Tag: Organ Transplants
Standard-Criteria Kidney Transplant Offers Clear Survival Benefit Over Continued Dialysis
Decrease in survival benefits with age in expanded criteria donor kidney transplant recipients, especially those with CVD
Early, Preemptive Kidney Transplant No Aid to Mortality
Rates of preemptive kidney transplants remained at ~18 percent of total kidney transplants from 2000 to 2020
Post-Kidney Transplant Adverse Outcomes Increased With BMI-BSA Obesity
Risks were significantly greater than when body mass index and body surface area were discordant
Use of Composite Allocation Score for Lung Transplant Wait List Improves Outcomes
Findings compared with both the pre-November 2017 and post-November 2017 eras
Doctors Perform First-Ever Human Bladder Transplant in U.S.
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, May 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Doctors in Southern California have performed the first human bladder transplant, offering new...
Simultaneous Liver Transplant, Sleeve Gastrectomy Beneficial
Results showed durable weight loss, resolution of diabetes and hypertension, and reduction in allograft steatosis
Kidney Transplant Rate Increasing, but Efficiency of Allocation System Low
The rate of offers per candidate represents a threefold increase compared with 2015
New Trial Will Test Gene-Edited Pig Liver for Sudden Liver Failure Patients
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A new clinical trial will soon test if a pig liver can help...
Pig Kidney Removed After Historic Transplant in Alabama Woman
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors have removed a genetically modified pig's kidney from an Alabama woman after...
Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Contracting Rabies
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A Michigan resident has died after receiving an organ transplant infected with rabies,...
