Articles tagged "Surgical complications"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Single vs. Multi-Drug Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
S. Patel,¹ J. Choi,¹ E. Moncho Escrivà,² S. Rizvi,¹ L. Samuels,¹ J. Luc,³ R. Morris,¹ H. Massey,¹ V. Tchantchaleishvili,¹ N. Aburjania.⁴
¹Division of Cardiac Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; ²University of Granada, Granada, Spain; ³University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; ⁴Division of Infectious Diseases, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
Purpose: Despite the fact that infection remains a major complication of continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD) therapy, an optimal antimicrobial surgical infection prophylaxis (SIP)…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Anterior Rectus Sheath Approach Resulted in No Difference in Wound Complication Rates in Obese versus Non-Obese Renal Transplant Recipients
S. King,² S. Hill,² L. Lipscomb,² A. Jones,² R. Jeffries,² J. Africa.¹
¹Glickman Institute, Cleveland Clinic - Charleston Area Medical Center, Cleveland, OH; ²Urology and Renal Transplant, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV.
The anterior rectus sheath (ARS) approach is a modification of the conventional Kuss procedure for kidney transplant (KT). We have previously described the ARS approach…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes after Cardiac Transplantation for Adult Congenital Heart Disease in the Modern Era
X. Zeng,¹ R. Vela,² J. Pruszynski,² J. Martinez,² S. Ring,² M. Peltz.²
¹Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; ²Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallss, TX.
Background: More patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) are surviving into adulthood and require heart transplantation. These patients historically experienced worse survival early after transplantation.…
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Transplant Surgeon Perspectives on General Surgery in Transplant Recipients
S. DiBrito, M. Bowring, S. Rasmussen, C. Haugen, C. Holscher, N. Zonnenberg, M. Henderson, D. Segev, J. Garonzik-Wang.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Transplant recipients (TR) often require other general surgical procedures; however, it is controversial who should provide surgical and peri-operative care for this unique population. While…
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Using Distal Abdominal Aorta as an Outflow Tract for En Bloc Kidney Transplantation from Infant Donors with Extremely Low Body Weight
H. Dai,^1,2 L. Peng,¹ F. Peng,¹ G. Lan,¹ Y. Wang,¹ J. Chen,¹ L. Liu,¹ C. Gao,¹ Y. Guo,¹ C. Fang,¹ M. Nie,¹ W. Long,¹ S. Yu.¹
¹Department of Urological Organ Transplantation, Changsha, Hunan, China; ²Department of Surgery, Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.
Pediatric kidney donors are underutilized due to high risk of postoperative thrombosis and other complications. To address these problems, we develop a novel en bloc…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Pancreas Transplantation in Obese Recipients: Preliminary Results
M. Spaggiari,¹ C. Di Bella,¹ P. Di Cocco,¹ F. Gheza,¹ E. Benedetti,¹ I. Tzvetanov,¹ J. Oberholzer.²
¹Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; ²Surgery, University of Virginia, Virginia, VA.
IntroductionObesity is considered a relative contraindication to pancreas transplantation due to increased risks of wound and surgical related complications. Robotic surgery has never been applied…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor-to-Recipient Weight Ratio is Significantly Associated with Hepatic Artery Thrombosis Following Pediatric Whole Liver Transplantation
S. Kim, G. Ramos-Gonzalez, Z. Labib, H. Kim, K. Vakili.
Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background: Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) following pediatric liver transplantation is associated with increased morbidity and risk of graft failure. In our clinical practice, we have…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Three Approaches for Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Transvaginal, Transumbilical Single Site and Retroperitoneal
M. Miura, H. Higashiyama.
Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Objectives: Reduction of burdens to live kidney donors are important. The aim of this study was to compare the surgical outcomes of 3 approaches we…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Effect of De Novo Use of Everolimus with Reduced Calcineurin Inhibitor versus Standard Mycophenolic Acid-Based Regimen on Wound Healing Events in Kidney Transplant Recipients from TRANSFORM Study
M. Henry, F. Citterio, M. Kim, D. Kim, P. Bernhardt, A. Gupta, Y. Watarai.
TRANSFORM Study Group, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Purpose: Anti-proliferative properties of mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors (mTORi) may affect the wound healing process and there are some reservations about including mTORi into…
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Vesicoureteral Reflux after Kidney Transplantation Influences Long-Term Graft Survival
T. Hirose,¹ K. Hotta,² N. Fukuzawa,³ A. Mitsuke,³ H. Harada.³
¹Urology, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan; ²Renal and Genito-Urinary Surgery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; ³Kidney Transplant Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
[Introduction] Post-transplant vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a complication of kidney transplantation (KT) causing graft interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy. However, risk factors for VUR or…