Articles tagged "Surgical complications"

2017 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of the Procurement Surgeon on Transplanted Abdominal Organ Outcomes: An OPTN/SRTR Analysis to Evaluate Regional Organ Procurement Collaboration.
O. Serrano,¹ D. Vock,² R. Kandaswamy,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas,¹ E. Finger.¹
¹Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
OBJECTIVE: A number of single center studies have demonstrated utility of regional organ procurement collaboration to reduce travel redundancy by procuring surgical teams with no…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Hepatic Artery and Biliary Complications in Liver Transplant Recipients with Radioembolization Bridging Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
S. Radunz,¹ J. Treckmann,¹ F. Saner,¹ S. Müller,² J. Theysohn,³ A. Paul,¹ T. Benkö.¹
¹General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany; ²Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany; ³Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
Locoregional treatments are commonly applied in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients as a bridge to liver transplantation to prevent tumor progression during waiting time. We hypothesized…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Emptive Kidney Transplantation with Living- Donor and Concomitant Unilateral Nephrectomy in Patients with Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Safe Strategy?
C. Michel,¹ F. Audenet,¹ M. Ariane,¹ C. Legendre,² D. Joly,² A. Méjean,¹ M.-O. Timsit.¹
¹Urology, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; ²Nephrology and Transplantation, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France.
Objectives. Because the timing of the nephrectomy still remains unclear, we studied the complications and outcomes of unilateral nephrectomy and concomitant pre-emptive kidney transplant with…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Give One and Done? Evaluating a Change in Surgical Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
K. Bliven, C. Truax, K. Snow, N. Kenyon, A. Carlson, S. Yeager, L. Smith.
Pharmacy, University of Utah Hospital and Clinics, Salt Lake City, UT.
Surgical-site infections (SSIs) occur in up to 11% of kidney transplant (txp) patients (pts). There is no consensus on the optimal peri-op prophylaxis regimen for…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Prolonged Warm Ischemia Time Among Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients.
A. Miller,¹ B. Kiberd,¹ I. Alwayn,² S. Kim,³ K. Tennankore.¹
¹Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; ²Surgery, Multi Organ Transplant Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; ³Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Prolonged warm ischemia time (the time from organ removal from cold storage to reperfusion with warm blood) is associated with graft failure and mortality among…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Determinants of 1 Year Graft Loss After Pre Kidney Transplant Bariatric Surgery.
G. Mour, J. Zhang, Z. Su, D. Taber, P. Mauldin, T. Srinivas.
Medical Unversity of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Background: Bariatric surgery (BS) is increasingly used to manage weight pre-transplantation (Pre-Tx). However, grafts may be compromised by variable drug absorption, rejection and oxalate nephropathy.…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Appendectomy in Liver Transplant Recipients.
N. Dagher, S. DiBrito, I. Olorundare, C. Landazabal, D. Segev.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Studies on outcomes following appendectomy in liver transplant (LT) recipients have been limited to case series. This study investigates early postoperative outcomes following laparoscopic (lap)…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Isolated Pediatric Small Intestine Transplants Using Vascular Homografts.
Y. Kwon, N. Llore, R. Girlanda, K. Etesami, C. Desai, C. Matsumoto, T. Fishbein.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Background/aim: Pediatric intestinal transplantation has changed recently with more isolated small intestine transplants being performed in small children instead of combined liver-intestine transplants. Consequently, surgical…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Cholangioscopy in Liver Transplant Recipients.
U. Agbim,¹ E. Verna,¹ R. Brown, Jr,² A. Sethi.¹
¹Columbia University, New York; ²Cornell University, New York.
BackgroundBiliary complications in the post-liver transplant population are common and are a source of significant morbidity, which are preferably managed, if technically feasible, by endoscopic…
2016 American Transplant Congress
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reviewing Patient Care in Abdominal Transplantation.
S. Lerner, M. Resta-Flarer, R. Shapiro, S. Florman, L. Kim-Schluger, V. Nair.
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.
Purpose: Unbiased review of patient care in solid organ transplantation is difficult but essential for improving patient safety. In October 2013 we created a process…