Special Issue

Evaluations for Organ Transplantation: Liver, Kidney and Pancreas in the 21st Century

Submission Deadline: August 31, 2022 (Open) Submit Now

Guest Editor

Juan Pablo Rocca, MD, MHA, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467-2401, USA

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Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in abdominal organ transplantation and living donation; Listing strategies based on organ allocation policy

About This Topic

The evaluation of a patient as an organ transplant candidate is a complex process that takes on the difficult task of balancing stewardship of a limited organ resource with the intention to provide medical care for individuals with liver, kidney and pancreas end-organ failure. In our current context of largely available technological advances but also increasing costs and social complexities in healthcare, transplant programs should strategize on their choice of standardized testing and criteria for a multidisciplinary determination of transplant candidacy based not only on medical judgment but also on the psycho-social factors impacting their transplant outcomes, regional policies governing organ allocation and quality oversight. This Special Issue entitled "Evaluations for Organ Transplantation: Liver, Kidney and Pancreas in the 21st Century” aims at providing streamlined guidelines in testing and listing criteria for abdominal organ transplant candidates while keeping in mind the psychosocial and regulatory context where a transplant center may operate.  

Keywords

Liver transplantation; Kidney transplantation; Pancreas transplantation; Transplant candidacy; Transplant workup; Transplant testing; Transplant waitlist; Deceased organ donor; Living organ donor; Organ compatibility; Transplant outcomes; Organ allocation; Social determinants of health; Inequalities in healthcare; Access to healthcare, access to transplant, transplant compliance, psycho-social transplant evaluation

Manuscript Submission Information

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Publication

Open Access Original Research Effect of Foot Reflexology on Laboratory Tests after Kidney Transplantation Surgery: A Secondary Analysis of a Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial Study by Atena Samarehfekri  , Mohammad Ali Zakeri  , Hemn Kaka Mirza  , Adnan Rashid Aziz  and Mahlagha Dehghan Received: 21 December 2022;  Published: 02 June 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2302186 Abstract Foot reflexology has improved numerous physical and psychological symptoms in patients. The researchers in this study aimed to investigate the effect of foot reflexology on laboratory parameters, intake/output/weight and medication regimen after kidney transplant surgery. The research was a secondary analysis of a parallel randomized controlle [...]

Open Access Original Research Non-Renal Factors Associated with Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease and Stage 3-5 Chronic Kidney Disease Not Requiring Dialysis by Alfonso H. Santos  , Amer Belal  , Hisham Ibrahim  and Muhannad A. Leghrouz Received: 19 August 2022;  Published: 21 February 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2301175 Abstract We aimed to identify the non-renal risk factors for simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT) vs. liver transplantation alone (LTA) in end-stage liver disease (ESLD) patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 ml/min, not on dialysis. Using organ procurement and transplantation network data, we studied adult ESLD [...]

Open Access Original Research Shifting Pancreas Transplantation Rates and Demographics are the Culmination of Many Strategic Policy Changes by Alma Rechnitzer  , Richard Teo  , Abigail Brooks  , Juan P. Rocca  , Nidal A. Mudhi  , Julia Torabi  , Maria Ajaimy  , Luz Liriano-Ward  , Yorg Azzi  , Cindy Pynadath  , Pablo Loarte-Campos  , Enver Akalin  , Marie E. Le  , Milan M. Kinkhabwala  and Jay A. Graham Received: 06 September 2022;  Published: 21 November 2022;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2204170 Abstract The 2014 Pancreas Allocation System established national qualifying criteria for simultaneous kidney pancreas (SPK) transplantation. The 2019 UNOS Pancreas Transplantation Committee Policy 11.3.B modified these guidelines to expand transplantation. Subsequent effects on recipient demographics have not been [...]