Specificities of transplantation of kidneys procured from donors with situs inversus totalis: A case report and review of the literature [PDF]
Introduction. Situs inversus totalis (SIT) represents a total vertical transposition of the thoracic and abdominal organs which are arranged in a mirror image reversal of the normal positioning 1.
Petrović Milica+10 more
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Profile of effective organ and tissue donors from a north-northeast referral hospital [PDF]
Objective: To characterize the profile of effective organ and tissue donors in a referral hospital in the northnortheast.Methods: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, based on secondary data from organ and tissue ...
Aline Mércia Nunes Teixeira+6 more
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Paediatric Intestinal Transplantation (IT) presents the highest mortality on the waiting-list due to anatomical disproportion. Living-Donor IT (LDIT) offers the best advantages and when performed among identical monozygotic twins, it also benefits from ...
Sara Ugolini+2 more
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3D Virtual Reality vs. 2D Desktop Registration User Interface Comparison [PDF]
Working with organs and extracted tissue blocks is an essential task in surgery and anatomy environments. To prepare specimens from human donors for analysis, wet-bench workers must dissect human tissue and collect metadata for downstream analysis, including information about the spatial origin of tissue.
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Biobanks: Conservation of the humanity scientific heritage
A biobank allows the collections of biological samples to be maintained in optimal conditions and in an organized manner with the highest quality, ethical and legal standards, for biomedical research purposes that generate new knowledge, as well as ...
Chalarca-Cañas, David+3 more
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Current scenario and challenges for bone retrieval for allograft use in North India [PDF]
Bone grafts are the second most common tissue transplanted. With advances in the treatment of musculoskeletal tumors, limb salvage surgery, with its concomitant demand for bone graft, has increased significantly.
Arya, Kartik+5 more
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Proteomic Signatures of Healthy Intervertebral Discs From Organ Donors: A Comparison With Previous Studies on Discs From Scoliosis, Animals, and Trauma [PDF]
Objective To catalog and characterize the proteome of normal human intervertebral disc (IVD). Methods Nine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) normal IVDs were harvested from 9 different brain dead yet alive voluntary organ donors and were subjected to ...
Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran+10 more
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Critical pathway for deceased tissue donation: a novel adaptative European systematic approach [PDF]
Vía crítica; Donantes de tejidos; Obtención de tejidoCritical pathway; Tissue donors; Tissue procurementVia crítica; Donants de teixits; Obtenció de teixitsA ‘Critical pathway for deceased tissue donation’ was developed by the European Committee on Organ
Bokhorst, Arlinke+5 more
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Tissue Determinants of Human NK Cell Development, Function, and Residence. [PDF]
Immune responses in diverse tissue sites are critical for protective immunity and homeostasis. Here, we investigate how tissue localization regulates the development and function of human natural killer (NK) cells, innate lymphocytes important for anti ...
Arakawa-Hoyt, Janice+16 more
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Omental adipose tissue is a more suitable source of canine Mesenchymal stem cells [PDF]
Background: Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) are a promising therapeutic tool in veterinary medicine. Currently the subcutaneous adipose tissue is the leading source of MSCs in dogs.
Bahamondes, Francisca+4 more
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