Tag: Organ Transplants
Acceptable Liver Transplant Outcomes Seen After ICI Therapy for Liver Cancer
Age and immune checkpoint inhibitor washout time inversely linked to allograft rejection; survival no different with, without allograft rejection
Pediatric Heart Transplant Wait-List Mortality Has Declined Since 1999
2016 revisions of pediatric HT allocation policy not associated with lower wait-list mortality in multivariable analyses
Disparities Exist in Wait-Listing for Pediatric Kidney Transplants
Adult transplant candidates who initiated dialysis before 18 years missed opportunity for pediatric prioritization
Gut Dysbiosis Linked to Mortality for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Two microbial community variation patterns identified that are associated with mortality
Second Recipient of Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Has Died
In a Medical First, Kidney Transplant Is Performed With Regional Anesthesia Only
A spinal injection was used to anesthetize the patient while he remained awake
Second Patient to Receive Pig Kidney Has Organ Removed
Patient's body had not rejected the organ, but a heart pump she was also using failed to maintain good blood supply to the organ
First Pig Kidney Recipient Dies Almost Two Months After Transplant
Sleeve Gastrectomy Beneficial for Obese Kidney Transplant Candidates
SG was followed by active listing in 37 of 54 patients; 20 patients received KT during 20.9 months after SG
