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Title: AJT Special Issue: Living Liver and Kidney Donation 2 Feb 2010
Post by: okarol on February 27, 2010, 08:53:02 PM
AJT Special Issue: Living Liver and Kidney Donation 2 Feb 2010
 
   Living Liver and Kidney Donation
Guest Editor: Dr. Jonathan Bromberg

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This virtual issue of the American Journal of Transplantation is focused on living donation. For practical purposes, the articles are restricted to only liver and kidney donation. It would not be an overstatement to say that donation has probably been the number one issue to dominate the field for the last decade, as organ quality and availability determine all activities in transplantation. The breadth of importance and ramifications of donation are reflected in the wide variety of articles and topics that cover this area of interest. Novel sources of donors, such as altruistic, anonymous, and non-directed donation among others are covered in the first section. While considered even unusual a few years ago, many of these sources are now firmly partly of the mainstream of living donation. Exchanges, swaps, chains, and dominos are included in the second section, reflecting the evolution of the field as ever more complex donor and recipient algorithms are implemented, and their attendant ramifications on quality, cost, and outcomes. The third section covers organ utilization and outcomes, with an emphasis on matching the optimal donor with the correct recipient, and comparing deceased to living donor organs. The fourth section covers regulatory issues at the national and local levels, and their influence on donation and outcomes. The fifth section comprises issues relating to the donor and donor safety. The work-up process, safeguards, operative techniques, short term outcomes, and very long term outcomes are major issues the have dominated recent trends. The sixth and last section covers educational issues as they related to donor and family knowledge and attitudes toward donation, and that affects donation rates. These reports should provide the reader with a comprehensive view of issues in living liver and kidney donation, and the diverse paths taken that have moved the field forward.

Novel Donor Sources:

Twenty-Two Nondirected Kidney Donors: An Update on a Single Center's Experience
C. L. Jacobs, D. Roman, C. Garvey, J. Kahn, A. J. Matas

Altruistic Living Donors: Evaluation for Nondirected Kidney or Liver Donation
M.D. Jendrisak, B. Hong, S. Shenoy, J. Lowell, N. Desai, W. Chapman, A. Vijayan, R.D. Wetzel, M. Smith, J. Wagner, S. Brennan, D. Brockmeier, D. Kappel

Living Anonymous Liver Donation: Case Report and Ethical Justification
L. Wright, K. Ross, S. Abbey, G. Levy, D. Grant

Successful Expansion of the Living Donor Pool by Alternative Living Donation Programs
J. I. Roodnat, J. A. Kal-van Gestel, W. Zuidema, M. A. A. van Noord, J. van de Wetering, J. N. M. IJzermans, W. Weimar

Elective Surgical Patients as Living Organ Donors: A Clinical and Ethical Innovation
G. Testa, P. Angelos, M. Crowley-Matoka, M. Siegler

Kidney Donor Exchanges, Chains, and Dominos:

A Comparison of Populations Served by Kidney Paired Donation and List Paired Donation
S. E. Gentry, D. L. Segev, R. A. Montgomery

The Dutch National Living Donor Kidney Exchange Program
M. de Klerk, K. M. Keizer, F. H. J. Claas, M. Witvliet, B. J. J. M. Haase-Kromwijk, W. Weimar

Characterization of Waiting Times in a Simulation of Kidney Paired Donation
D. L. Segev, S. E. Gentry, J. K. Melancon, R. A. Montgomery

Attitudes of Minority Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Regarding ABO-Incompatible List-Paired Exchanges
P. D. Ackerman, J. R. Thistlethwaite Jr, L. F. Ross

Incompatible Kidney Donor Candidates' Willingness to Participate in Donor-Exchange and Non-directed Donation
A. D. Waterman, E. A. Schenk, A. C. Barrett, B. M. Waterman, J. R. Rodrigue, E. S. Woodle, S. Shenoy, M. Jendrisak, M. Schnitzler

Utilizing List Exchange and Nondirected Donation through 'Chain' Paired Kidney Donations
A. E. Roth, T. Sönmez, M. U. Ünver, F. L. Delmonico, S. L. Saidman

Expanding Kidney Paired Donation Through Participation by Compatible Pairs
S. E. Gentry, D. L. Segev, M. Simmerling, R. A. Montgomery

Successful Three-Way Kidney Paired Donation with Cross-Country Live Donor Allograft Transport
R. A. Montgomery, S. Katznelson, W. I. Bry, A. A. Zachary, J. Houp, J. M. Hiller, S. Shridharani, D. John, A. L. Singer, D. L. Segev

The Roles of Dominos and Nonsimultaneous Chains in Kidney Paired Donation
S. E. Gentry, R. A. Montgomery, B. J. Swihart, D. L. Segev

Asynchronous, Out-of-Sequence, Transcontinental Chain Kidney Transplantation: A Novel Concept
F. K. Butt, H. A. Gritsch, P. Schulam, G. M. Danovitch, A. Wilkinson, J. Del Pizzo, S. Kapur, D. Serur, S. Katznelson, S. Busque, M. L. Melcher, S. McGuire, M. Charlton, G. Hil, J. L. Veale

Clinical Outcomes of Multicenter Domino Kidney Paired Donation
Y. J. Lee, S. U. Lee, S. Y. Chung, B. H. Cho, J. Y. Kwak, C. M. Kang, J. T. Park, D. J. Han, D. J. Kim

Organ Utilization and Outcomes:

Living-Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatoblastoma
M. Kasahara, M. Ueda, H. Haga, H. Hiramatsu, M. Kobayashi, S. Adachi, S. Sakamoto, F. Oike, H. Egawa, Y. Takada, K. Tanaka

Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia: A Single-Center Experience with First 100 Cases
C.-L. Chen, A. Concejero, C.-C. Wang, S.-H. Wang, C.-C. Lin, Y.-W. Liu, C.-C. Yong, C.-H. Yang, T.-S. Lin, Y.-C. Chiang, B. Jawan, T.-L. Huang, Y.-F. Cheng, H.-L. Eng

Association Between Waiting Times for Kidney Transplantation and Rates of Live Donation
D. L. Segev, S. E. Gentry, R. A. Montgomery

Regional and Racial Disparities in the Use of Live Non-Directed Kidney Donors
D. L. Segev, R. A. Montgomery

Recipient Morbidity After Living and Deceased Donor Liver Tranasplantation: Findings from the A2ALL Retrospective Cohort Study
C. E. Freise, B. W. Gillespie, A. J. Koffron, A. S. F. Lok, T. L. Pruett, J. C. Emond, J. H. Fair, R. A. Fisher, K. M. Olthoff, J. F. Trotter, R. M. Ghobrial, J. E. Everhart

Incidence and Severity of Acute Cellular Rejection in Recipients Undergoing Adult Living Donor or Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation
A. Shaked, R. M. Ghobrial, R. M. Merion, T. H. Shearon, J. C. Emond, J. H. Fair, R. A. Fisher, L. M. Kulik, T. L. Pruett, N. A. Terrault

Resource Utilization of Living Donor Versus Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation Is Similar at an Experienced Transplant Center
J. C. Lai, E. M. Pichardo, J. C. Emond, R. S. Brown Jr.

Organ Donation and Utilization in the United States: 1998–2007
J. E. Tuttle-Newhall, S. M. Krishnan, M. F. Levy, V. McBride, J. P. Orlowski, R. S. Sung

Unique Early Gene Expression Patterns in Human Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Grafts Compared to Deceased Donor Grafts
J. de Jonge, S. Kurian, A. Shaked, K. R. Reddy, W. Hancock, D. R. Salomon, K. M. Olthoff

Regulatory:

Incentive Models to Increase Living Kidney Donation: Encouraging Without Coercing
A. K. Israni, S. D. Halpern, S. Zink, S. A. Sidhwani, A. Caplan

Limiting Financial Disincentives in Live Organ Donation: A Rational Solution to the Kidney Shortage
R. S. Gaston, G. M. Danovitch, R. A. Epstein, J. P. Kahn, A. J. Matas, M. A. Schnitzler

Public Attitudes Toward Incentives for Organ Donation: A National Study of Different Racial/Ethnic and Income Groups
L. E. Boulware, M. U. Troll, N. Y. Wang, N. R. Powe

The Association of State and National Legislation with Living Kidney Donation Rates in the United States: A National Study
L. E. Boulware, M. U. Troll, L. C. Plantinga, N. R. Powe

The Evolution and Direction of OPTN Oversight of Live Organ Donation and Transplantation in the United States
R. S. Brown, Jr, R. Higgins, T. L Pruett

Stimulus for Organ Donation: A Survey of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Membership
J. R. Rodrigue, K. Crist, J. P. Roberts, R. B. Freeman Jr., R. M. Merion, A. I. Reed

Donor Procedures, Outcomes and Safety:

Obesity in Living Kidney Donors: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in the Era of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
J. K. Heimbach, S. J. Taler, M. Prieto, F. G. Cosio, S. C. Textor, Y. C. Kudva, G. K. Chow, M. B. Ishitani, T. S. Larson, M. D. Stegall

Laparoscopic Procurement of Kidneys with Multiple Renal Arteries is Associated with Increased Ureteral Complications in the Recipient
J. T. Carter, C. E. Freise, R. A. McTaggart, H. D. Mahanty, S.M. Kang, S. H. Chan, S. Feng, J. P. Roberts, A. M. Posselt

Pre-donation Assessment of Kidneys by Magnetic Resonance Angiography and Venography: Accuracy and Impact on Outcomes
S. A. Ames, M. Krol, K. Nettar, J. P. Goldman, T. M. Quinn, D. M. Herron, A. Pomp, J. S. Bromberg

Long-Term Consequences of Live Kidney Donation Follow-Up in 93% of Living Kidney Donors in a Single Transplant Center
J. Gossmann, A. Wilhelm, H.G. Kachel, J. Jordan, U. Sann, H. Geiger, W. Kramer, E.H. Scheuermann

More on Parental Living Liver Donation for Children with Fulminant Hepatic Failure: Addressing Concerns About Competing Interests, Coercion, Consent and Balancing Acts
A. Spital

Predictive Capacity of Pre-Donation GFR and Renal Reserve Capacity for Donor Renal Function After Living Kidney Donation
M. Rook, H. S. Hofker, W. J. van Son, J. J. Homan van der Heide, R. J. Ploeg, G. J. Navis

Laparoscopic-Assisted Right Lobe Donor Hepatectomy
A.J. Koffron, R. Kung, T. Baker, J. Fryer, L. Clark, M. Abecassis

Cold Ischemia Time and Allograft Outcomes in Live Donor Renal Transplantation: Is Live Donor Organ Transport Feasible?
C. E. Simpkins, R. A. Montgomery, A. M. Hawxby, J. E. Locke, S. E. Gentry, D. S. Warren, D. L. Segev

Evaluating Living Kidney Donors: Relationship Types, Psychosocial Criteria, and Consent Processes at US Transplant Programs
J. R. Rodrigue, M. Pavlakis, G. M. Danovitch, S. R. Johnson, S. J. Karp, K. Khwaja, D. W. Hanto, D. A. Mandelbrot

The Medical Evaluation of Living Kidney Donors: A Survey of US Transplant Centers
D. A. Mandelbrot, M. Pavlakis, G. M. Danovitch, S. R. Johnson, S. J. Karp, K. Khwaja, D. W. Hanto, J. R. Rodrigue

Rescue of a Living Donor with Liver Transplantation
B. Ringe, G. Xiao, D. A. Sass, J. Karam, S. Shang, T. P. Maroney, A. E. Trebelev, S. Levison, A. C. Fuchs, R. Petrucci, A. Ko, M. Gonzalez, J. C. Reynolds, W. C. Meyers

Nephrectomy Elicits Impact of Age and BMI on Renal Hemodynamics: Lower Postdonation Reserve Capacity in Older or Overweight Kidney Donors
M. Rook, R. J. Bosma, W. J. van Son, H. S. Hofker, J. J. Homan van der Heide, P. M. ter Wee, R. J. Ploeg, G. J. Navis

Pregnancy and Birth After Kidney Donation: The Norwegian Experience
A. V. Reisćter, J. Rřislien, T. Henriksen, L. M. Irgens, A. Hartmann

Pregnancy Outcomes After Kidney Donation
H. N. Ibrahim, S. K. Akkina, E. Leister, K. Gillingham, G. Cordner, H. Guo, R. Bailey, T. Rogers, A. J. Matas

Education:

Preferences, Knowledge, Communication and Patient-Physician Discussion of Living Kidney Transplantation in African American Families
L. E. Boulware, L. A. Meoni, N. E. Fink, R. S. Parekh, W. H. L. Kao, M. J. Klag, N. R. Powe

Organ Donation Decision: Comparison of Donor and Nondonor Families
J. R. Rodrigue, D. L. Cornell, R. J. Howard

Increasing Live Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home-Based Educational Intervention
J. R. Rodrigue, D. L. Cornell, J. K. Lin, B. Kaplan, R. J. Howard

Emigration from the British Isles to Southeastern Spain: A Study of Attitudes Toward Organ Donation
A. Ríos, P. Cascales, L. Martínez, J. Sánchez, N. Jarvis, P. Parrilla, P. Ramírez