2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes after Cardiac Transplantation for Adult Congenital Heart Disease in the Modern Era
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.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Surgeon Perspectives on General Surgery in Transplant Recipients
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Using Distal Abdominal Aorta as an Outflow Tract for En Bloc Kidney Transplantation from Infant Donors with Extremely Low Body Weight
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
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
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
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
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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Vesicoureteral Reflux after Kidney Transplantation Influences Long-Term Graft Survival
[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…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of AB0-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation on Lymphocele Formation
C Salabe1, S Zschiedrich2, P Pisarski1, BM Jänigen11 Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Section of Transplant Surgery, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany2 Renal…2018 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Kidney Transplantation in Obese Recipients: The New Standard?
Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; Surgery, University of Virginia, Virginia, VA.
Introduction: Obese recipients could potentially benefit from the introduction of minimally invasive techniques for kidney transplantation. We have introduced robotic kidney transplantation for our obese…
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