Intraportal Islet Autotransplant After Total Pancreatectomy
How much tissue volume is really safe to infuse in total pancreatectomy-islet autotransplantation for chronic pancreatitis?
Category : Organ Transplants & Donation : Health & Medical
Machine Perfusion and Longer Pump Times in Kidney Transplantation
This study may settle some of the debate surrounding hypothermic machine perfusion preservation of deceased donor kidneys.
Superior Long-Term Results of Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney
Ten-year kidney and pancreas graft survival for SPK transplantation from pediatric donors were 80% and 72%, respectively, compared to 61% pancreas and kidney graft survival from adult donors.
Complications of Living Donor Hepatic Lobectomy
This report quantifies the complication risk in living donor liver transplants and should be used to inform decision making by potential donors and their caregivers.
Ask the Experts - Long-term Use of Intravenous Prograf?
To my knowledge, Prograf should be used as an intravenous (IV) drip for as short a time as possible. What is the reason for this recommendation, and what are the potential side effects of a long-term IV Prograf drip? What can prevent that side effect?
Compensating the Transplant Professional: Time for a Change
Work-volume based RVU's won't suffice for keeping talented transplantation surgeons compensated. What will?
Safety of Living Liver Donors in Donor Hepatectomies
Is bigger more dangerous - when it comes to donor hepatectomy?
Ask the Experts - Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation?
I would like to know your position on the indication of combined liver-kidney transplantation for patients in end-stage renal disease with Child's class A cirrhosis and no history of decompensation.
Ask the Experts - Renal Transplant Recipient With Alport Syndrome?
Assuming that he does have Alport syndrome, I have 2 questions: (1) Should he be relisted for transplantation and if so, what is the chance of a similar outcome?, and (2) Prior to this graft his father was being considered as a living donor; should he be considered again?
Risk Factors for Retransplant Kidney Recipients
Are outcomes from initial transplants significant risk factors for repeat transplants or relisting -- after a failed primary transplant?
Pancreas-kidney Transplants in HIV-positive Recipients
Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant is the only proven long-term therapeutic approach for diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease, and now HIV-positive candidates may have new hope.
Compensating the Transplant Professional: Time for a Change
Work-volume based RVU's won't suffice for keeping talented transplantation surgeons compensated. What will?
Vascular Anastamosis in Renal Transplant Recipient
What are the options for renal transplant vascular anastomosis in patient who underwent right nephrectomy and uretero-cystoplasty along with appendico-vesicostomy with stoma in the right iliac region?
Cyclosporine Sparing in in Renal Allograft Recipients
Drawing conclusions from the CAESAR study is complicated by the poor tolerance of the calcineurin inhibitor avoidance and withdrawal arms.
Biliary Complications After Liver Transplantation
Get updated on the latest means of prevention and treatment of biliary complications, a major source of morbidity after liver transplantation.
Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma in Cirrhotic Patients
Learn about the risk factors for tumor recurrence after liver transplantation -- in cirrhotic patients found to have an intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Ask the Experts - Bovine Pericardial Aortic Valve Transplant?
A patient has a type 4 hypersensitivity reaction to parabens, nickel, etc. He recently received a bovine pericardial aortic valve transplant for calcific aortic stenosis. Will this bioprosthetic graft also submit to accelerated calcific stenosis?
'Left at Right' Adult Liver Transplantation
Left liver grafts have been widely utilized in adult liver transplantation, but a modified technique may yield fewer complications.
Ask the Experts - Use of PTFE for Arterial Revascularization in Liver...
The patient has done well so far (2 months posttransplantation). Should I expect complications related specifically to the use of the PTFE for arterial revascularization?
Ask the Experts - Liver Transplantation in Foreign Nationals With...
I am a practicing gastroenterologist in Cebu City, Philippines. Liver cancer is one of the most common malignancies I see in my area. Can you tell me where in the United States liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is performed and what is required of patients if they do opt for t