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First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged From Hospital

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By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Rick Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a...

Heart Transplant Offer Acceptance Highest for White Women

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Cumulative incidence of offer acceptance was lower for Black than White candidates and higher for women than men

Metabolic, Bariatric Surgery Provides Pathway to Transplant in ESRD

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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

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No substantial improvement seen over time in observed or adjusted estimated living donor kidney transplant rate ratios

Risk for Vitiligo Increased for Transplant Recipients

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The DD breast implants physically supported his heart after his infected lungs were removed