weight loss to be transplant-eligible. We sought to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists & Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability & Acceptance of the Marginal Living- Kidney Donors with Obesity or Abnormal Blood Sugar Profile
Z. Arabi¹, M. A. Bukhari²
¹KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: There are no clear guidelines about the suitability and acceptance of living- kidney donors with obesity or abnormal blood sugar profile.*Methods: To form a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Can Mayo Adhesive Probability Score Can Predict an Adherent Perinephric Fat? Analysis in Japanese Healthy Donor for Transplantation Underwent Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
T. Noda, Y. Miyauchi, K. Koyama, Y. Sawada, K. Nishimura, T. Fukumoto, N. Miura, T. Kikugawa, T. Saika
Department of Urology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
*Purpose: This study is aimed to evaluate Mayo Adhesive Probability (MAP) score as a predictor of adherent perinephric fat (APF) by analyzing a cohort of…