Articles tagged "Surgical complications"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors and Outcome of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Nested Case-control Study
D. Choudhary¹, A. Sharma¹, R. Vijayvergiya², G. Kasinadhuni², D. Kenwar¹, S. Singh¹
¹Renal & Pancreas Transplant Surgery, Pgimer Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India, ²Cardiology, Pgimer Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
*Purpose: Transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) is a treatable cause of renal allograft dysfunction. It presents commonly in the early post-transplant period with variable clinical…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Stent Removal in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Quality Improvement Project
V. Rohan, N. Pilch, M. Altiti, S. Nadig, A. Lin, D. DuBay, P. Baliga
Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Ureteric Stent placement is a is common practice at the time of kidney transplantation to reduce the incidence and severity of Major Urological Complications…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Effects of TIPS on Transplant Outcomes for HCC
C. L. Hanlon¹, D. Toy¹, Y. Liu¹, S. Zhou¹, K. Zhou², J. Kahn², L. Yuan²
¹Internal Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Internal Medicine - Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine effects of TIPS placement on response to locoregional therapy (LRT) and clinical outcomes after liver transplantation…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Centre Variation in Emergency Hospital Readmissions Following Renal Transplantation in England
J. Peracha¹, D. Pitcher¹, R. Steenkamp¹, J. Medcalf², G. Lipkin³, D. Nitsch⁴, W. McKane⁵
¹UK Renal Registry, Bristol, United Kingdom, ²John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom, ³University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴London School of Hygiene and Trpoical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Sheffield Kidney Institute, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Emergency hospital readmissions (EHR) following surgery are associated with significant patient distress, morbidity and costs to healthcare providers. In this study we aim to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Robotic Living Donor Right Hepatectomy in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
E. Lincango-Naranjo¹, E. Garces-Delgado², P. Solis-Pazmino³, H. Alexander-Leon⁴, G. Restrepo-Rodas², R. Mancero-Montalvo², C. J. Ponce², R. Cadena-Semanate², R. Vargas-Cordova⁵, G. Herrera-Cevallos⁶, A. Villarreal-Juris⁷, S. Vallejo¹, C. Liu-Sanchez⁸, L. P. Prokop⁹, A. D. Guerron¹⁰, O. J. Ponce¹, D. Moris¹¹
¹Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, ³Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴Universidad de las Americas, Quito, Ecuador, ⁵Hospital General San Francisco IESS, Quito, Ecuador, ⁶Hospital Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador, ⁷Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, ⁸Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, ⁹Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁰Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ¹¹Department of surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Living donor adult-to-adult liver transplantation (LT) has emerged as a feasible alternative to deceased donors. Advances in hepatobiliary surgery have allowed the introduction of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Primary Uretero-ureterostomy in Renal Transplantation
H. Shokouh-Amiri¹, M. S. Naseer¹, D. Aultman¹, R. McMillan¹, S. Tandukar², F. T. Siskron³, N. Singh², G. Zibari¹
¹Advanced Surgery, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA, ²Transplant Nephrology, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA, ³Urology, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA
*Purpose: Uretero-neocystostomy (UN) is routinely performed in renal transplantation. Few studies of primary uretero-ureterostomy (UU) have been reported, showing its safety and feasibility. If the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Comprehensive Intrahepatic Biliary Anatomy Underscores the Split-ability and the Origin of Biliary Leakage in Hemiliver Split Liver Transplant
J. Nguyen¹, K. Musto¹, M. Dougherty¹, R. Paz-Fugamalli², D. Harnois¹
¹Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Radiology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Hemiliver splitting is an effective approach to optimize the number of liver allografts available for both adult and pediatric patients on liver transplant waitlist.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Donor Nephrectomy: Advantages Offered by a Minimally Invasive Approach to Kidney Transplantation
A. Popovic¹, R. Shahbazov¹, A. Hoste¹, S. Loerzel¹, B. Gallay², J. Leggat², O. Pankewycz¹, R. Saidi¹, R. H. Dvorai³, M. J. Hanlon¹, S. Narsipur², M. R. Laftavi¹
¹Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ³Pathology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
*Purpose: Our aim was to further explore the difference in results between laparoscopic and robotic assisted techniques of living donor nephrectomies*Methods: This is a retrospective…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes After Abo Incompatible Pediatric Liver Transplantation are Comparable to Abo Identical/compatible Transplant
C. Lemoine, K. Brandt, R. Superina
Division of Transplant and Advanced Hepatobiliary Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: In order to evaluate if the incidence of vascular and biliary complications as well as patient and graft survival in ABO incompatible (ABOi) liver…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Does the NSQIP-Transplant Experience Demonstrate That Obese Kidney Transplant Recipients are Still at Increased Risk for Surgical Site Infections?
H. C. Yaffe¹, A. K. Belli¹, J. R. Parekh², D. L. Sudan³, N. Elias⁴, K. D. Conzen⁵, D. P. Foley⁶, R. Hirose⁷, S. M. Greenstein¹
¹Surgery, Montefiore-Einstein Center for Transplantation, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ³Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁴Surgery, Transplant Surgery Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ⁶Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁷Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program for Transplant (NSQIP-T) was designed to track surgical outcomes in adult liver and kidney transplants (KTX). The Pilot…