on issues relating to organ transplantation is presented as a series of essays organized into four sections. The book uses the story of Jesica Santillan as an introduction to the types of attitudes, perspectives, and ethical dilemmas that organ transplantation can fuel. Santillan was an undocumented immigrant teenager from Mexico who received a heart lung transplant at Duke University Medical C...

background: this cross-sectional study was conducted to compare the cost-effectiveness of three therapeutic methods of long-term hemodialysis, kidney transplant from a living person and kidney transplant from a cadaver utilizing disability adjusted life years (daly) using data from the records of patients referred to afzalipour hospital of kerman in 2012.   methods: this cross-sectional study u...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: LT: Liver Transplant; OLT: Orthotopic Liver Transplantation; RT: Renal Transplant; KT: Kidney Transplant; LTR: Liver Transplant Recipients; RTR: Renal Transplant Recipients; PSA: Prostatic Specific Antigen; PBC: Primary Biliary Cholangitis; CT: Computed Tomography; SKL: Simultaneous Liver-Kidney; SOT: Solid Organ Transplantation; NCCN...

BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus (CMV), the most common opportunistic viral infection in solid organ transplant recipients, is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. PURPOSE To assess the efficacy of universal prophylaxis and preemptive approaches in preventing CMV organ disease and other complications in solid organ transplant recipients. DATA SOURCES Using no language restrictions...

OBJECTIVE To examine the outcome of technical variant liver transplant techniques relative to whole organ liver transplantation in pediatric liver transplant recipients. BACKGROUND Technical variant liver transplant techniques comprising split, reduced, and live-donor liver transplantation evolved to address the need for timely and size appropriate grafts for pediatric recipients. METHODS A...

BACKGROUND The postoperative management following solid organ transplantation requires close cooperation between family doctors, internists, the local hospital, and the transplant center. METHODS Selective analysis of current national and international guidelines and relevant review articles. RESULTS/CONCLUSION In the early phase post transplantation, aftercare involves inpatient treatment ...

Kidney transplantation is associated with lower risk for infection than other solid organ transplantations, reflecting the elective nature of kidney transplantation and clinical and nutritional status of recipients. Infection, however, remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in renal transplant recipients. Infections related to transplant surgical complications, acquisition of he...

BACKGROUND Management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) exception era remains regionally variable. Outcomes were compared for patients undergoing transplant versus resection at a single institution in a UNOS region with short wait times for organ availability. METHODS All patients who underwent resection of HCC from January 2000 to August 2012 a...

Correspondence: Henkie P Tan Department of Surgery, Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Montefiore, 7 South, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA Email [email protected] Abstract: Successful management of the solid-organ transplant recipient begins with prevention of rejection and achieving a balance between insufficient and excessiv...

When the first German Transplantationsgesetz (Transplant Act) entered into force in 1997, post-mortem organ donation had reached an all-time low at 12.5 donors per million inhabitants. The Act was intended to create safety in core medical ethics issues and improve trust in transplant medicine – the beginning of a new era. The number of postmortem organ donors increased only slowly, and compared...