Abstract:
:In many Western countries a "minimum volume rule" policy has been adopted as a quality measure for complex surgical procedures. In Italy, the National Transplant Centre set the minimum number of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) procedures/y at 25/center. OLT procedures performed in a single center for a reasonably large period may be treated as a time series to evaluate trend, seasonal cycles, and nonsystematic fluctuations. Between January 1, 1987 and December 31, 2006, we performed 563 cadaveric donor OLTs to adult recipients. During 2007, there were another 28 procedures. The greatest numbers of OLTs/y were performed in 2001 (n = 51), 2005 (n = 50), and 2004 (n = 49). A time series analysis performed using R Statistical Software (Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria), a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, showed an incremental trend after exponential smoothing as well as after seasonal decomposition. The predicted OLT/mo for 2007 calculated with the Holt-Winters exponential smoothing applied to the previous period 1987-2006 helped to identify the months where there was a major difference between predicted and performed procedures. The time series approach may be helpful to establish a minimum volume/y at a single-center level.
journal_name
Transplant Procjournal_title
Transplantation proceedingsauthors
Santori G,Andorno E,Morelli N,Casaccia M,Bottino G,Di Domenico S,Valente Udoi
10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.03.081subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-05-01 00:00:00pages
1286-9issue
4eissn
0041-1345issn
1873-2623pii
S0041-1345(09)00565-Xjournal_volume
41pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The first clinical orthotopic liver transplantation in Brazil was performed on August 5, 1968. The patient was awake after surgery and died on the seventh postoperative day due to subdural hematoma, bronchopneumonia, renal failure, and graft rejection. The report of this case is important to understand the evolution o...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.03.096
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Patients undergoing urgent heart transplantation (HT) have a poorer prognosis and more long-term complications. The objective of this study was to compare the preoperative course in patients undergoing urgent HT according to the need for preoperative intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP). MATERIALS A...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.114
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::ABO incompatibility is not a barrier to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, the impact of an ABO mismatch on the outcome of the HSCT remains controversial. We analyzed whether ABO incompatibility leads to an increased risk of early/late complications, mortality, or increased transfusion...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.189
更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:An important side effect of sirolimus, a drug often used in organ transplantation, is pulmonary toxicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We present five kidney transplant patients who developed this toxicity associated with sirolimus. All underwent chest radiography computed tomography, fiberoptic bronchoscopy wit...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.08.037
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a relatively common finding in patients undergoing liver transplantation. Although the recommendation to prevent its recurrence is anticoagulation for a duration of 3 to 6 months, this is controversial. AIM:The aim of our study was to determine the efficacy of oral anticoag...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.07.014
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:In patients with living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), late-onset complications sometimes develop because of long-term use of immunosuppressive drugs. One of the immunosuppressive drug-related complications is de novo malignancies resulting in reduced survival. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Among 153 patients un...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.03.059
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:It remains unclear whether bone mineral density (BMD) is compromised in adult life after liver transplantation (LT) during childhood. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study of total body (TB) and lumbar spine (LS) dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, anthropometry, and data collected, which included a phys...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.02.118
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The current results of the present series demonstrate that intestinal allografts are more vulnerable to rejection and continue to be at a significantly higher risk long after transplantation compared with isolated liver allograft recipients. Unexpectedly, a combined liver allograft does not protect small bowel from re...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy has become the method of choice for removal of living donor kidneys. The ENDO GIA stapler is commonly used for division of the renal vessels, but it can lead to some loss of graft vascular length. Besides, stapler malfunction can occur. In this study, we report our experience u...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.06.016
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Orthotopic liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for most terminal liver diseases in children. Currently, the improved survival of these patients is well documented, but their quality of life post-transplant is not described. In Chile, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna (HLCM) has performed pediatric ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.08.091
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We analyzed the function and outcome of 16 kidney transplants performed in our hospital from non-heart-beating donors who were harvested at other hospitals. The cold ischemia times were longer and the delayed graft function rates higher. However, graft function was no different from that of kidneys from heart-beating ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.02.031
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Transplantation in patients with congenital bleeding disorders is a challenge requiring an integrated approach of various specialists. Renal transplantation, the most frequent type of solid organ transplantation, is rarely performed in individuals with congenital hemorrhagic disorders. We performed a renal transplanta...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.07.001
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) developed among 11 of 416 renal allograft recipients transplanted between 1985 and 2000. Only 3 among 364 Caucasian recipients developed KS, while it affected 8 of 52 Black patients, all of whom had been born in African countries (P <.001). All patients had their immunosuppression reduced; two al...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.05.023
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The long-term fate of renal transplant recipients has remained relatively unchanged over the last 15 years. The cumulative, chronic effects of immunosuppression contribute, to a great extent, to the higher, premature mortality rates linked to cardiovascular disease and malignancy observed in this patient population. I...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.07.006
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the postoperative changes in hemodynamics and biochemical indices in pediatric recipients of live-donor liver transplants (LDLT). METHODS:Hemodynamics and biochemical indices (coagulation function, electrolytes, kidney function, liver function, and blood analysis) were m...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.04.013
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Urological complications after renal transplantation (RT), including urine leaks, remain the most common type of surgical complications in the early post-transplant period. In this study we evaluated 324 consecutive RTs recipients in whom Haberal's corner-saving anastomosis technique was used for ureteroneoc...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.10.019
更新日期:2020-11-28 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Urinary tract infections (UTI) have been reported to occur with frequencies ranging from 30% to 60% in kidney transplant recipients during the first year posttransplantation. UTI is the main cause of infectious complications in this period. The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of UTI, ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.11.029
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of bilateral nephrectomy on posttransplantation urinary tract infection (UTI) among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). METHODS:In a retrospective case-control design, 62 patients wit...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.02.058
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Everolimus has recently been introduced into clinical practice with promising perspectives due to its efficacy, lack of nephrotoxicity, and antitumor effects. Experience in clinical trials associated with low-dose cyclosporine showed good results, but there is almost no experience in calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) elimin...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.06.030
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:The demand for liver transplantation has increasingly exceeded the supply of cadaver donor organs. Non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs) may be an alternative to increase the cadaver donor pool. The outcome of 20 liver transplants from Maastricht category 2 NHBD was compared with that of 40 liver transplants fr...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.03.027
更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Previous studies have shown that vaccinating rodents with anti-donor-specific T cells significantly prolonged allograft survival; however, the putative mechanism of the tolerance remains unclear. In this study, we used the model of heterotopic heart transplantation between the C57BL/6 donor mice and BALB/c recipient m...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.02.079
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::From July 1996 to November 2006, 46 patients received kidney transplants at five pediatric centers in Thailand. The male-female ratio was 1.9:1. The primary causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) included hypoplastic or dysplastic kidney, chronic glomerulonephritis, reflux nephropathy, pyelo nephritis or interstitia...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.07.023
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Pediatric liver transplantation (LT) can affect recipients' family function; however, inconsistent results between studies exist, and data from developing nations are sparse. We aimed to evaluate family function and identify factors associated with suboptimal function in pediatric LT recipients. METHODS:A c...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.01.035
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Patients who undergo kidney or liver transplantation receive long-lasting immunosuppressive therapy. The resultant unfavorable symptoms result from immune deficiency and the side effects of the medications. The aim of this study was to establish the frequency and intensity of denture stomatitis and oral candidiasis am...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.12.078
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:An open, single arm, prospective clinical trial to assess the efficacy and safety of basiliximab (Simulect) combined with cyclosporine microemulsion (Neoral), steroids, and azathioprine was performed in four centers in Chile, two adult and two pediatric. The 23 patients who were enrolled were followed for 12...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.09.098
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a safe, effective method to treat urinary lithiasis. The success rate in ESWL depends on stone location, size, number, and fragility as well as calceal anatomy and patency of the urinary tract. An association of calcineurin inhibitors and uric acid urolithiasis has been ...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.09.042
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Guidelines established by the American Thoracic Society recommend the use of corridors 30 m in length for the 6-minute walk test (6MWT). However, not all institutions have such long corridors, which hinders or prevents 6MWT performance and use of its benefits. OBJECTIVE:To compare the distances walked by ma...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.03.057
更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Proteinuria is an early finding that appears in the first 3 months after transplantation in half of patients. Frequently, it is very low grade (VLP; <0.5 g/24 h). The aim of this study was to analyze the risk factors and prognostic significance of VLP at 3 months posttransplantation, which was maintained for the first...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.137
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Organ donation during life is an act of great altruism, with unique family, social, economic, and psychological impacts. The group of anesthesiologists involved in this program sought to assess the degree of satisfaction among kidney donors between 2007 and 2008 and, in particular, with the anesthetic approa...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.12.043
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium (myfortic, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland) is designed to improve the gastrointestinal tolerability of micophenolic acid. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of myfortic in Korean de novo renal transplantation. A total of 65 patients from four transpl...
journal_title:Transplantation proceedings
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.12.015
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00