2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Transplant Hospital Organ Procurement on Medicare Cost Report Reimbursement
*Purpose: Medicare organ acquisition reimbursement from the Medicare Cost Report includes costs associated with transplant hospitals acquiring an organ for Medicare transplant patients and the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Vascularized Abdominal Wall Allograft Procurement – Lessons Learned from Early Experiences
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Vascularized abdominal wall allografts (AWA), which protect solid organs in patients with loss of abdominal domain or extensive abdominal wall damage, remain an essential…2019 American Transplant Congress
Uterine Graft Procurement in a Living Donor
Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Uterus transplantation is a new treatment option for females with uterine factor infertility and a rapidly evolving field of organ transplantation. Proof-of-concept, i.e., birth…2019 American Transplant Congress
Organ-Procurement Organization and Donor Factor-Related Variation in Deceased Donor Kidney Biopsies and Discards: A National Practice Patterns Analysis
*Purpose: The clinical utility and outcome implications of deceased donor kidney allograft procurement biopsies are controversial.*Methods: We analyzed Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data (n=59,328…2019 American Transplant Congress
Taking a Step toward Standardization: Results of an American Society of Transplant Surgeons/Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Survey of Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Recovery Practices
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplants (LT) represented only 6.3% of total U.S. LT in 2017, despite DCD comprising 18.3% of the deceased…2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Circle-Based Allocation: LSAM Modeling Results
*Purpose: On June 25, 2018, the OPTN Board of Directors (BOD) directed the Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee to propose changes to policy removing…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Mobile Software for Real-Time, Secure, Team-Based Procurement and Transplantation Team Communication to Improve the Deceased Donor Organ Transplantation Process
HealthTech Solutions, Inc., Coralville, IA
*Purpose: Deceased donor organ (DDO) transplantation is an effective cure for patients suffering from organ failure. Organ transplantation is cost-effective, provides a significant survival benefit,…2019 American Transplant Congress
Perception Of Hospital Staff On Transplant: Pre And Post-intervention
*Purpose: A primary component in managing potential organ donors is working effectively and collaboratively in the multidisciplinary environment of the ICU. Fundamentals of Critical Care…2019 American Transplant Congress
Exploring Perceptions of Organ Procurement: Need for a Formal Medical Student Curriculum
*Purpose: Medical student participation in organ procurement provides early exposure to surgery and may inspire donor advocacy. We evaluated medical students’ experiences with an organ…2019 American Transplant Congress
Apparatus and Method to Facilitate In-Situ Cold Perfusion of Abdominal Organs in DCD Donors
Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, Itasca, IL
*Purpose: Rapid, effective in-situ cold perfusion of the abdominal organs in the setting of donation after circulatory death (DCD) is a critical surgical task to…
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