Articles tagged "Surgery"

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…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Retrieval of the Right Kidney for Combined Heart and Kidney Transplantation is Feasible and Reduces Costs
H. Podder¹, R. McMillan², S. Yi², M. Hobeika³, D. Nguyen², E. Graviss², R. Whitehead², R. J. Knight⁴, M. Ghobrial², A. O. Gaber²
¹The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ³Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, ⁴Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Combined heart and kidney transplants (cHKT) have increased in recent years. Standard procurement practice often necessitates kidney extraction and packaging after the heart team…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Management of Live Donor Liver Transplantation: National Survey Results
C. Crouch¹, J. Ko², A. Hendrickse³, S. Kumar⁴, M. Little⁵, T. Sakai⁶
¹Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁴Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Department of Anesthesiology, UTHealth San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ⁶Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an emerging alternative for deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT). In the United States (US), LDLT represented 5.3% (442/8345)…