Articles tagged "Surgical complications"

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…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Bilateral Lung Transplantation for Destroyed Lungs with Asymmetric Thorax
B. Yue, J. Chen
Wuxi People’s Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China
*Purpose: Destroyed lungs can cause mediastinal displacement, asymmetric chest deformity, and high risk and difficulty of surgery. Until now, there are few reports about bilateral…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Wave of the Future: Expanding Role and Necessity of the Dedicated Procurement Surgeon
C. Strom, B. Cimsit, H. Nelson, F. Delmonico
New England Donor Services, Waltham, MA
*Purpose: To evaluate the quantitative and qualitative benefits of a dedicated procurement surgeon (DPS) across the transplant spectrum, including the DPS technical performance value for…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Association of Obesity and Early Post Kidney Transplantation Complications
V. Sandra, N. Sanichar, D. Tsapepas, K. L. King, J. Van Bever, K. Toma, A. Hussain, S. Mohan
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Although the prevalence of obesity among kidney transplant recipients is rising, there continues to be reluctance to waitlist obese candidates. We sought to determine…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Probiotic Protocol to Reduce Perioperative Infection After Liver Transplantation
M. Jorgenson¹, Q. Yang², D. Yang², G. Leverson², C. Saddler², J. Smith², N. Safdar², L. Fernandez², D. Al-Adra²
¹UW Health, Madison, WI, ²UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Evaluate efficacy and safety of a probiotic preparation to reduce perioperative infection in patients undergoing liver transplant surgery*Methods: Adult patients receiving liver transplantation from…