Articles tagged "Outcome"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Early Allograft Dysfunction (EAD) and Its Components on Patient Survival Following Liver Transplantation (LT): Long-Term Outcomes Up to 10 Years.
B. Ekser, R. Mangus, J. Fridell, C. Kubal, J. Davis, J. Salisbury, T. Salisbury, S. Nagaraju, P. Mihaylov, A. Tector.
Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
Background: It has been shown that EAD in LT is a useful tool to predict intermediate (5-year) mortality. The purpose of this study is to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Racial Disparities in Perioperative Complications After Live Kidney Donation.
K. Lentine,¹ N. Lam,² D. Axelrod,³ M. Schnitzler,¹ A. Garg,⁴ J. Schold,⁵ D. Brennan,⁶ H. Randall,¹ D. Segev.⁷
¹Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis; ²Univ Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ³Dartmouth, Hanover; ⁴Western Univ, London; ⁵Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; ⁶Washington Univ, St. Louis; ⁷Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Background: The frequency and severity of perioperative complications after contemporary live kidney donation are not well-described.Methods: We integrated national U.S. live donor registry data with…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival Advantage with Older Live Donor Compared to Standard Criteria Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in Older Recipients.
P. Abrams, M. Cooper, J. Verbesey, R. Ghasemian, M. Grafals, A. Gilbert, J. Moore, J. Fenton, C. Cannon, J. Rapisurra, B. Javaid.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Objective: Analyze post-transplant outcomes in older recipients of kidney transplants from older live donors compared to older recipients of standard criteria deceased donor kidney transplants.Methods:…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation versus Kidney Transplant Alone on Patient and Graft Survival in Type 2 Diabetics with Elevated BMI.
S. Singh,^1,2 S. Kim.^1,2,3,4
¹Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ²Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ³Division of Nephrology and the Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada; ⁴Division of Nephrology and the Kidney Transplant Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Background: Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney transplantation (SPKT) is becoming increasingly common in patients with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The BMI threshold for listing for SPKT in this…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Opioid-Sparing Pain Management Improves Outcomes and Safety in Living Liver Donors.
D. Ladner,¹ E. Pomfret,² M. Simpson,² J. Guarrera,³ R. Fisher,⁴ A. Skaro,¹ T. Baker,¹ T. Curtis,¹ A. Daud,¹ B. Platt,¹ R. Kang,¹ N. Salehitezangi,¹ J. Holl,¹ M. Abecassis,¹ D. Woods.¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ²Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA; ³Columbia University, New York, NY; ⁴Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy, Richmond, VA.
BACKGROUND: As part of the ancillary four center study, to the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant Cohort Study (A2ALL), over 75% of living liver donors…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Related Small Bowel Transplantation in Children – Patient and Graft Survival at 10 Years.
S. Garcia Aroz,¹ I. Tzvetanov,¹ E. Hetterman,² J. Hoonbae,¹ M. Spaggiari,¹ J. Oberholzer,¹ G. Testa,³ E. John,¹ E. Benedetti.¹
¹Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago; ²Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago; ³Surgery, Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Objective: To describe a single-center experience of pediatric living related small bowel transplantation (LRSBtx) and to provide an overview of the outcomes of the children…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Is MELD Score a Significant Predictor of Post-Transplant Mortality? An Old Issue with Simple Answer.
A. Rahnemai-Azar,¹ J. Perkins,¹ M. Montenovo,¹ S. Rayhill,¹ R. Bakthavatsalam,¹ N. Leca,² C. Blosser,² I. Di Castro,² R. Bhattacharya,³ J. Reyes,¹ L. Sibulesky.¹
¹Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ²Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ³Hepatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
The predictive value of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score for post-transplant survival has been under constant debate. Some investigators tried to introduce…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Increased Utilization of High Risk Deceased Donors with Share 35 Does Not Affect Outcomes in Liver Transplantation.
M. Boktour, A. Saharia, D. Victor, S. Gordon-Burroughs, C. Mobley, R. McFadden, V. Ankoma-Sey, J. Galati, A. Gaber, H. Monsour, R. Ghobrial.
Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Background: Demand for livers from deceased donors exceeds supply after Share 35 in June 2013. This leads liver transplant centers to consider high risk deceased…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Baseline Proteinuria on Long- and Short-Term Outcomes in Live Kidney Donors – 10 Year U.K Cohort Study.
N. Krishnan,¹ L. Bradbury,² N. Raymond.¹
¹Renal & Transplantation, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom; ²Statistics, National Health Service, Organ Donation & Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Living kidney donation has significantly improved recipient and graft survival world wide. It is importanat to have a better understanding of the outcomes and risks…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Anterior Rectus Sheath Approach for Renal Transplant: An Open Minimal Incision with Decreased Wound Complications.
S. Phillips,¹ S. Hill,¹ L. Lipscomb,¹ B. Sankari,² S.-C. Chueh,² J. Africa.²
¹Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV; ²Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Preventing wound complications is an important goal in all surgery. The reduction of modifiable risk factors, like surgical approach, is an important step towards protecting…