Radiology and Organ Transplantation

Facebook and Organ Transplantation

Firstly, this venture is a new attempt to use social networking Web sites as a new form of media in the field of organ transplantation. All other forms of media such as print, television, radio, etc. have been used and exhausted for making people aware of the importance of becoming organ donors. However, with the Internet becoming a significant extension of people’s lives today, it has still re...

Organ donation and transplantation

Diagnostic and interventional radiology in liver transplantation.

Diagnostic and interventional radiology play major roles in the evaluation and management of liver transplant patients. This article begins with a discussion of imaging techniques used in the preoperative evaluation of transplant candidates. Surgical approaches and normal posttransplant anatomy are presented. An in-depth discussion of the radiologic evaluation of posttransplantation complicatio...

Combating Illegal Organ Transplantation Under International Human Rights Law

Despite the fact that the concepts of organ transplantation and organ trafficking seem two completely distinct categories at first glance, sometimes they overlap with each other. This is especially in cases in which organ transplantation occurs from one country to another and for a financial exchange. There are two general indicators for determining the distinction between organ transplantation...

A Study on Information Sources of Patients Receiving Organ Transplantation

Objective Access to quality information is essential for greater patient participation in treatment. This study aims to investigate the information sources of organ transplant recipients in Mashhad, Iran. Methods This analytical cross-sectional study was carried out from December 2017 to May 2018. Participants were 115 patients who received liver and kidney transplantation in Montaseriyeh Hosp...