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Deepak Vikraman Sushama

Deepak Vikraman Sushama

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgery, Abdominal Transplant Surgery
d.vikraman@duke.edu
Box 3522 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
330 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Correlation of preoperative imaging characteristics with donor outcomes and operative difficulty in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

Journal Article Am J Transplant · March 2020 This study aimed to understand the relationship of preoperative measurements and risk factors on operative time and outcomes of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Two hundred forty-two kidney donors between 2010 and 2017 were identified. Patients' demographic ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Lymphocyte depletion and risk of acute rejection in renal transplant recipients at increased risk for delayed graft function.

Journal Article Am J Transplant · March 2019 Delayed graft function (DGF) is a risk factor for acute rejection (AR) in renal transplant recipients, and KDIGO guidelines suggest use of lymphocyte-depletion induction when DGF is anticipated. We analyzed the United Network for Organ Sharing/Organ Procur ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation (PACT) Score Identifies High Risk Patients in Pediatric Renal Transplantation.

Journal Article Front Pediatr · 2019 Background: Currently, there is no standardized approach for determining psychosocial readiness in pediatric transplantation. We examined the utility of the Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation (PACT) to identify pediatric kidney trans ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Wilms Tumor After Orthotopic Liver Transplant in a Patient With Alagille Syndrome.

Journal Article Urology · November 2018 We present a case of Wilms Tumor in a patient with Alagille syndrome 10 months after liver transplant. We explore a suggested genetic connection between these 2 diseases. In children with Wilms Tumor, we propose a pathoembryologic explanation for not just ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Volume-outcome Relationship in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation and Implications for Regionalization.

Journal Article Ann Surg · June 2018 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the volume-outcome relationship in kidney transplantation by examining graft and patient outcomes using standardized risk adjustment (observed-to-expected outcomes). A secondary objective was to examine t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Accessory Gallbladder Complicating Liver Transplantation.

Journal Article Transplant Direct · May 2018 Accessory gallbladder in a donor liver allograft is an uncommon anatomical finding that can complicate liver transplantation if unrecognized. This case describes a patient who underwent liver transplantation with a donor graft containing an accessory gallb ... Full text Link to item Cite

Management of the Potential Organ Donor in the ICU: Society of Critical Care Medicine/American College of Chest Physicians/Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Consensus Statement.

Journal Article Crit Care Med · June 2015 This document was developed through the collaborative efforts of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations. Under the auspices of these societies, a multidiscipli ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes in kidney transplant recipients from older living donors.

Journal Article Transplantation · February 2015 BACKGROUND: Previous studies demonstrate that graft survival from older living kidney donors (LD; age>60 years) is worse than younger LD but similar to deceased standard criteria donors (SCD). Limited sample size has precluded more detailed analyses of tra ... Full text Link to item Cite

Graft Kidney Torsion After Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplant: Report of 2 Cases and Literature Review.

Journal Article J Comput Assist Tomogr · 2015 Torsion of an allograft kidney is an extremely rare and potentially reversible complication. Imaging diagnosis plays a crucial role because of the absence of specific clinical features. We report 2 cases in which kidney torsion after simultaneous kidney-pa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome independently associated with tacrolimus and sirolimus after multivisceral transplantation.

Journal Article Am J Transplant · March 2013 Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a small vessel microangiopathy of the cerebral vasculature that occurs in 0.5-5% of solid organ transplant recipients, most commonly associated with tacrolimus (Tac). Clinical manifestations include hy ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of vascularized posterior rectus sheath allograft in pediatric multivisceral transplantation--report of two cases.

Journal Article Am J Transplant · August 2012 Restoring abdominal wall cover and contour in children undergoing bowel and multivisceral transplantation is often challenging due to discrepancy in size between donor and recipient, poor musculature related to birth defects and loss of abdominal wall inte ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fatal Apophysomyces elegans infection transmitted by deceased donor renal allografts.

Journal Article Am J Transplant · September 2010 Two patients developed renal mucormycosis following transplantation of kidneys from the same donor, a near-drowning victim in a motor vehicle crash. Genotypically, indistinguishable strains of Apophysomyces elegans were recovered from both recipients. We i ... Full text Link to item Cite