Tag: Organ Transplants
Metabolic, Bariatric Surgery Provides Pathway to Transplant in ESRD
Among 10 patients who underwent MBS and then underwent subsequent transplantation, all transplants are currently functioning
No Improvement Noted in Black-White Kidney Transplant Rate Ratios
No substantial improvement seen over time in observed or adjusted estimated living donor kidney transplant rate ratios
Risk for Vitiligo Increased for Transplant Recipients
Increased risk seen for those receiving allogeneic grafts and autologous grafts, as well as those with and without comorbid GVHD
Levothyroxine Infusion Does Not Increase Heart Transplants Versus Saline Infusion
No increase seen in hearts being transplanted among hemodynamically unstable brain-dead potential heart donors
Two-Week DAA Prophylaxis Prevents Hep C After Kidney Transplant
Two-week DAA optimal for preventing infection in individuals without HCV viremia who received kidney from HCV-viremia-positive donors
Man Maimed by Electric Shock Receives First-Ever Face Transplant That Includes New Eye
Surgery took 21 hours and a medical team of more than 140 surgeons, nurses, and other health care professionals
ASN: Multicomponent Intervention Does Not Increase Steps Toward Kidney Transplant
Intervention does not significantly increase the rate of completed steps toward receiving a kidney transplant
Double-Lung Transplant, Breast Implants Save Life of Man Who Battled Vaping-Linked Illness
The DD breast implants physically supported his heart after his infected lungs were removed
Maintenance Immunosuppressive Drugs Tied to Severe COVID-19
Findings seen for recipients across solid organ transplant types
Second Person to Receive Pig Heart Dies Six Weeks After Transplant
Heart had been showing signs of rejection in the days before his death
