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Articles tagged "Surgical complications"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Intraoperative versus Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Liver Transplantation

    S. Hamel1, C. Garza1, C. Gamble2, H. Boone3, L. Thomas4, D. L. Gorden5

    1Pharmacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2Quality, Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN, 3Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 4Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 5Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

    *Purpose: Perioperative antibiotic use has important implications for patient care, antimicrobial stewardship, and cost containment. There is limited data guiding the optimal duration of perioperative…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Myosteatosis and its Impact on Graft- and Patient Survival in Adult Recipients of Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation

    Z. Czigany, W. Kramp, G. van der Kroft, P. Strnad, M. Zimmermann, W. Liu, G. Wiltberger, U. Neumann, G. Lurje

    University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

    *Purpose: Recently our group demonstrated the role of myosteatosis in inferior perioperative outcomes (Czigany et al. Am J Transplant 2019) in recipients of orthotopic liver…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Operative vs. Non-Operative Management of Hemorrhage in the Postoperative Kidney Transplant Patient

    R. Shaw1, T. Reavis1, V. Meruva2, F. Montz3, E. Rogers4, A. Kumar1, V. Bowers4, J. Buggs4

    1Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, FL, 3University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, 4Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL

    *Purpose: Postoperative hemorrhage has been described at rates of 14 percent in kidney transplant (KT) literature. The preferred management of postoperative hemorrhage in this population…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Totally Robotic Living Donor Hepatectomy Graft Parenchymal Transection Time

    Y. L. Cheah, J. Kim, C. J. Simon, S. Meade, R. Jenkins, M. E. Akoad

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA

    *Purpose: Evaluate duration of parenchymal transection in a series of totally robotic living donor hepatectomies in order to improve time coordination between living donor and…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Increased Intra-Abdominal Pressure is Associated with Delayed Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation

    A. Coca1, C. Arias-Cabrales2, M. Perez-Saez2, P. Gonzalez1, M. Crespo2, M. Rollan1, B. Toribio1, A. Mendiluce1, J. Pascual2, J. Bustamante-Munguira3

    1Nephrology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain, 2Nephrology, Hospital Del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, 3Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain

    *Purpose: Increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) is a common complication among critically ill and post-surgical patients that can cause organ dysfunction. Its prevalence and effects after…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Unified Management of Inferior Vena Cava Web and Right Hepatic Vein in Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Membranous Obstruction of Vena Cava (Budd Chiari Syndrome)

    Y. Nah, S. Park, E. Lee, S. Park

    Department of Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: In Eastern countries Budd Chiari syndrome (BCS) is most often caused by the membranous obstruction of the vena cava (MOVC). During living donor liver…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Risk Factors for Early Graft Loss and Mortality in Pancreas Transplant Recipients: A Multivariate Analysis of U.S. Transplants

    S. M. Riad1, A. Adamusiak2, S. Jackson3, E. B. Finger2, R. Kandaswamy2

    1Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 3Complex Care Analytics, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: There is limited data on trends of early graft loss within 90 days (EGL). Pancreas donor risk index (PDRI) is a scale of pancreas…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Endoscopic Injection Therapy for Vesicoureteral Reflux after Kidney Transplantation

    H. Higuchi, H. Sasaki, H. Harada, T. Tanabe

    Urology and Kidney Transplant Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Sapporo, Japan

    *Purpose: Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in a kidney graft is a complication of post kidney transplantation (KT) causing recurrent upper urinary tract infection and consequent kidney…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Correlation of Intraoperative Donor Duodenal Segment Swab Cultures with the Subsequent Occurrence of Surgical Site Infections in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients

    C. M. Rotstein1, M. Alabdulla1, S. Al Rehily1, Y. Natori2, K. Van1, M. Cattral1, T. Reichman1

    1University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2Division of ID, University of Miami, Miami, FL

    *Purpose: Pancreas transplantation (PT) is commonly employed for the treatment of type I diabetes mellitus. It has been postulated that surgical site infections (SSIs), particularly…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Complex Live Donor Anatomy Does Not Preclude Kidney Transplantation

    P. Veitch, T. Brown, A. Courtney, J. McDaid

    Transplant Department, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: Living donor (LD) kidney transplantation is the optimum form of renal replacement therapy for suitable patients. Decline of otherwise suitable potential donors on the…
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