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Articles tagged "Obesity"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    A Large Single Center Analysis of Medical and Surgical Complications Associated with Obesity after Kidney Transplantation in the Current Era

    F. Aziz, A. Ramadorai, S. Parajuli, N. Garg, M. Mohamed, D. Mandelbrot, D. Foley, M. Garren, A. Djamali

    University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

    *Purpose: Medical and surgical complications associated with obesity after kidney transplantation in the current era are unknown.*Methods: We analyzed the records of consecutive first-time, kidney…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Recipient Obesity on Kidney Transplantation Outcome: A Retrospective Cohort Study with a Matched Comparison

    A. Buemi1, L. Romero1, F. Zech2, T. Darius1, M. De Meyer1, A. Devresse3, N. Kanaan3, E. Goffin3, M. Mourad1

    1Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2Internal Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium, 3Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium

    *Purpose: The benefit of renal transplantation in obese patients is changeling. This study was undertaken to determine the effect of recipient obesity on patient and…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Robotic Assisted Living Donor Nephrectomies: A Safe Alternative to Laparoscopic Technique for Kidney Transplant Donation

    M. Spaggiari1, R. Garcia-Roca2, J. Oberholzer3, K. Tulla1, O. Okoye1, C. Di Bella1, H. Jeon4, I. G. Tzvetanov1, E. Benedetti1

    1Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Surgery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 3Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 4Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

    *Purpose: To review outcomes after laparoscopic, robotic-assisted living donor nephrectomy (RLDN) in the first, and largest series reported to date.*Methods: Retrospective chart review of 1084…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Morbid Obesity: A Growing Barrier to Early Kidney Transplant Wait-Listing in the United States

    L. Lavenburg1, E. Weinhandl2, L. Robinson3, B. Milliron4, C. Earthman5, A. Klassen3, M. Harhay6

    1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Fresenius Medical Care North America, Minneapolis, MN, 3Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, 4Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions, Philadelphia, PA, 5University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 6Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Kidney transplant (KT) programs may be more reluctant to accept transplant candidates with morbid obesity due to concerns about higher post-operative risks. We examined…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Synergistic Impact of Obesity and Pre-sensitization in Kidney Transplant Recipients on the Long Term Allograft Survival

    Y. Park1, S. Lee1, E. Ko1, T. Ban2, J. Min3, H. Yoon4, C. Yang1, B. Chung1

    1Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Internal Medicine, Eunpeyong St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 3Internal Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 4Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: Obesity is emerging as important health problems worldwide. In recent years, with the development of desensitization therapy, successful kidney transplantation has been performed even…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact Of Weight Reduction Surgery And Morbid Obesity On Renal Function After Transplantation

    S. Negi1, N. Saberi1, P. Bouchard2, a. Andalib2, M. Cantarovich1, S. Paraskevas1, J. Tchervenkov1

    1RIMUHC, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    *Purpose: Morbid obesity is a significant barrier and renal transplantation is rarely offered to patients with Class III obesity (body mass index (BMI) > 40…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Factors Influencing Emergency Department Utilization and Hospital Re-Admissions in an Adult Urban Renal Transplant Population

    A. Lichvar1, A. Patel2, R. Petzel Gimbar1, D. Pierce1, I. Tzvetanov1, E. Benedetti1, M. Campara1

    1University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Emergency department (ED) visits and hospital re-admissions increase morbidity, decrease quality of life, and increase healthcare costs after renal transplant (RT). The purpose of…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Single Port Robot Assisted Kidney Transplantation

    E. Miller, C. Wilson, G. Sawczyg, S. Kim, A. Aminsharifi, J. Garisto, J. Kaouk, A. Wee, M. Eltemamy

    Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute CCF, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: Innovative methods are needed to further optimize safe outcomes in kidney transplantation (KT), therefore as an alternative surgical approach we present a single case…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Simultaneous Robotic Kidney Transplantation and Sleeve Gastrectomy versus Transplant Alone for Morbidly Obese Patients with End-Stage Renal Failure: A Prospective Randomized Trial

    K. A. Tulla, P. West-Thielke, P. DiCocco, O. Okoye, K. Bruno, J. Almario Alvarez, M. Spaggiari, I. G. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti

    University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that simultaneous robotic assisted kidney transplant and robotic assisted sleeve gastrectomy results in fewer surgical complications…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Bariatric Surgery to Achieve Sufficient Weight Loss for Heart Transplant Candidacy: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    B. Orandi1, J. Purvis1, S. Mehta1, M. Gray1, S. Pamboukian1, J. Tallaj1, C. Hoopes1, C. Lewis1, N. Terrault2, J. Locke1

    1UAB, Birmingham, AL, 2USC, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: As the obesity epidemic grows, it can be expected that an increasing number of heart failure patients will be precluded from heart transplant based…
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