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St. Francis organ program lauded
Monroe News Star … the number of living and deceased organ donors in the US declined for the first time in 20 years, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. … |
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Heart transplants for 10-year-olds 'rare'
Western Howard County View Statistics are not kept on how many of the recipients are exactly 10 years old, but according to the United Network of Organ Sharing, the nonprofit … |
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MU hospital's organ donation program honored
UM Maneater The hospital achieved a 75 percent organ conversion rate over the past year, meaning that 75 percent of eligible, deceased donors who have signed up to … |
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UPMC unit to increase use of organs from living donors
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Humar said he agrees with Starzl on vigilant monitoring, but said some patients facing long waits for livers from deceased donors could benefit from surgery … |
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Canadian researchers pioneer gene therapy to repair lungs for transplant
The Canadian Press In pioneering research, Canadian scientists have successfully used gene therapy to repair damaged lungs from deceased donors, making them potentially … |
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Beliefs thwart organ donation programmes
National Activists say opposition to organ extraction can be so strong that they are often subjected to physical and verbal abuse from relatives of deceased donors. … |
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Giving a kidney, Marine gives hope
The State Most transplanted kidneys are harvested from deceased donors, said Lucia Miles, living-donor transplant coordinator at the Charleston hospital. … |
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Partial versus radical nephrectomy for 4 to 7 cm renal cortical tumors – Abstract
UroToday Recent observations suggest that partial nephrectomy for small renal tumors may be associated with improved survival compared with radical nephrectomy. … |
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Doctors at GH begin campaign for skin, bone donation
Times of India CHENNAI: The first brain death declaration at the Government General Hospital (GH), which happened about a week ago, should have ideally resulted in a … |
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Antegrade mini-invasive nephroureterectomy: laparoscopic nephrectomy …
UroToday AMNUE starts with a laparoscopic nephrectomy in the flank position. The specimen is enclosed in a bag without dividing the ureter, and the patient is … |