Transplant

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 16 hours ago
Photographer Tim Wainwright and sound artist John Wynne spent a year at Harefield Hospital, recording the experiences of Transplant patients. ...

Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov --- 7 hours ago
Related Articles Laparoscopic treatment of subxiphoid incisional hernias in cardiac Transplant patients. JSLS. 2008 Jul-Sep;12(3):262-6 Authors: Eisenberg D, Popescu WM, Duffy AJ, Bell RL BACKGROUND: Symptomatic subxiphoid incisional hernias present difficult surgical problems, especially in immuno-suppressed cardiac Transplant patients. Here, we describe the laparoscopic repair of subxiphoid incisional hernias in patients with a history of cardiac transplantation. METHODS: Four patients with subxiphoid hernias who had previously undergone heart transplantation were identified from a prospective database. Each underwent a laparoscopic repair with mesh implantation. RESULTS: Three patients had a previous open repair. The mean age was 62.5 years, an average of 64.3 months after transplantation. At the time of surgery, all patients were immunosuppressed, and each had a subxiphoid, poststernotomy incisional hernia. Gore dual mesh was used in 2 patients, while Parietex mesh was used in 2. Mean operative time was 122 minutes, and all were completed laparoscopically. The mean length of stay was 6.5 days, and the mean defect size was 286.25 cm(2). There was a significant correlation between hernia size and length of stay (P=0.037). Postoperatively, one patient (25%) developed pulmonary edema, and 1 patient (25%) had a prolonged ileus. CONCLUSION: Symptomatic subxiphoid incisional hernias are a challenging surgical problem in patients with a hi ...

Source: www.kcra.com --- 15 hours ago
Dominic Mott, 7, is recovering after receiving a rare bone marrow Transplant as a treatment for leukemia. ...

Source: www.timesofmalta.com --- 10 hours ago
A Greek-Australian journalist who received the heart of Doujon Zammit in a Transplant last month today paid tribute to the Maltese-Australian and to his parents, who had accepted to donate the organs of their son. Athens television reporter... ...

Source: www.emaxhealth.com --- 3 hours ago
Patients with liver cancer can become viable candidates for transplantation if their tumors respond to treatment, a new study suggests. This report is in the September issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The article is available online at Wiley Interscience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). read more ...

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   Musician Paul Conly is waiting for a new liver, but the wait is almost over. ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 49 minutes ago
UNIVERSITY CITY - September 4, 2008 (WPVI) -- Doctors performed a life-saving Transplant operation tonight in University City in Philadelphia, but neither the donor nor recipient was human. Kidney... ...

Source: cbs3.com --- 23 hours ago
Surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania are gearing up to perform a kidney Transplant that is anything but routine as the recipient walks on four legs. ...

Source: www.regrowhair.com --- 13 hours ago
I am an 18 year old male and I don’t really suffer from any hair loss. But 2 years ago, I had an accident that involved brain surgery and left 24 stitches on the front of my scalp. I want to know if I can have a hair Transplant in the area where I lost [...] ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 1 hour ago
According to an Italian research team publishing their findings in the current issue of Cell Transplantation , hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplantation of human umbilical cord ... ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 15 hours ago
When 31-year-old Ron Hillyard was first diagnosed with leukemia in December 2005, he was optimistic he would beat it. ...

Source: embryonic-stem-cells.org --- 6 hours ago
( Cell Transplantation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair ) Hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplanting human umbilical cord hematopoietic stem cells. This study, using animal models of chemical and auditory cochlear damage, found that when transplanted stem cells migrated to the damaged area, “surprisingly few” transplanted cells [...] ...

Source: embryonic-stem-cells.org --- 6 hours ago
According to an Italian research team publishing their findings in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (17:6), hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplantation of human umbilical cord hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) since they show that a small number migrated to the damaged cochlea and repaired sensory hair cells and neurons. Read [...] ...

Source: www.vietnamtribune.com --- 23 hours ago
New Delhi, Sep 3 : Army doctors have carried out an "in situ" split liver Transplant surgery, the first ever in India, giving a new lease of life to two patients suffering from end stage liver disease at Research and Referral Hospital here. ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 15 hours ago
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore retail tycoon Tang Wee Sung was Wednesday jailed for two hours and fined S$17,000 ($11,850) for lying to get approval for a kidney Transplant and for organ trading, the Straits Times newspaper said. ...

Source: www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk --- 14 hours ago
A mother is hoping chemotherapy will destroy leukaemia cells so her seriously-ill son can have a life-saving bone marrow Transplant. ...

Source: www.gazettenet.com --- 17 hours ago
NORTHAMPTON - Three years ago, Porchie was a Hurricane Katrina refugee, separated from his owners and traumatized by the destruction he'd survived. Today, the 5-year-old Brittany mix and Florence Transplant is enjoying a happier dog's life and is even a bit of a celebrity. He's a cover dog on a national magazine. read more ...