Tag: Organ Transplants
Uterus Transplant Enables Women to Gestate, Deliver Liveborn Infants
Seventy-four percent of 31 uterus recipients had one-year graft survival; 19 of these 23 women had liveborn children
Children <12 Need Not Repeat HIV, Hep B/C Tests Before Transplant Surgery
Candidates aged <12 years at the time of transplantation are exempt from testing if they received postnatal infectious disease testing
Woman Receives 3-D Printed Ear Transplant Made of Human Cells
Achievement being hailed as a major advance in the field of tissue engineering
mRNA-1273 Induces Stronger Response Than BNT162b2 for Immunosuppressed
Findings seen in immunosuppressed patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, solid organ transplant recipients
AUA: Kidney Transplants From COVID-19-Infected Donors Are Safe
Recipient outcomes similar to kidneys from noninfected donors
Virus Found in Pig Heart Transplanted Into Man Who Later Died
Patient had been recovering fairly well from the transplant but then developed symptoms similar to an infection
Rate of Major Complications Low With Living Donor Nephrectomy
Incidence of major complications after hand-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy low at 2.5 percent
AYA Solid Organ Recipients Need Support After Transfer to Adult Care
Successful retention in adult health care linked to more improved clinical outcomes, but decreases in appointment attendance seen over time
Vaccination Cuts Severe COVID-19 Risk in Heart Transplant Patients
COVID-19 vaccination is not associated with heart transplant-specific adverse events
New Instrument Developed for Assessing Patient Knowledge of CKD
KART 2.0 can differentiate patients who have spent less than one versus one or more hours speaking to health professionals, reading about transplantation