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Fletcher Allen Transplant Center receives teamwork award
vtdigger.org “NKR has exceeded what I thought would be possible,” said Carlos Marroquin, MD, division chief of Transplant Surgery at Fletcher Allen and a professor at the UVM College of Medicine. “They have successfully increased the number of transplants in far … |
High-Dose IL-2 Still Important Treatment for Metastatic RCCCancer NetworkAdditionally, 70 patients had undergone radical nephrectomy and 2 had undergone partial nephrectomy prior to their cancer diagnosis. The overall response rate for the cohort was 1…
Shorter RCC Recurrence Time Ups Risk of Cancer-Specific DeathRenal and Urology NewsMalte Rieken, MD, of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, and colleagues analyzed retrospective data from 331 RCC patients who had disease recurrence after radical…
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Teen recovering from heart transplant
Pilot Tribune Some of her first words coming out of heart transplant surgery reflected a mix of emotions. “She said how thankful she was to receive a donor heart, and how sad she was that someone else had to go through a tragedy for this to be possible,” said the … |
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Murphy excited to get the call for Bears in MVC opener
Springfield News-Leader As the Bears marched to the NCAA Tournament his season — and career — was in doubt after undergoing elbow-ligament transplant surgery. Murphy fought through rehab and, literally a week before his anticipated return in March of 2013, his pitching … |
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Study Identifies RCC Predictors
Renal and Urology News ORLANDO—Researchers have identified preoperative predictors of malignancy and unfavorable pathology in patients with clinical T1a renal tumors undergoing partial nephrectomy, according to a presentation at the American Urological Association 2014 … |
Manchester Evening NewsHuge heart surgery boost for Manchester as hospitals join forcesManchester Evening NewsManchester Infirmary is recognised for surgery and the care of patients with congenital heart defects, while Wythenshawe is recognised for tra…
People are willing to Donate OrgansCRIENGLISH.comEarly this month, a 12-year-old boy successfully underwent a heart transplant surgery at Anzhen Hospital in Beijing. The organ is donated by an adult, who died of brain cancer in Guangxi. In just six hou…
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Daughter donates kidney to ill father
The State I wasn’t in pain, but it’s like a slow-burn,” he said from his home in Inman 13 days after the transplant surgery. He sat back in a recliner; his daughter, who was also recovering, sat beside him on a couch. A doctor eventually told Hart one of his … |
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Predictors of Post-Nephrectomy Readmission ID’d
Renal and Urology News ORLANDO—Radical nephrectomy is associated with higher readmission rates than partial nephrectomy among patients with kidney cancer, with open procedures, preoperative dialysis, and higher ASA score significant predictors of readmission, according to … |