there had been few if any study for second pancreas transplant outcome and consequences in patients with simultaneous kidney pancreas transplant after failure of the first pancreas allograft. the aim of this study was to compare the patient and graft survival and clinical outcomes and complication of the second pancreas transplant in patients with simultaneous kidney pancreas, compared with pan...

a new potassium persulfate redox system has been investigated for the graft polymerization of vinyl monomers. in this study potassium persulfate system was used for initiation the polymerization. graft polymerization of acrylonitrile (an) onto starch (sta) was carried out in aqueous solution using potassium persulfate (i) redox system. it was found that the percentage of grafting and rate of gr...

BACKGROUND Increasing usage of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) as the graft of choice in coronary artery bypass surgery has led to increased incidence of LIMA graft stenosis. METHODS Thirteen patients with LIMA graft stenosis were identified from a review of our institutional database, with intervention approach either from the femoral (n = 6) or radial artery (n = 7). There were no L...

BACKGROUND Thrombosis is an uncommon, but severe complication of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). OBJECTIVES This study analyzed experience with obstruction of blood flow through the LVAD with the purpose of developing optimal diagnosis and treatment of LVAD-related thrombosis. METHODS Between October 2009 and July 2015, a total of 652 LVAD were implanted in 557 patients. Blood flow...

Introduction The bony insertion of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is comprised of four distinct zones: ligamentous tissue, noncalcified fibrocartilage, calcified fibrocartilage, and bone. This “enthesis” is responsible for effectively transmitting the forces from the elastic ligament to the stiff bone. Despite its well organized structure, the enthesis has limited vascularity and thereby ...

Success rate group search optimiser Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Sana Sadeghi, Alireza Rezvanian & Mohammad Reza Meybodi To cite this article: Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Sana Sadeghi, Alireza Rezvanian & Mohammad Reza Meybodi (2016) Success rate group search optimiser, Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 28:1-2, 53-69, DOI: 10.1080/0952813X.2014.971467 To link to this article: http...

Since the introduction of pancreas transplantation more than 40 years ago, surgical techniques and immunosuppressive regiments have improved and both have contributed to increase the number and success rate of this procedure. However, graft survival corresponds to early diagnosis of organ-related complications. Thus, knowledge of the transplantation procedure and postoperative image anatomy are...

OBJECTIVES Dorsal urethroplasty as described by Barbagli has gained wide acceptance in the treatment of urethral stricture, given the simplification afforded by obtaining a free graft versus a flap. We present a series of 50 patients treated in our department of urethral stricture by dorsal onlay free graft urethroplasty (Barbagli's technique), in combination or not to other techniques in more ...

Belying the spectacular success of solid organ transplantation and improvements in immunosuppressive therapy is the reality that long-term graft survival rates remain relatively unchanged, in large part due to chronic and insidious alloantibody-mediated graft injury. Half of heart transplant recipients develop chronic rejection within 10 years - a daunting statistic, particularly for young pati...

In clinical practice, hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is now recognized as a powerful means of delivering effective cellular immunotherapy for malignant and non-malignant diseases. In patients with severe hematological malignancies, the success of allogeneic HCT is largely based on immunologic graft-versus-tumor (GVT) effects mediated by allogeneic T lymphocytes present in the graft. U...