Articles tagged "Post-operative complications"

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…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Utility of a Routine Bench Cholangiogram for Deceased Split Liver Procedure.
N. Battula, R. Anbarasan, V. Thumma, K. Sharif, T. Perera, P. Muiesan, D. Mirza.
Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Liver Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Background: Biliary complications can result in a significant morbidity for split liver graft recipients. The segmental biliary anatomy, particularly the left biliary system is poorly…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes After Splenectomy for Small-for-Size Syndrome in Live Donor Liver Transplantation.
M. Dib, N. Goldaracena, A. Barbas, M. Marquez, G. Sapisochin, C. Beriault, N. Selzner, I. McGilvray, E. Renner, P. Greig, L. Lilly, A. Ghanekar, M. Cattral, M. Selzner, D. Grant.
Transplantation, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Introduction: The use of lower volume liver grafts has the potential to expand the donor pool in adult-to-adult live donor liver transplantation (LDLT), but is…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Does Drain Placement Reduce the Risk of Peri-Graft Collections and Wound Complications After Kidney Transplant?
S. Cimen,¹ S. Cimen,¹ K. Tennankore,² A. Imamoglu,³ I. Alwayn.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; ²Department of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; ³Department of Urology, Yildirim Beyazit EAH, Ankara, Turkey.
Introduction: Peri-graft collections and wound complications are common after kidney transplantation. Currently, it is unclear whether intraoperative drain placement can reduce the risk of peri-graft…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury After Liver Transplantation Is Set in Motion Early After Reperfusion of the Liver Graft: A Prospective Cohort Study.
I. Jochmans,¹ N. Meurisse,² D. Monbaliu,¹ J. Pirenne.¹
¹Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ²Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University of Liège, Academic Hospital, Liège, Belgium.
Objective: Determine creatinine changes during liver transplantation and risk factors for acute kidney injury (AKI) in a prospective cohort study (NCT01333319).Background Data: AKI, a major…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Should Obese Patients Undergo Renal Transplantation? A Retrospective Analysis to Assess Whether Body Mass Index Can Affect Transplant Outcome.
A. Mehta,¹ A. Marriott,¹ A. Ghazanfar.²
¹St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom; ²Renal Transplant Unit, St. George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
This study aims to analyze our renal transplant recipient population in terms of perioperative complications (90 day) and graft survival (3 years) in relation to…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Renal Vein Thrombosis Incidence in 3976 Consecutive Kidney Transplants: Retrospective Analyses Focusing on Intraoperative Risk Factors.
H. Marinho Neto, B. Leslie, J. Neves Neto, J. Offerni, A. Pessoa, M. Almeida, M. Nogueira, S. Ximenes, W. Aguiar, H. Tedesco, J. Medina Pestana.
Kidney Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
INTRODUCTION: Although rare (incidence of 0,1 to 8.2%), renal vein thrombosis is a major cause o early graft loss. Here we try to identify perioperative…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease in Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation: UK Single Centre Study.
I. Umbro,^1,2 F. Tinti,^1,2 F. Evison,³ A. Sharif,⁴ B. Gunson,⁵ A. Mitterhofer,² J. Ferguson,¹ P. Muiesan.¹
¹The Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ²Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; ³Department of Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ⁴Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ⁵NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit and Centre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Aim of the study is to assess the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) after liver transplantation (LT) in DCD…
2016 American Transplant Congress
A 15-Year Retrospective Analysis of Acute Kidney Injury in Non Renal Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Incidence, Outcome and Progression Toward End Stage Chronic Kidney Disease.
V. Cantaluppi,¹ A. Quercia,² S. Dellepiane,² D. Medica,² L. Biancone.²
¹Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Unit, University of Eastern Piedmont "A. Avogadro", Novara, Italy; ²Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Unit, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in critically ill patients admitted to Intensive Care Units, often complicated by high mortality and progression toward…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation: Do Early Urinary Tract Complications Influence Long-Term Graft Survival?
E. Arpali, D. Kaufman, H. Sollinger.
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of urological complications seen in the first year after the primary kidney transplant on long term outcomes.Patients and Methods: ESRD…