A nightmare scenario played out at a Kentucky hospital as a transplant donor woke up on the operating table just as doctors were …
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Surgeons perform first organ transplant from an HIV-positive donor
by News Sourceby News SourceDoctors in Baltimore have performed what’s believed to be the first ever kidney transplant from a living donor with HIV.
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Currently we must have an exact match to receive an organ from a donor, especially kidneys, but that may no longer be an issue.
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Organ Donation
Paducah SunPaducah Hospital Honors Longtime Organ Donation Coordinator Vanessa Dallas, Who Saved More Than 122 Lives by Connecting Families with Organ Donors. Paducah Hospital Doctors, Nurses and Hospitalists…9 hours ago
Paducah SunPaducah Hospital Honors Longtime Organ Donation Coordinator Vanessa Dallas, Who Saved More Than 122 Lives by Connecting Families with Organ Donors. Paducah Hospital Doctors, Nurses and Hospitalists…9 hours ago …
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Heart Transplantation
Baylor University and THI doctors successfully implant BiVACOR total artificial heart in first human
Texas Heart Institute (THI) Vivacol®Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, a clinical-stage medical device company, today announced that the BiVACOR total artificial heart (TAH) has been …
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If you or a loved one is facing organ failure, you'll want to learn as much as you can about the complexities of organ donation and transplantation. Whether it's a …
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A 28-year-old Chicago man is conscious as he undergoes organ transplant surgery, with doctors showing him his kidney on the operating table.
by News Sourceby News SourceJohn Nicholas, 28, is one of a select few patients to undergo a kidney transplant while fully conscious. While he was on the operating table, doctors talked to him throughout …
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Liver Transplantation
Texas hospital halts liver and kidney transplants after claims doctors denied patients organ transplants | US Healthcare
A prominent Houston hospital has shut down its liver and kidney transplant program after authorities said one of its doctors secretly manipulated records to deny some patients new livers. Memorial …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pig kidney transplants After just 47 days, surgeons were forced to remove the slowly failing organ, forcing the patient back onto dialysis. Lisa Pisano is the second …
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A dying 36-year-old woman was denied a liver transplant from her partner after doctors made a shocking discovery.
A dying woman was rejected by her partner for a partial liver transplant because she had been drinking alcohol whilst on the waiting list. Amanda Husk, 36, was on life …