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Articles tagged "Surgical complications"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of AB0-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation on Lymphocele Formation

    C. Salabe,1 S. Zschiedrich,2 P. Pisarski,1 B. Jänigen.1

    1Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Section of Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 2Renal Division, Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

    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?

    I. Tzvetanov, C. Di Bella, K. Tulla, M. Spaggiari, F. Gheza, P. Di Cocco, J. Oberholzer, E. Benedetti.

    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…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Lymphoceles after Kidney Transplantation on Long-Term Outcomes

    L. Lehner, A. Hohberger, F. Halleck, E. Schrezenmeier, D. Khadzhynov, K. Budde, O. Staeck.

    Dept. of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

    Introduction: Despite preventive methods, lymphoceles are common complications occurring in up to a third of kidney transplant recipients (KTR). A variety of risk factors (surgical,…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Novel Vascular Inflow Offers Renal Transplantation to Recipients with Severe Central and Peripheral Vascular Disease

    S. Mao,1 E. Giorgakis,2 A. Moss,2 T. Taner.1

    1William J. von Liebig Center for Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 2Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.

    Background: Absence of suitable implant locations for donor renal vessels may be a major problem in patients with significant central and peripheral vascular disease. We…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Continuous and Single-Shot Transverse Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block vs. Conventional Analgesia after Kidney Transplant Surgery

    J. Sageshima, C. Troppmann, C. Santhanakrishnan, J. McVicar, R. Perez.

    Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA.

    BACKGROUND: Appropriate pain control by a multimodal analgesic regimen has been shown to accelerate post-operative recovery in non-transplant surgery. However, the effectiveness of TAP block…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Do Reconstruction Techniques for Two Renal Arteries Affect Long-Term Graft Survival after Living Donor Renal Transplantation?

    S. Yamanaga, P. Stock, M. Tavkol, S-.M. Kang.

    Transplant Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.

    Background: Living donor kidneys with two arteries can be revascularized using various techniques depending on anatomy. We hypothesized that the revascularization technique could impact long-term…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Urological Complications of Prophylactic Ureteral Stent vs. No Stent in Kidney Transplant Recipients at Erie County Medical Center (ECMC)

    M. Hamid,1 J. Kumar,1 S. Anjum,1 S. Patel,2 G. Gudleski,4 S. Mietz,3 M. Ott,3 S. Chang.1

    1Nephrology, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; 2Surgery, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; 3Pharmacy, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY; 4Medicine, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

    Introduction:Complications after kidney transplant (tx) commonly originate from ureterovesical anastomosis, it accounts for 3-9% of urinary complications. Due to the difference in the surgical preference,…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Safety in Obese Patients: 1038 Consecutive Robotic Living Donor Nephrectomies

    C. Di Bella,1 M. Spaggiari,1 K. Tulla,1 P. Di Cocco,1 J. Oberholzer,2 I. Tzvetanov,1 E. Benedetti.1

    1Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 2Surgery, University of Virginia, Virginia, VA.

    Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy has been a widely accepted technical improvement in kidney transplantation. Since 2000, we have introduced robotic living donor nephrectomy (RLDN) in our…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of an Anastomosis Time on Transplant Outcomes in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation

    K. Jeong, H. Jung, J. Choi, J-.H. Lim, J. Choi, J-.H. Cho, S-.H. Park, Y-.L. Kim, C-.D. Kim.

    Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.

    Background: It is known that the increase in anastomosis time (AT) in deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) is associated with increased incidence of delayed graft…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Bariatric Surgery before and after Kidney Transplantation: Long-Term Weight-Loss and Allograft Outcomes

    J. Cohen, M. Lim, C. Tewksbury, S. Torres Landa, J. Trofe-Clark, P. Abt, N. Williams, K. Dumon, S. Goral.

    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

    Obesity, a critical public health issue affecting >25% of kidney transplant (KTX) candidates, is often a barrier to transplantation. Bariatric surgery is an important tool…
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