Face Transplant Survival Rates Show Promise
Face transplants had a 74% 10-year survival rate, with higher success in later procedures and more acute rejection episodes in transplants that were lost.
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Study: Five-Year Survival for Face Transplant Is 85 Percent
TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The overall survival for face transplants is...
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Man Maimed by Electric Shock Receives First-Ever Face Transplant That Includes New Eye
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — An Arkansas man maimed by a massive electrical...
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Woman’s Face Transplant Failing After Six Years
Since the transplant in February 2013, patient has had repeated rejection episodes
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Woman’s Face Transplant Failing After Six Years
Since the transplant in February 2013, patient has had repeated rejection episodes
Read MoreMost face transplant patients continue to report better quality of life
By Gene Emery (Reuters Health) – Doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston say most of the face transplant patients they have been following for about five years are continuing to show improvement in quality...
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Sexual & Gender Minorities in the US Seeking Liver Transplants Face Equitable Care Challenges
The following is a summary of “Liver transplantation for people of minoritised sexual and gender...
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Clinical efficacy of a new surgical technique of oral mucosal epithelial transplantation for severe ocular surface disorders.
Severe ocular surface disorders are one of the major blinding diseases, and a paucity of original...
Read MoreOutcome after kidney transplantation in hepatitis B surface antigen-positive patients.
Few reports detail the actual outcome of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen-positive patients after kidney transplant. HBsAg-positive patients who underwent kidney transplant between January, 1999, and December, 2018, were reviewed...
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A Comparison of Immunosuppression Regimens in Hand, Face, and Kidney Transplantation.
Authors have speculated that vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) recipients may require greater maintenance immunosuppression than solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients due to the higher antigenicity of skin....
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Barriers to Surgical Interventions and Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Transplant
The following is a summary of “Healthcare Disparities in Access to Surgical Management and...
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High-Volume Centers Do Not Mitigate Heart Transplant Survival Disparity
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Receiving a heart transplant (HT) at high-volume...
Read MoreDoctors Urging Conference Boycotts Over Abortion Bans Face Uphill Battle
Soon after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its Roe v. Wade abortion ruling in 1973, Laura Esserman used her high school graduation speech to urge her classmates to vote for the Equal Rights Amendment to expand women’s access...
Read MoreComprehensive Review of Urinary Tract Infections in Renal Transplant Recipients: Clinical Insights and Management Strategies.
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) pose a significant challenge in the care of renal transplant recipients. This comprehensive review explores this population’s multifaceted landscape of UTIs, emphasizing the importance of...
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Identifying Risk Factors Associated with Mortality in Pediatric Patients with HC Following Hematopoietic Transplantation
The following is a summary of “Risk Factors for Mortality in Children with Hemorrhagic Cystitis...
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Risk for Vitiligo Increased for Transplant Recipients
Transplant recipients, especially HSCT patients, face elevated vitiligo risk (aHR 12.69) show increased need for early detection and multidisciplinary monitoring.
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Treating LTBI in Liver Transplant Recipients: Safety and Outcomes
The following is a summary of “Safety and outcome of treatment of latent tuberculosis...
Read MoreTumorigenic role of tacrolimus through mTORC1/C2 activation in post-transplant renal cell carcinomas.
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) face an increased risk of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), in which the immunosuppressive regimen plays an important role. This study aimed to identify intracellular signalling alterations...
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Breakthrough Study Unravels Molecular Connections Impacting Kidney Transplant Success
Study reveals intricate links between ischemia-reperfusion injury and antibody-mediated rejection...
Read MoreTCRseq Reveals Selected Donor-reactive CD8 T cell Clones Resist Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Depletion after Kidney Transplantation.
High frequencies of donor-reactive memory T cells in the periphery of transplant candidates prior to transplantation are linked to the development of post-transplant acute rejection episodes and to reduced allograft function....
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