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Articles tagged "Post-operative complications"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction Does Not Increase the Risk of Thrombotic Events in Kidney Transplantation: A Matched Case-Control Study.

    J. Iuppa,1 M. Dokus,2 E. Venniro,3 A. Patel,2 A. Danzig,4 J. Hahn,1 R. Kashyap,2 M. Orloff,2 J. Taylor.3

    1Department of Pharmacy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; 2Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; 3Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; 4School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.

    Background: Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is the most commonly used induction agent in kidney transplantation (KTx). To date, case reports and in vitro analyses have suggested…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Never Events and Hospital Acquired Conditions After Kidney Transplant.

    Z. Moghadamyeghaneh, M. Alameddine, G. Burke, G. Ciancio, L. Chen.

    Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL.

    Introduction: Never Events (NE) and Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) after surgery have been designated as quality metrics in health care by the centers for Medicare…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Biliary Epithelial Damage, Regenerative Capacity and Local Immune Response After Cold Storage of DBD Livers Determine Biliary Complications After Liver Transplantation.

    S. Brunner, H. Junger, H. Schlitt, S. Fichtner-Feigl.

    Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

    Background: The aim of this study was to examine the development and molecular mechanisms of bile duct (BD) damage between organ retrieval and transplantation and…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Improving Donor Comfort: Perioperative Dexamethasone Decreases Nausea, Vomiting, and Pain After Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy.

    S. Yamanaga,1,2 A. Posselt,1 C. Freise,1 S.-M. Kang.1

    1Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; 2Department of General Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.

    Introduction: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and pain are common adverse events after laparoscopic surgery. Perioperative dexamethasone (8-10mg) has been reported to decrease PONV and…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Circulating miR-215, miR-let-7c miR-154, miR-193a, NR_036506.1 and NR_027669.1 as Biomarkers Predict Fungal Infection in Post-Transplanted Recipients.

    A. Yang, Z. Guo, W. Ju, C. Zhang, Z. Li, X. Yuan, Q. Zhao, H. Ye, Y. Liao, X. Zhu, X. He.

    Organ Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    Aims: The incidence of fungal infection in post-transplanted patients is 13%-17%, which seriously effecting perioperative survival and increasing their economic burden. We wanted to find…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Immediate Introduction of Everolimus Does Not Affect Wound Healing and Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients: 3-Months Results from NEVERWOUND Study.

    M. Carmellini,1 P. Todeschini,2 A. Secchi,3 S. Sandrini,4 E. Minetti,5 L. Furian,6 G. Spagnoletti,7 F. Pisani,8 G. Piredda,9 G. Cappelli,10 G. Tisone.11

    1AOU Senese, Siena, Italy; 2AOP S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy; 3Osp San Raffaele IRCCS, Milano, Italy; 4AO Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy; 5AOU Careggi, Firenze, Italy; 6AOU di Padova, Padova, Italy; 7PU A.Gemelli, Roma, Italy; 8POU S.Salvatore, L'Aquila, Italy; 9AO G.Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy; 10AOUP di Modena, Modena, Italy; 11Fondazione PU Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy.

    The NEVERWOUND study was designed to evaluate the impact of immediate vs. delayed introduction of everolimus (EVR) on wound healing complications (WHC) and delayed graft…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Acute Operative Complications and 1,5,& 10 Year Outcomes in Living Donors by Type of Live Donor Nephrectomy – UK 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.

    It is important to have a better understanding of the short and long term outcomes and risks of kidney donation. We studied the occurrence of…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Correlation of Hepatic and Systemic Hemodynamics During Liver Transplantation: Quantification of Hepatic Resistance as an Actual Value.

    A.-C. Feng, T.-W. Chen, H.-L. Fan, J.-C. Yu, C.-B. Hsieh.

    Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.

    PurposeThe correlation between portal vein pressure (PVP) and flow (PVF) has not been established, and there is still lack of consensus about the optimal hemodynamics…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Shifts of Etiology in Patients with in Bacteremic Liver Transplant Recipients.

    S. Kim,1 Y. Kim,1 J. Choi,1 S. Yoon,1 G. Na,2 J. Kim,2 I. Moon,2 Y. Yoo,2 D. Kim.2

    1Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 2Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

    BackgroundBacteremias are the most frequently occurring infectious complications after liver transplantation. The spectrum of pathogens and patters of antibiotics susceptibility can vary owing to the…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Enhanced Activation of Hemostasis During Kidney Transplantation in Patients on Dialysis Compared to Pre-Emptively Transplanted Patients.

    T. van den berg, G. Nieuwenhuijs-Moeke, S. Bakker, R. Pol, T. Lisman.

    Groningen Transplant Center, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.

    Introduction: It is generally assumed that dialysis patients (DP) have a more severe bleeding diathesis related to platelet dysfunction than pre-emptively transplanted patients (PEP) who…
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