Pushing the envelope for obese kidney donor candidates

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Discharge Readiness After Liver Transplant Is Not One Size Fits All

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Bariatric surgery for prospective living kidney donors with obesity?

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Wow, that portal vein is small: Preventing portal vein thrombosis in liver transplantation for small children

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Frailty Is Associated With Increased Rates of Acute Cellular Rejection Within 3 Months After Liver Transplantation

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There is plenty for everyone: Transection of the infracardiac inferior vena cava during organ recovery

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Practice change amidst the COVID- 19 pandemic: Harnessing the momentum for expanding telehealth in transplant

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The impact of intraoperative fluid management during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy on donor and recipient outcomes

BackgroundIntraoperative fluid management during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) may have a significant effect on donor and recipient outcomes. We sought to quantify variability in fluid management and investigate its impact on donor and recipient outcomes.MethodsA retrospective review of patients who underwent LDN from July 2011 to January 2016 with paired kidney recipients at a single center was performed. Patients were divided into tertiles of intraoperative fluid management (standard, high, and aggressive). Donor and recipient demographics, intraoperative data, and postoperative outcomes were analyzed.ResultsOverall, 413 paired kidney donors and recipients were identified. Intraoperative fluid management (mL/h) was highly variable with no correlation to donor weight (kg) (R = 0.017). The aggressive fluid management group had significantly lower recipient creatinine levels on postoperative day 1. However, no significant differences were noted in creatinine levels out to 6 months between groups. No significant differences were noted in recipient postoperative complications, graft loss, and death. There was a significant increase (P < 0.01) in the number of total donor complications in the aggressive fluid management group.ConclusionsAggressive fluid management during LDN does not improve recipient outcomes and may worsen donor outcomes compared to standard fluid management.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149691/1/ctr13542_am.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149691/2/ctr13542.pd

Edging Closer to Commonplace: Assessing the Growth of Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States

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Discharge Readiness After Liver Transplant Is Not One Size Fits All

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