2021
Reducing Opioid Dependence and Improving Patient Experience for Living Kidney Donors with Transversus Abdominis Plane Block
Do V, Cohen E, Haakinson D, Deshpande R, Batra R. Reducing Opioid Dependence and Improving Patient Experience for Living Kidney Donors with Transversus Abdominis Plane Block. Transplantology 2021, 2: 57-63. DOI: 10.3390/transplantology2010006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaparoscopic living-donor nephrectomyPatient-controlled analgesiaHydromorphone patient-controlled analgesiaPost-operative opioid useDays of dischargeTransversus abdominis planeTAP blockLiposomal bupivacaineOpioid useControl groupPain scoresPain managementOpioid dependenceKidney donorsStudy groupPost-operative pain scoresSingle-center retrospective studyTransversus abdominis plane blockComparable pain scoresLiving Donor NephrectomyPostoperative hospital lengthPreoperative TAP blockPatients 18 yearsPostoperative opioid usePerioperative pain management
2015
Rapid Resolution of Donor‐Derived Glomerular Fibrin Thrombi After Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
Batra R, Heilman R, Smith M, Thomas L, Khamash H, Katariya N, Hewitt W, Singer A, Mathur A, Huskey J, Chakkera H, Moss A, Reddy K. Rapid Resolution of Donor‐Derived Glomerular Fibrin Thrombi After Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation. American Journal Of Transplantation 2015, 16: 1015-1020. PMID: 26689853, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlomerular fibrin thrombiControl groupProtocol biopsiesDeceased donorsFibrin thrombiDeceased donor kidney transplantationDelayed graft functionDonor kidney transplantationSevere interstitial fibrosisGraft functionPostreperfusion biopsiesGraft survivalKidney transplantationSerum creatinineTubular atrophyStudy cohortGlomerular thrombiHistologic outcomesInterstitial fibrosisPreimplantation biopsyRapid resolutionBiopsyThrombusSafe practiceTransplantation