Stern performs Hallmark Health's first partial nephrectomyWicked LocalBy Anonymous Joshua Stern, MD, a member of the medical staff at both Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford and Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, recently performed the healthcare syste…
Obesity is an adverse factor on laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for t2 but …UroTodayLaparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) is more challenging with increases in body mass index (BMI). Several recent studies have shown, however, that LRN can be safel…
New technology aids Baptist urologist in removing cancerous tissue from kidneysFlorida Times-Union (blog)Baptist Medical Center urologist Christopher Shawn West is the first robotic surgeon in this area to use the NIRF system for a partial nephrectomy,…
Guard family proves closest connection when Guardsman needs kidneyUnited States Army (press release)29, 2011, just days after Raatz donated one of his kidneys to Chase during a transplant surgery at Sanford Hospital, Fargo, ND Both men are members of t…
Daily MailSearch is on for UK's first hand transplant patientDaily MailHe said: 'Leeds is extremely well placed to offer this new type of transplant surgery as we already have the expertise and facilities in place. 'We are one of the best-k…
A Heart for Jordan Merecka: Texas Children's Hospital's First Total Artificial …PR Newswire (press release)After a 12-hour heart transplant surgery at Texas Children's Hospital, Merecka and his family are celebrating his amazing gift of a…
Philadelphia Magazine (blog)Philly's First Hand Transplant Surgery Performed at Penn (Video)Philadelphia Magazine (blog)A team of 30 doctors and nurses performed the region's first hand transplant surgery in September, the University of Pennsyl…
Chris' TearsAnnals of Internal MedicineRenal cancer required a nephrectomy. Recurrence in the other kidney required a second nephrectomy and chronic hemodialysis. A stroke left him hemiparetic and aphasic but cognitively intact. He became frustrate…
Manchester United star Wayne Rooney's hair transplant triggers boost for city …Manchester Evening NewsHe said his clinic has had a surge in calls after the United star revealed he'd paid for hair transplant surgery last summer. Rooney wrote o…
Miracles and second chancesWXIA-TVThe transplant surgery was scheduled for Thursday at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. Hutchins downplays it. "I know people say it's a big deal… but I have a conviction about what the Bible says, and so I just …