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Heart, 2000 The history of solid organ transplantation is traced from its beginnings in the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. Surgical techniques, advances in immunology, and a review of major immunosuppressive milestones are reviewed. Over the last 50 years, transplantation has moved from experimental to accepted clinical therapy.
M K Davies, Hollman A
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eHealth in transplantation [PDF]
Transplant International, 2020 eHealth ("electronic" Health) is a new field in medicine that has the potential to change medical care, increase efficiency, and reduce costs. In this review, we analyzed the current status of eHealth in transplantation by performing a PubMed search over the last 5 years with a focus on clinical studies for post-transplant care.
Duettmann, Wiebke +10 more
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Myelofibrosis: to transplant or not to transplant? [PDF]
Hematology, 2016 Abstract Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is the only curative therapeutic modality for myelofibrosis (MF) at present. The optimal timing of HCT is not known in the presence of wider availability of less risky nontransplant therapies such as JAK 1/2 inhibitors. Careful review of patient, disease, and transplant-related factors is
Vikas Gupta, Rebecca Devlin
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Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 1998 Continued discussion over organ allocation and distribution remained a focal point in the field of liver transplantation in the year 2000. Despite the ongoing debate, no significant changes were implemented in the current allocation system. By far, the most widely discussed topic in liver transplantation this year was live donor adult-to-adult liver ...
Brown, KA, Moonka, DK
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To Transplant or Not to Transplant – That Is the Question [PDF]
, 2010 Thousands of human ovaries have been stored for desperate cancer patients by practitioners around the world. Unfortunately, most of these ovaries were stored without a clear idea about how they could be used by the eventual survivor. Recent advances in ovarian tissue freezing and transplant technology and in the emerging area of in vitro follicle ...
Teresa K. Woodruff +2 more
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Current Problems in Surgery, 1968 In this paper Professor Calne pleads for a more informed approach to the problem of donor transplants, particularly in cases of kidney disease. He is concerned to inform both the medical profession and lay people. Establishing a computerized register of names and addresses of those who do not wish to have their organs used for transplantation after ...
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Hepatocyte transplantation [PDF]
Journal of Hepatology, 2004 Numerous laboratory studies have shown that hepatocyte transplantation may serve as an alternative to organ transplantation for patients with life-threatening liver disease. Because of the successes of experimental hepatocyte transplantation, institutions have attempted to use this therapy in the clinic for the treatment of a variety of hepatic ...
Ira J. Fox, Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury
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THE TRANSPLANTATION OF BONE [PDF]
BMJ, 1918 During recent years the science of bone transplantation has been occupying the attention of orthopedic surgeons to a steadily increasing degree. While the earlier operations were pure experiments attended by success or failure, depending on whether the surgeon chanced to employ the principles that are essential to success, the mass of evidence now at ...
W. E. Gallie, D. E. Robertson
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Einstein (São Paulo), 2015 ABSTRACT Lung transplantation is a globally accepted treatment for some advanced lung diseases, giving the recipients longer survival and better quality of life. Since the first transplant successfully performed in 1983, more than 40 thousand transplants have been performed worldwide. Of these, about seven hundred were in Brazil.
Afonso Júnior, José Eduardo +7 more
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