Articles tagged "Surgical complications"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Biliary Complications after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation – Non-Randomised Comparison of 3 Methods of Biliary Tract Drainage
A. Jóźwik,¹ M. Kosieradzki,¹ B. Łągiewska,¹ W. Lisik,¹ E. Karpeta,¹ J. Bednarek,² M. Zaborska,² J. Trzebicki,³ M. Pacholczyk.¹
¹Department of General and Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; ²Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; ³I Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
BackgroundBiliary tract complications (BTC) are still relatively common and complex problem following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The aim of this nonrandomized study was to evaluate…
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Technical Aspects of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation – A Survey-Based Study within the Eurotransplant, Swisstransplant, Scandiatransplant and British Transplantation Society Networks
Z. Czigany,¹ J. Bednarsch,¹ J. Böcker,¹ F. Meister,¹ I. Amygdalos,¹ W. Schöning,¹ T. Ulmer,¹ X. Rogiers,² P. Dutkowski,³ P-.D. Line,⁴ M. Malagó,⁵ U. Neumann,¹ G. Lurje.¹
¹Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital RWTH, Aachen, Germany; ²Department of Solid Organ Transplantation, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium; ³Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; ⁴Department of Solid Organ Transplantation, University Hospital Oslo, Oslo, Norway; ⁵Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplantation, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Surgical aspects of ortoptopic liver transplantation (OLT) are widely based on low-level evidence as well as on local institutional protocols. Aim of this study…
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Does Biliary Duct Reconstruction Technique Impact Liver Transplantation Outcomes?
R. Shahbazov,¹ M. Kessel,² K. Knapp,² F. Azari,² S. Tsutsui,³ A. Nickkholgh,¹ D. Maluf,¹ S. Pelletier.¹
¹Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ²School of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ³Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: The rate of biliary complication after liver transplantation remains high. The choice of biliary reconstruction technique may depend on the patient's primary disease, possible…
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Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Safety: Experience of 500 Cases in Hispanic Population at a Single Institution
Y. Baez Suarez, F. Giron Luque, J. Amaya Nieto.
Transplantation Surgery, Colombiana de Trasplantes, Bogota, Colombia.
Background: Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy (LDN) has become the best option in living donation because its safety and low rate of complications. This report aims…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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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…