The Borneo PostSoaring EAGLESThe Borneo PostIn children, the most common reason for liver transplantation is biliary atresia, a condition in which the bile ducts are missing, blocked or damaged. This causes bile to be retained, leading to liver damage …
Experts Recommend Single Registry to Oversee Kidney Transplant DonationsNew York TimesLeaders in the field of kidney transplantation recommended last week that a single nationwide registry should oversee the complex matching process needed to expand th…
Liver Cancer Patients Less Likely to Die on Transplant ListDoctors LoungeLiver transplantation candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have significantly lower 90-day odds of waitlist removal due to clinical deterioration or death compared to no…
New chief of transplantation surgery joins UFUniversity of FloridaFair earned his medical degree at East Carolina School of Medicine and completed a fellowship in kidney and liver transplantation at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a fellowship in pancreas t…
City gets kidney instituteTimes of India… Apollo Hospitals Group, said kidney transplant surgeries will be performed under the guidance of Sandeep Guleria, senior consultant, kidney transplantation in Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, a pione…
SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Patient at University of Washington Medical …Seattle Post Intelligencer“Mr. Marshall has done remarkably well on the device,” said Dr. Nahush A. Mokadam, the co-director of heart transplantation and director of me…
Penn Researchers Call for a Re-Examination of Transplant Waitlist PrioritizationPenn: Office of University CommunicationsThe results of the study are published in the April issue of Liver Transplantation. "With the scarcity of available livers for…
Apollo Hospital launches kidney transplant instituteIndian ExpressThe kidney transplant surgeries at Ludhiana will be performed under the stewardship of Prof Sandeep Guleria, Senior Consultant, Kidney Transplantation, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New…
PDWP approves four uplift schemesPakistan ObserverThe approved schemes include: Establishment of Kidney Transplantation/Dialysis Unit at BV Hospital Bahawalpur at a cost of Rs 596.498 million; widening and improvement of Akwal Tamman Shah Mohammad Wali…
Daily GossipMost Extensive Face Transplant Gives One Man A New LifeDaily GossipIf a few years ago, heart transplantation was still experimental, now surgeons and technology have made it possible to perform even successful face transplants. One man unde…