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Small intestine transplant immunologic risk assessment: More data is needed

Intestinal Failure
Background: Intestinal transplantation (IT) remains the only treatment modality for patients with irreversible intestinal failure who cannot be maintained on chronic parenteral nutrition.
J.M. Ladowski, Mariya L. Samoylova, Jeffrey Ord, Annette M. Jackson, Debra L. Sudan   +4 more
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Intestinal neuromuscular function after preservation and transplantation [PDF]

, 1996
While it is well known that prolonged preservation of the intestinal graft causes severe mucosal damage after transplantation, little is known about the effect on neuromuscular function.
Hamada, N, Hutson, WR, Ikoma, A, Nakada, K, Starzl, TE, Suzuki, T, Todo, S, Zhu, Y   +7 more
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Reconstruction of extended ureteral defects using sections of the ileum and colon

Вестник урологии
The incidence of extended ureteral strictures has been on the rise in the past decade. This increase is attributed to the growing number of endoscopic surgeries, expanded criteria for surgical treatment of cancer patients, and complications from ...
S. V. Kotov, O. V. Gaina
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Pancreatic transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh. [PDF]

, 2004
Campath-1H preconditioning with tacrolimus monotherapy is an effective immunosuppressive regimen for pancreas transplantation, with acceptable patient and graft survival rates early after transplantation.
Abu-Elmagd, K, Basu, A, Bond, G, Khan, A, Marcos, A, Mazariegos, G, Reyes, J, Shapiro, R, Sindhi, R, Starzl, TE, Tan, HP, Thai, NL, Tom, K   +12 more
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Cocoon Syndrome as a Cause of Intestinal Failure and Indication for Combined Liver–Intestine–Kidney Transplantation

Intestinal Failure
Background: Cocoon Syndrome, or sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis, is a rare but severe complication of long-term peritoneal dialysis. It can lead to progressive fibrotic encapsulation of the intestines, causing intestinal obstruction due to a fibrous
MV Gentilini, M. Doeyo, Santillán Marco, P LC Illidge, F. Pattin, A. Fraile, D. Ramisch, M. Rumbo, H. Solar, GE Gondolesi   +9 more
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Reversibility of lymphomas and lymphoproliferative lesions developing under cyclosporin-steroid therapy [PDF]

, 1984
Post-transplant lymphomas or other lymphoproliferative lesions, which were usually associated with Epstein-Barr virus infections, developed in 8, 4, 3, and 2 recipients, respectively, of cadaveric kidney, liver, heart, and heart-lung homografts ...
Atchison, RW, Bahnson, HT, Griffith, BP, Hakala, TR, Hardesty, RL, Ho, M, Iwatsuki, S, Jaffe, R, Nalesnik, MA, Porter, KA, Rosenthal, JT, Shaw, BW, Starzl, TE   +12 more
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Anthropometrics, body composition, sarcopenia, and frailty in intestinal transplantation: A literature review and commentary

Intestinal Failure
Frailty and sarcopenia are increasingly incorporated in the evaluation of solid organ transplant candidates. There can be adverse outcomes both pre- and post-transplant amongst patients identified as frail. Nutritional deficiencies and chronic illness in
Faruq Pradhan, Yara Dababneh, Thomas Pietrowsky, Syed-Mohammed Jafri, Shaheed Merani   +4 more
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Drug Interaction Study Of Apixaban With Cyclosporine Or Tacrolimus: Results From A Phase 1, Randomized, Open-Label, Crossover Study In Healthy Volunteers [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND Solid organ transplant recipients commonly require anticoagulation. Apixaban (APX) is principally metabolized by CYP3A4, undergoes direct intestinal excretion, and is a substrate to P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and Breast Cancer Resistance Protein ...
Bashir, MD, Babar, Chervoneva, PhD, Inna, Kraft, MD, Walter K., Mantravadi, MD, Santhi, Stickle, PhD, Douglas F., Tran, PharmD, Benjamin D.   +5 more
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Characterizing the gut microbiome in trauma: significant changes in microbial diversity occur early after severe injury. [PDF]

, 2017
Background:Recent studies have demonstrated the vital influence of commensal microbial communities on human health. The central role of the gut in the response to injury is well described; however, no prior studies have used culture-independent profiling
Calfee, Carolyn S, Callcut, Rachael A, Campion, Eric M, Christie, Sabrinah A, Cohen, Mitchell Jay, Conroy, Amanda S, Fadrosh, Douglas W, Howard, Benjamin M, Kornblith, Lucy Z, Lamere, Brandon J, Lynch, Susan, Nelson, Mary F   +11 more
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Fish Oil Enhances Recovery of Intestinal Microbiota and Epithelial Integrity in Chronic Rejection of Intestinal Transplant

PLoS ONE, 2011
Background The intestinal chronic rejection (CR) is the major limitation to long-term survival of transplanted organs. This study aimed to investigate the interaction between intestinal microbiota and epithelial integrity in chronic rejection of ...
Qiurong Li, Qiang Zhang, Chenyang Wang, Chun Tang, Yanmei Zhang, Ning Li, Jie‐shou Li   +6 more
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