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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Bone marrow transplantion
Bone marrow transplant recipient stands by donor as best man
by Mary Saladnaby Mary Saladnaman. Jack, this is my brother. When Mike Riley gets married this weekend, his best man Jack Epley will be by his side. Just like Mike has been by Jack's …
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As a pastor and funeral director, Eric Barnes often comes face to face with people who are dealing with their own mortality. In recent years, however, he’s had several brushes …
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Written by Lee Farmer VCU Health has received approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to begin lung transplants at the Hume-Lee Transplant Center. Including VCU Health, there …
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Kidney Transplantation
Fellow leads team in first awake kidney transplant with overnight hospital stay
by News Sourceby News SourceIn May, transplant surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, Kidney transplantation was performed while the patient was awake with only spinal anesthesia.similar to those used during caesarean sections. …
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In current practice, it has been observed that only 6.5% of diabetic KTRs utilize SGLT-2i post-transplant. The all-cause mortality rate for SGLT-2i users showed a remarkable reduction of 6.56 per …
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Lung transplant: is it right for you? Lung transplant surgery is a highly complex and life-changing experience that impacts a patient's quality of life. That's what drives Dr. Matthew Morell, …
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Jacob Sale, 19, loves Boise State football. When Ashton Giunty, a star running back and Heisman hopeful, heard about what he had overcome, he invited him to practice. BOISE, ID …
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According to the American Cancer Society, there were more than 100,000 new cases of colon cancer this year. If it spreads, it is considered metastatic colon cancer. That's what happened …
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A patient who received a face transplant at Rochester's Mayo Clinic says he has a second chance at life.
by Jeremy Olsonby Jeremy Olson“People were always pointing fingers at me,” Derek Pfaff said Monday at the Gift of Life Transplant House in Rochester with his mother, Lisa. “I was home most of the …