Articles tagged "Surgery"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation for Failing Fontan Physiology: A Large Single Center Comparative Analysis
C. J. Rosenthal¹, D. Noguchi¹, J. A. Aboulhosn², G. S. Van Arsdell³, A. Nsair⁴, M. Ha¹, L. Reardon², G. Lluri⁴, J. P. Lin⁴, S. Saab¹, A. Baird¹, R. S. Venick¹, D. G. Farmer¹, F. M. Kaldas¹
¹Liver and Pancreas Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cardiac Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Cardiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The rate of combined heart-liver transplantation (HLT) has tripled in the last decade, and continues to rise along with the number of patients with…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Partial Nephrectomy in Transplanted Kidney
A. Kaviani, M. Abou Zeinab, M. Noble, Y. Lin, A. Wee, J. Kaouk, M. Eltemamy
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: To present, in a video format, the technical considerations for performing a robotic partial nephrectomy in a transplanted kidney.*Methods: Two patients underwent this procedure.…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Derivation of a Cardiac Risk Index for Use in Liver Transplantation for Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
P. Levy, C. Harrington, E. Cabrera, J. Gao, D. Gregory, C. Padilla, G. Crespo, L. VanWagner
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Cardiovascular events (CVEs) are the most common cause of early mortality after liver transplant (LT), and LT candidates with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are at…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Reduction of Discharge Opioid Prescriptions After Kidney Transplantation: A Quality Improvement Project
A. W. Rogers, E. Rizk, J. T. Swan, S. G. Yi, M. Hobeika, R. R. McMillan, J. C. Krisl, H. Podder, A. O. Gaber, R. J. Knight
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Opioid use after kidney transplant has been linked to poorer outcomes, and unused prescriptions can lead to potential misuse. Historical prescribing practice at our…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Abdominal Incision Technique Tailored to Patient’s Age May Reduce the Rate of Surgical Wound Complication After Unilateral Kidney Transplantation- A Preliminary Report
Y. AlSalmay, P. Bachul, B. Juengel, J. Kumar, A. Perez-Guttierez, R. Barth, J. Fung, P. Witkowski
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Previously, we compared the risk of abdominal wound complications after lateral rectus incision sheath (LRS) versus traditional Gibson incision in a retrospective analysis of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Fibrinolysis Shutdown Subtype of Early Allograft Dysfunction Represents the Predominant Cohort of Patients with Graft Failure Following Liver Transplantation
H. B. Moore¹, T. L. Nydam², M. Adams³, T. Ferrell¹, I. Rodriguez⁴, D. Yoeli¹, R. Choudhury¹, J. Pomposelli¹, E. A. Pomfret¹
¹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Univeristy of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Childrens Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) is associated with an increased rate of graft failure in liver transplantation (LT), but a mechanism remains unclear. Recent experience…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Experience Using Intra-Operative Dialysis in Surgically Complex Liver Transplantation
M. Palascak¹, D. Arango¹, S. Yockelson¹, J. Koveleskie¹, D. Ganier¹, A. Cohen², H. Bohorquez²
¹Anesthesiology, Ochsner, New Orleans, LA, ²Surgery, Ochsner, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: At our high-volume center, we often perform liver transplantation (LT) on surgically complex patients that includes re-transplantation, prior open liver resection, bariatric surgeries, extensive…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Factors Predicting Early Extubation After Liver Transplantation
V. Subramanian¹, O. Bishr², J. Buggs¹, N. Kemmer¹, K. Dhanireddy¹
¹Transplant Institute, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Early extubation (either intraoperative or within 6 hours post operatively) is an important component of enhanced recovery pathways. The goal of the study was…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Augmented Reality in Hand-Assisted Retroperitoneal Donor Nephrectomy – Procedure Step Adjusted Evaluation for the Surgeons’ Benefits
R. Wahba¹, L. Krames², J. Hogervorst³, R. R. Datta¹, M. N. Thomas¹, P. Suppa³, D. L. Stippel¹
¹Department of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplantation Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany, ²Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBT), Karlsruhe, Germany, ³Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe, Hamburg, Germany
*Purpose: To identify procedure steps where a patient-specific CT-reconstructed virtual 3D model of the kidney displayed on the screen can support the surgeon while performing…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of UW-Based Solutions Formulated to Be Anti-Apoptotic and Neuroprotective of Retinal Ganglion Cells (RGCs) Following Whole Eye Transplantation (WET) in a Rat Model
N. J. Khatter¹, Y. Wang¹, B. Li¹, C. R. Owens¹, A. H. Jani², C. A. Huang¹, R. W. Nickells³, A. A. Su¹, K. M. Washington¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ³Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: As vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) of an intact optical system to restore vision requires overcoming RGC apoptosis caused by ischemia reperfusion injury, UW and…

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