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Belarus to conduct about 20 lung transplant surgeries yearly
News of Belarus “Belarus’ first thoracic surgery and lung transplantation department opened in Minsk Teaching Hospital No. 9 in November 2012. The major objectives of the department are to assimilate new technologies, develop a nation-wide lung transplantation program … |
Alcoholic HepatitisMedscape… to diagnosis, clinical prognostic scores and evidence for current medical therapies. Contentious issues such as the need for liver biopsy in diagnosis and the role for liver transplantation in those who fail to respond to…
McGrath & Associates Inc. has completed construction of a $1.8 million outpatient bone marrow transplant center at St. Louis University Hospital.
Critically Ill Flu Patients Saved With Artificial Lung Technology TreatmentScience Daily (press release)ECLS systems are normally used at the hospital as a bridge to lung transplantation but increasingly, the hospital is using ECLS on patients where th…
Critically ill flu patients saved with artificial lung technology treatmentMedical XpressECLS systems are normally used at the hospital as a bridge to lung transplantation but increasingly, the hospital is using ECLS on patients where the usual breathi…
Should obese kidney transplant candidates be required to lose weight?NephrologyNews.comThe authors say future investigations should seek to determine the upper BMI limit at which point kidney transplantation should not be recommended for obese patients…
Six hours after her surgery, after about six hours in an operating room last night, Jacque Kuklinski finally heard the words she’s been longing to hear for months. The kidney she donated to her best friend Tiffany Greene, is working.
Tampa General Hospital’s two “transplant houses” on Davis Islands are expected to be available for use beginning this summer.
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Calls for urgent action to deal with ‘silent pandemic’ hepatitis C
ABC Online JACK WALLACE: Hepatitis C is currently the leading cause of liver transplantation. That’s only going to increase over time. Hepatitis C is curable in the majority of cases. It is just that people need to access treatment services to be able to get … |
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Sister comes to aid of Peters woman with life-saving kidney donation
Tribune-Review “Donors don’t require dialysis after donations, and the hospital stay is 11⁄2 to two days and they get back to previous activity in several weeks,” said Dr. Amit D. Tevar, surgical director of kidney and pancreas transplantation at UPMC’s Thomas E … |