Tracheal allotransplantation after withdrawal of immunosuppressive therapy.

Abstract 38: tracheal allotransplantation and prefabrication for long tracheal stenosis with withdrawal of immunosuppression: from bed to bench.

The Flare Up of Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome: a Report of an Immunosuppressive Withdrawal-Induced Case

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic disease that causes venous and arterial thrombosis in virtually any organ. Sometimes it is complicated into pulmonary infarction and cavitation, pulmonary hypertension, and catastrophic course with high morbidity and mortality. The present case is a 35-year-old woman with one episode of postpartum deep veins throm-bosis (DVT) 12 years earlier and th...

Living-donor parathyroid allotransplantation for therapy-refractory postsurgical persistent hypoparathyroidism in a nontransplant recipient – three year results: a case report

BACKGROUND Therapy-refractory persistent hypoparathyroidism after extensive neck surgery is a rare but severe complication. Parathyroid allotransplantation may represent a definitive treatment option. CASE PRESENTATION A 32-year old female was referred to our hospital with intractable persistent hypocalcemia after neck surgery for papillary thyroid cancer. Despite optimal medical treatment in...

Hiroki Ueda and Yasuhiko Shimizu

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Hiroki Ueda and Yasuhiko Shimizu Yu Liu, Tatsuo Nakamura, Yasumichi Yamamoto, Kazuya Matsumoto, Takashi Sekine, graft by detergent treatment tracheal grafts can be reduced by removing the epithelium and mixed glands from the Immunosuppressant-free allotransplantation of the tracheaThe antigenicity of http://jtcs.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/120/1/108 the World Wi...

Successful treatment of brittle diabetes following total pancreatectomy by islet allotransplantation: a case report.

CONTEXT Allotransplantation of islets can successfully treat subjects with type 1 diabetes complicated by severe hypoglycemia and erratic glycemic control. Insulin independence is often lost over time due to several factors, including recurrent autoimmunity. Brittle diabetes (frequent hypoglycemia and labile glycemic control) is common after pancreatectomy. This is ameliorated by auto-islet tra...