Embryology Strikes Back
Anatomy: Know It or Regret It
When Things Go Wrong
From Allocation to Xenotransplantation
Transplant in Pop Culture
100
he pancreas develops from these two buds
What are the dorsal and ventral pancreatic buds?
100
The bile duct, portal vein, and proper hepatic artery are contained in this structure.
What is the hepatoduodenal ligament (portal triad)?
100
This is the most common vascular complication following liver transplant
What is hepatic artery thrombosis?
100
In 2020, U.S. liver allocation shifted from fixed regions to concentric circles based on this distance in nautical miles from the donor hospital.
What is 250 nautical miles?
100
This card symbol is shown on many U.S. driver’s licenses to indicate someone is an organ donor
What is a heart?
200
This pancreatic congenital anomaly occurs when the ventral bud encircles the duodenum.
What is annular pancreas?
200
The renal arteries usually branch off from this level of the abdominal aorta.
What is L1–L2?
200
This biliary complication can occur due to ischemia at the anastomosis
What is a biliary stricture or leak? Med students: How is it treated?
200
In kidney allocation, this score ranks candidates based on time on the waitlist, sensitization, and age.
What is the Estimated Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS) score?
In contrast, the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) is a donor-specific score that estimates how long a kidney is expected to function compared to other available kidneys
Extra points: KDPI high vs low. EPTS high vs low (EPTS Age, DM, Dialysis, prior Tx)
200
This famous actor known for his appearance on SNL received a kidney transplant?
Who is Tracy Morgan?
300
Failure of ascent of the kidneys during development leads to this anomaly, where the kidneys fuse at the lower poles.
What is a horseshoe kidney?
300
A replaced right hepatic artery usually courses posterior to this structure
What is the portal vein?
300
Delayed graft function (DGF) in kidney transplantation is defined as this
What is the need for dialysis in the first week after Tx? Med students: How common is this?
300
In 2021, surgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) transplanted this animal’s kidney into a brain-dead human, marking a xenotransplant milestone.
What is a pig kidney
300
In 1997, this sheep became famous worldwide as the first cloned mammal, raising ethical questions about organ transplantation.
What is Dolly the sheep
400
This congenital anomaly results from incomplete involution of the vitelline duct.
What is Meckel’s diverticulum? Extra points: What radiotracer is given to detect it and what is the rules of 2?
400
The venous drainage of segment I (caudate) differs from other segments. How?
What is the inferior vena cava? vs What are hepatic veins
400
This is the most common surgical complication after pancreas transplant, often requiring reoperation
What is vascular thrombosis? PGY3s: Describe inflow and outflow of pancreas graft for extra points
400
In 2022, this U.S. center performed the world’s first pig-to-human heart transplant in a living patient.
What is the University of Maryland?
400
In 1984, this U.S. law established the national system for organ sharing and banned the sale of human organs.
What is the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA)?
500
This cloacal derivative gives rise to the trigone of the bladder
What is the mesonephric duct (Wolffian duct)?
500
This surgical plane separates the right and left lobes of the liver, running between segments IV and V/VIII.
What is Cantlie’s line?
500
This rare but deadly complication of liver transplant reperfusion involves massive pulmonary hypertension and RV failure
What is postreperfusion syndrome? Brie: describe the pathophysiology. How to prevent it? (if Dr. Nagaraju agrees you get extra points).
500
Xenotransplant research focuses heavily on knocking out this sugar molecule in pigs that triggers hyperacute rejection in humans.
What is alpha-gal (galactose-α-1,3-galactose)?
500
This dystopian sci-fi movie starred Jude Law and Forest Whitaker reclaiming artificial transplanted organs from people who couldn’t pay.
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