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Articles tagged "Surgical complications"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Incisional Herniation Following Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Incidence, Impact and Aetiology

    Z. Ahmed, I. Mosca, M. Dirix, R. Tamburrini, N. Kessaris, N. Mamode.

    Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

    Introduction: Living kidney donor demographics, perioperative outcomes and data on renal function is recorded by national mandate. However other longer term and potentially significant surgical…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of the Clinical Outcome and Surgical Invasiveness for Living Donor Nephrectomy Between Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery and Single-Port Surgery

    M. Saito, S. Satoh, R. Yamamoto, H. Tsuruta, S. Akihama, T. Inoue, S. Narita, N. Tsuchiya, T. Habuchi.

    Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.

    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:Single-port surgery (SPS) for living donor nephrectomy (LDN) is challenging. Whether SPS is less invasive compared to conventional laparoscopic surgery (CLS) using several…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Pretransplant Panniculectomy in Patients Previously Denied Access to Renal Transplantation: Addressing Disparities for Candidates With a High-Risk Abdominal Panniculus After Weight Loss

    C. Troppmann,1 C. Bailey,2 J. Kuo,2 C. Santhanakrishnan,1 R. Perez,1 M. Wong.2

    1Transplant Surgery, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA; 2Plastic Surgery, UC Davis, Sacto..

    Some patients (pts) develop a large lower abdominal panniculus following significant weight loss (worsened by age and abdominal wall laxity). CKD pts affected by this…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Obesity: A Major Risk Factor for Wound and Parietal Complications in Renal Transplantation

    H. Andrade, W. Nahas, R. Kato, K. Yamaçake, H. Kanashiro, I. Antonopoulos, A. Bull, R. Falci, A. Piovesan.

    Division of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    Purpose: The increase of obesity among patients with end-stage renal disease poses a major challenge for urologists and nephrologists. Many centers set an upper limit…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Epidemiology of Early Post Liver Transplant (LT) Infections 2008-12: Time to Reconsider Perioperative Prophylaxis Regimen?

    K. Doucette, M. Charles, M. Al Dabbagh, J. Preiksaitis.

    Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

    Background: The most common pathogens seen in early post LT intraabdominal and bloodstream infection are enterococci, staphylococci and aerobic gram negative bacilli and perioperative prophylaxis…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Distal Splenorenal Shunt (DSRS): A Durable Bridge to Liver Transplantation

    J. Pomposelli, A. Tongyoo, R. Jenkins, M. Akoad, W. Lewis, E. Pomfret.

    Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Diseases, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA.

    Background: Variceal bleeding has a high rate of in-hospital mortality approaching 50%. Patients with well-compensated cirrhosis and recurrent variceal bleeding may benefit from long-term prophylaxis…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Allograft Pancreatectomy: Indications and Outcomes

    S. Nagai, J. Powelson, R. Mangus, J. Fridell.

    Transplant Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.

    Background: Indications for allograft pancreatectomy have not been clearly established, but cause and timing of graft loss, clinical symptoms and candidacy for pancreas retransplantation are…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Extension in Submucosal Ureteral Tunnel to Prevent Vesicoureteral Reflux and Its Impact on the Graft Survival in Kidney Transplantation

    T. Inoue,1 S. Satoh,2 M. Saito,1 K. Numakura,1 H. Tsuruta,1 S. Akihama,1 S. Narita,1 N. Tsuchiya,1 T. Habuchi.1

    1Urology, Akita University, Akita, Japan; 2Center for Kidney Disease, Akita University, Akita, Japan.

    Objects: It is plausible that vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) induced by an insufficient length of a submucosal ureteral tunnel leads graft function to deteriorate in kidney…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Ligation of the Native Ureter for Treatment of Urinary Fistula in Kidney Transplantation: Is It Safe?

    C. Batagello, K. Yamaçake, R. Falci, H. Kanashiro, R. Kato, G. Ebaid, A. Piovesan, W. Nahas.

    Division of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    Purpose: Urinary fistula and ureteral stenosis occur respectively in 2-5% and 2-7.5% after kidney transplantation. Within the different causes of stenosis and fistula after kidney…
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