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Articles tagged "Post-operative complications"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Efficacy of MAU868, a Novel BKV Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody (mAb), for the Treatment of Severe BK Virus Nephropathy (BKVN) After Kidney Transplant

    S. C. Jordan1, N. Ammerman2, M. Toyoda3, K. Lim2, J. R. Abend4, A. Patick5, M. R. Hodges5, A. Vo2, S. J. Kovacs6

    1Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, West Hollywood, CA, 2Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, 3Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, 4Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Virology Research, Emeryville, CA, 5Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA, 6Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Translational Medicine, East Hanover, NJ

    *Purpose: BKV reactivation leading to nephropathy and allograft loss in kidney transplant (KT) recipients remains a clinical significant concern. No specific or effective anti-BKV therapies…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Achilles Heel No Longer: Marked Decline in Early Relaparotomy and Allograft Pancreatectomy Rates Following Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in the Contemporary Era

    B. Sharda1, K. Gurung2, R. Stratta2, A. Farney2, G. Orlando2, C. Jay2, A. Reeves-Daniel3, A. Mena-Gutierrez3, N. Sakhovskaya3, W. Doares4, S. Kaczmorski4, M. Magid4, J. Rogers2

    1Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC, 2Department of Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 3Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 4Department of Pharmacy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC

    *Purpose: Technical complications requiring early relaparotomy (relap) and allograft pancreatectomy (AP) have long been the Achilles heel of simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKPT).*Methods: Single center retrospective…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Cost Effectiveness Analysis Comparing Treatments of Biliary Strictures in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients

    B. Whitehead1, C. Lemoine2, R. Superina2, J. Green3, S. Mohammad1

    1Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Division of Transplant Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 3Division of Interventional Radiology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Biliary strictures are associated with significant morbidity after pediatric liver transplantation. There are two main treatment options which are percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) and…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Distal Allograft Pancreatectomy for Graft Salvage After Pancreas Transplantation

    D. Soma, T. Nikumbh, A. J. Lutz, J. A. Powelson, J. A. Fridell

    Transplant Division, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

    *Purpose: Early pancreas allograft failure most commonly results from vascular thrombosis. Immediate surgical intervention may permit pancreas allograft salvage, typically requiring thrombectomy. In cases of…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Role of Pre-transplant Rectal Screening for Azole-resistant Candida Species in Liver Transplant Candidates

    K. K. Patel1, M. M. Azar2, A. Koff3, K. Belfield4, D. R. Peaper5, J. Topal2, M. Malinis2

    1Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 2Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 3Section of Infectious Diseases, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA, 4Department of Pharmacy, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 5Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

    *Purpose: Azole-resistant Candida (ARC) infections have become increasingly common among solid organ transplant recipients. Pre-transplant screening for ARC allows for targeted antifungal prophylaxis, which may…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Prior Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

    A. Santeusanio, A. Bhansali, M. Rana, S. Lerner, D. Von Ahrens, O. Sulimani, S. Farouk, F. Tedla, R. Shapiro

    Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

    *Purpose: We describe short-term outcomes as well as peri- and post-transplant complications in patients with prior coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who subsequently underwent kidney transplantation.*Methods:…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    A Meta-Analysis of Endoscopic Stents in the Treatment of Anastomotic Biliary Strictures After Liver Transplantation

    F. Zhou1, M. Mieth1, C. Rupp2, A. Mehrabi1, A. Nickkholgh1

    1Department of General, Abdominal and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, 2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    *Purpose: Biliary strictures (BS) are common after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The treatment of choice is endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Multiple plastic stents (MPS) have…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Intraoperative Fluid Management and Kidney Transplantation Outcomes: A Retrospective Review

    M. W. Harbell1, M. B. Kraus1, S. A. Buckner Petty2, J. W. Harbell3

    1Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, 2Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, 3Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ

    *Purpose: Patients undergoing kidney transplantation have traditionally received liberal amounts of fluid during surgery to ensure adequate fluid volume and flow to the transplanted kidney.…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation

    J. Klein1, M. Rangel1, I. Ifearulundu1, Y. Gely1, Z. Spigel2, S. Janardhan3, M. Hertl1, E. Chan1

    1Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 2Surgery, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, 3Hepatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency (PEI) in patients undergoing liver transplantation. Furthermore, patient-specific risk factors…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of a Pharmacist in an Outpatient Heart Transplant Clinic

    A. Prom1, D. Ricciuti1, J. Newman2, C. Doligalski1

    1UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC, 2Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC

    *Purpose: Data describing the impact of a pharmacist in ambulatory medication management of heart transplant recipients (HTRs) is lacking. Following the addition of an ambulatory…
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