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Articles tagged "Surgical complications"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Timing of Hypotension Post Kidney Transplant Impacts the Risk of Subsequent Delayed Graft Function

    S. A. Morrison1, A. Thanamayooran2, K. Tennankore1, A. J. Vinson1

    1Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada

    *Purpose: Hypotension is common post-kidney transplant and is associated with delayed graft function (DGF; a need for dialysis in the first week post-transplant) and prolonged…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Regimens on Surgical Site Infections in Pancreas Transplant Recipients

    Z. A. Yetmar1, M. McCord2, B. Lahr3, A. Lemke2, P. G. Dean4, Y. C. Kudva5, M. T. Seville6, W. Bosch7, S. A. Bernard2, E. Beam1

    1Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2Department of Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 4Division of Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 5Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism & Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 6Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, 7Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

    *Purpose: Pancreas transplant recipients are at high risk of surgical site infection (SSI), with rates ranging from 9-45%. Several risk factors for SSI have been…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    A Model for Medical Device Innovation in Transplantation: Using the Biodesign Process to Address the Impact of Warm Ischemic Injury

    K. Hansen1, J. Wall2

    1University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

    *Purpose: The impact of warming during second warm-ischemia (anastomosis) of kidney transplantation has been increasingly recognized in the literature. The outsized effect on delayed graft…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Mycotic Aneurysm of Transplant Renal Artery Successfully Treated with Arterial Conduit

    Y. Al-Salmay, B. Juengel, J. Kumar, P. Bachul, A. Perez-Guttierez, R. Barth, J. Fung, P. Witkowski

    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Infection in the renal graft hilum may lead to mycotic aneurysm and life threatening bleeding, therefore it often warrants complete excision of the graft.…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Unique Treatment of Duodenal Perforation in Middle Aged Female Patient with Liver Transplant

    H. Elshebiny1, J. Syed-Mohammed2

    1Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 2Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: We describe a unique method of treatment of duodenal perforation due to biliary stent using an over the scope clip-OTSC.*Methods: A 68 year old…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Technical Bladder Complications in Kidney Transplantation Recipients with a Prolonged Dialysis History

    S. M. Zielsdorf, K. Kushwaha, C. Goldbeck, S. Martin, Y. Kwon, K. Etesami, J. Kim, J. Emamaullee, S. Zielsdorf

    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: The kidney transplant (KT) waiting list continues to expand, resulting in prolonged dialysis times of >8 years prior to transplantation in some regions. The…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Biliary Complications at the Beginning of the Academic Year in an Academic Transplant Program

    M. E. Tobon Lascano, C. J. Simon, M. E. Akoad, J. Kim, M. Simpson, Y. Cheah

    Transplant, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA

    *Purpose: Surgery learning is based on a master-apprentice model, a learning curve is essential to measure the acquisition and improvement of surgical skills without compromising…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Robotic-Assisted Reconstruction of the Transplant Ureter: A Minimally Invasive Option for a Rare Complication

    A. Popovic1, M. Hanlon2, S. Iskhagi2, R. Saidi2, S. Blakely3, R. Shahbazov2

    1Urology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 2Surgery, Division of Transplantation, SUNY, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 3Urology, SUNY, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

    *Purpose: Ureteric stricture are rare after kidney transplants but nonetheless this complication requires reconstruction in the majority of cases to avoid graft dysfunction and/or failure.…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Surgical Outcomes of Limited Sobriety versus Standard Sobriety Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

    S. Fu*, J. H. Pan*, A. Goel, A. J. Kwong, M. L. Melcher

    Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

    *Purpose: Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is now the leading indication for liver transplantation. While 6 months of abstinence has been conventionally required before transplant, this…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Patient Outcomes After Heart and Double Lung Transplant from a Single High-Volume Center

    R. P. Brumer1, A. Goodarzi2, R. Chihara1

    1Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: Combined heart and double-lung transplant (OHT/DLT) is a relatively uncommon procedure, and patient outcomes after undergoing OHT/DLT are therefore not as well understood as…
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