Kidney Cancer Mortality Lower with SurgeryRenal and Urology NewsElderly patients with localized kidney tumors have a lower risk of cancer-specific mortality (CSM) if they undergo nephrectomy rather than nonsurgical management (NSM), according to resear…
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Donors Are Heroes Party
Philadelphia Magazine (blog) … with mom Barbara Jackson, and La Shawna Darty. Alisa is going in for a kidney transplant surgery on May 14th, and her donor is mom Barbara. They’d love it if you could send prayers and warm thoughts on the big day to help them through it. Thanks … |
Laparoscopic radical nephropathy effective for advanced renal massesNews-Medical.netLaparoscopic radical nephrectomy is an effective treatment approach for individuals with renal cell carcinoma who have larger or more advanced renal masses, report rese…
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Division over honour for Chinese transplant doctor
Yahoo!7 News University of Sydney professor of transplant surgery Richard Allen says in the transplant community around the world he is seen as “an absolute champion and a hero”. “I’ve known Huang since 1987,” Professor Allen said. “He knew that the use of organs … |
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Anny’s Angels: Benefit for Auburn woman recovering from double-lung transplant
Auburn Citizen That was the question Auburn resident Anny Ockenfels asked her family after she discovered her double-lung transplant surgery was a success. Ockenfels has battled cystic fibrosis her entire life and needed the transplant to make the battle easier. |
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Medic honoured – Boston bombing almost derailed Celiwe’s surgery
Johannesburg Sunday World There was a media frenzy at Garden City Hospital in Joburg on Thursday ahead of Mia’s second successful skin-transplant surgery, on five-year-old Celiwe Maseko of Kagiso, on the West Rand. The historic first operation was done on three-year-old Pippie … |
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Cancer threat thwarts kidney donation
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette The couple’s friend, Claudia Lennhoff, offered to be Anna’s kidney donor, and plans were progressing for the transplant surgery to take place in May or June, they said. Then the Wahbas and Lennhoff had more bad news. Earlier this month, Lennhoff, 47, … |
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Shock Trauma honors ‘gift of life’ that allowed organ surgeries
Baltimore Sun His skin was used in a groundbreaking face transplant surgery Maryland Shock Trauma Center doctors performed. Related; Virginia man receives face transplant at Maryland Shock Trauma · Picture of Health blog · Health Professionals on the Move · Pictures … |
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Little Celiwe making progress
Eyewitness News Little Celiwe making progress. 5-year-old Celiwe Maseko is doing well after a skin transplant surgery at Garden City Hospital. Bus drivers’ strike set to continue · Zuma: SA has faced its demons · Agang outlines its petition in Soweto · DA, ANC, FF+ … |
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Jays’ Josh Johnson misses start due to triceps tightness
Globe and Mail Johnson had “Tommy John” ligament transplant surgery in his elbow in August of 2007, returning in 2008 to make 14 starts. In 2009 he went 15-5 with a 3.23 ERA for Miami in a career-high 209 innings. The following season, he missed the first three weeks … |