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Xenotransplantation

eMedicine — Overview: Organ transplantation has been called a victim of its own success. Although transplanted human organs can replace failed organs and make patients with diabetes insulin free, the severe shortage of human donors means that fewer than 1 ...More…
Transplants, Liver

eMedicine — Overview: BackgroundApplication and success of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has continued to grow, and liver transplantation has become accepted therapy for several causes of irreversible liver disease. As of 2008, 90,830 liver ...More…
Split Liver Transplantation

eMedicine — Overview: The need for liver transplants currently far eclipses the supply of available donor organs. According to 2005 statistics from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the waiting list for a liver transplant now exceeds 17,000 ...More…
Renal Transplantation (Urology)

eMedicine — Overview: History Organ transplantation has a long history, beginning with skin autografting in India during the sixth century BCE. This procedure entered Western medicine during the early renaissance and is described in a text on the restoration ...More…
Renal Transplantation (Medical)

eMedicine — Overview: Kidney transplantation should be strongly considered for all patients who are medically suitable with chronic and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). A successful kidney transplant offers enhanced quality and duration of life and is more ...More…
Etiology and Pathogenesis

eMedicine — Overview: Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is an unusual entity that has many features of immune system malignancy. It is characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of B cells in a context of posttransplant immunosuppression. In ...More…
Mary Prendergast, MD,

eMedicine — Overview: Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a well recognized, although relatively uncommon, complication of both solid organ and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. In most cases, PTLD is associated with Epstein-Barr ...More…
Pancreas Transplantation

eMedicine — Overview: The purpose of pancreas transplantation is to ameliorate type I diabetes and produce complete insulin independence. The first successful pancreas transplantation in conjunction with a simultaneous kidney transplantation was performed by ...More…
Neurologic Complications of Organ Transplantation

eMedicine — Overview: Organ transplantation has developed at an incredibly rapid pace since its introduction in the 1950s, and it has become a life-saving procedure for patients with end-stage organ failure. In 2006, more than 20,000 hematopoietic stem cell ...More…
Albert Faro, MD,

eMedicine — Overview: Lung transplantation has matured into an accepted therapeutic alternative for children with end-stage lung disease.1 More than 1500 such procedures have been performed in children worldwide. However, the phrase children are not just ...More…
Preoperative Evaluation of Specific Diseases

eMedicine — Overview: Lung transplantation is an accepted modality of treatment for advanced stage lung disease. Since the early 1990s, more than 25,000 lung transplants have been performed at centers around the world. The agency for health care policy and ...More…
Liver Transplantation, Complications

eMedicine — Overview: HistoryThe first successful liver transplantation in the world was performed by Dr Thomas Starzl in 1967 at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver. By 1999, more than 500 liver transplantations had been performed at ...More…

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