Living Donor Left Hepatectomy
Living Donor Left Hepatectomy Derek Dubay Anand Ghanekar DEFINITION Living donor left hepatectomy can only be performed at accredited transplant centers. Living donor left hepatectomy is defined as the removal…
Back-Table Preparation of the Liver for Transplantation
Back-Table Preparation of the Liver for Transplantation Sean C. Kumer DEFINITION Back-table preparation is defined as preparing the donor liver following procurement and prior to transplantation into the recipient. The…
Right Hepatectomy for Living Donation
Right Hepatectomy for Living Donation Karim J. Halazun Masaru Kubota Benjamin Samstein DEFINITION Right donor hepatectomy for live donor liver transplantation is the removal of segments 5, 6, 7, and…
Liver and Kidney Donation Following Cardiac Death
Liver and Kidney Donation Following Cardiac Death Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro Lisa Taylor VanHouwelingen Kris P. Croome DEFINITION Donation after cardiac death (DCD) is defined as planned withdrawal of ventilatory and organ-perfusion…
Procurement of Liver for Transplantation
Procurement of Liver for Transplantation Malay B. Shah Erin C. Maynard DEFINITION Liver procurement is the removal of a liver from a living or deceased donor for the purposes of…
Transplant Nephrectomy
Transplant Nephrectomy Michael J. Englesbe Seth Waits DEFINITION Transplant nephrectomy is defined as excision or removal of previously transplanted kidney. Transplant nephrectomy is a morbid operation and significant efforts should…
Renal Allograft Thrombosis
Renal Allograft Thrombosis Vinayak S. Rohan John W. McGillicuddy Kenneth D. Chavin DEFINITION Renal allograft thrombosis occurs in the renal artery and/or the renal vein after renal transplantation. Thrombosis is…
Kidney Transplantation in the Obese Recipient
Kidney Transplantation in the Obese Recipient Randall S. Sung DEFINITION Kidney transplantation is the preferred method of renal replacement therapy for obese patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).1 Compared to…
Transplantation of Pediatric En Bloc Kidneys
Transplantation of Pediatric En Bloc Kidneys Christoph Troppmann Richard V. Perez DEFINITION Pediatric en bloc kidney transplantation is defined as the transplantation of both kidneys from a pediatric deceased donor…
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Peter L. Abt DEFINITION Kidney transplantation is the preferred method of renal replacement therapy in children. Compared to dialysis, advantages of kidney transplant include prolonged survival, restitution…
