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Articles tagged "Procurement"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Implementing a New Specialist Requester Role to the United Kingdom to Address Consent Rates.

    S. Duncalf, M. Ryan.

    Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHSBT, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Organ donation consent rates in the UK have been stagnant over the last 10 years or more, despite the implementation of the taskforce recommendations, a…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Implementing a Successful DCD Heart Programme to the United Kingdom.

    M. Ryan, S. Duncalf.

    Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom

    The UK has the most successful DCD heart programme in the world which has primarily been developed in one region in England. Due to a…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Life Confocal Imaging of Murine Liver Biopsies as Novel Tool to Assess Graft Viability Prior to Transplantation.

    R. Oberhuber, M. Fodor, B. Cardini, M. Maglione, M. Hermann, J. Troppmaier.

    Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Prolonged ischemia time due to organ procurement and transport are main contributors to a decrease in organ quality, which is further enhanced during reperfusion. This…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Prolonged Cold Ischemia Time Negatively Impacts Graft and Recipient Survival in a Murine Orthotopic Hindlimb Transplant Model.

    N. Datta, S. Devaney, A. Allen, R. Busuttil, K. Azari, J. Kupiec-Weglinski.

    Department of Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

    Purpose: The safe maximum cold preservation time remains unknown in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA), yet is of critical clinical significance. VCAs with a large muscular…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Low-Pressure Pneumoperitoneum in Living Kidney Donors: An Age-Dependent Analysis of Recipient Outcomes.

    S. Kulkarni,1 S. Douglas,2 E. Cohen,1 S. Swift,1 I. Hall.2

    1Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; 2Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

    Purpose: Implementation of low-pressure laparoscopy may be facilitated by the use of valveless, recirculating trocar systems that have less intra-abdominal pressure variability, providing adequate surgical…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    In Situ Aortic Flush with Lactated Ringer's (LR) Solution During Donation After Brain Death (DBD) Organ Procurement Provides Similar Outcomes and Significantly Decreases Costs in Kidney and Liver Transplantation Compared to Standard Preservation Solutions.

    S. Rudich, P. Lange.

    Medical Division, Gift of Life Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

    PURPOSE: To determine if LR, when used as the initial in situ aortic flush during DBD renal and hepatic procurement, was safe, effective, and non-inferior…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    When Liver Transplants and Procurement Occur at One Location – A National Study of Graft Survivals.

    J. Ortiz,1 N. Koizumi,2 C. Kwon,2 Y. Zhang,2 C. Ortiz.3

    1University of Toledo, Toledo, OH; 2George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; 3Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.

    Organ procurement and placement processes entail complex scheduling, logistics and other administrative challenges, especially when organs travel outside the procuring Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) area.…
  • 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

    Is It Worth Risking Lives of Multiple Procurement Surgeons to Save One Life in Extreme Weather Conditions?

    H. Sharma, I. Al-Hasan, M. Richard, O. Ali, A. Sener, D. Quan, V. Macillister.

    Multi Organ Transplantation Unit, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada.

    Transplant needs highly skilled surgeons and allied medical staff to travel to distant locations on short notices and secure a deceased donor organ that is…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplants Following Simultaneous Solid Organ and Vascularized Composite Allograft Procurements.

    M. Alhefzi,1 M. Aycart,1 G. Sharma,2 N. Krezdorn,1 E. Bueno,1 S. Talbot,1 M. Carty,1 B. Pomahac,1 S. Tullius.3

    1Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 2Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 3Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

    Background: Current knowledge of the impact of facial vascularized composite allograft (VCA) procurement on the transplantation outcomes of the concomitantly recovered life-saving organs is limited…
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