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Comparative analysis of outcomes and long-term follow-up of robot-assisted pediatric kidney transplantation, with open counterpart

How does the robotic kidney transplant fare against the open technique in pediatric patients? To address this question, this study compares the outcomes of robotic kidney transplants with those of open transplant in these patients.

source: Physician's Weekly

Prostate cancer: Overdiagnosis in solid organ transplant recipients

Solid organ transplant recipients can have between a two to three times higher risk of developing certain cancers including non-Hodgkin lymphoma, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, and kidney cancer. This has led many physicians to alter...

source: Cancer Therapy Advisor

Respiratory viral infections in solid organ transplant recipients

Respiratory virus infections, a persistent source of morbidity and mortality for SOT recipients, have been best characterized in lung transplant recipients, in whom association with chronic lung allograft dysfunction has been reported....

source: American Journal of Transplantation

Double lung transplant patient with COVID-19 describes gasping for air

If more of us could see what frontline workers witness in the war against COVID-19 — people gasping for air and lungs shutting down — maybe more people would understand the seriousness of the disease. Thomas Steele has...

source: WBUR-FM

Acute kidney injury in deceased organ donors and kidney transplant outcomes

The objective of this study was to determine graft function and survival for kidney transplants from deceased donors with acute kidney injury that persists at the time of organ procurement.

source: Annals of Surgery

Expanding living donor liver transplantation: Report of first United States living donor liver transplant chain

Living donor liver transplantation enjoys widespread use in Asia, but remains limited to a handful of centers in North America and comprises only five percent of liver transplants performed in the United States....

source: American Journal of Transplantation

Letermovir and maribavir for the treatment and prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in solid organ and stem cell transplant recipients

Until recently, available drugs for cytomegalovirus prevention and treatment in transplant patients included (val)ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir. Use of these drugs is limited by toxicity...

source: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Informing the risk of kidney transplantation versus remaining on the wait list in the COVID-19 era

There is limited data pertaining to comparative outcomes of remaining on dialysis versus kidney transplantation as the threat of COVID-19 remains. This study aims to delineate the differential risks involved using serological methods to help define exposure rates.

source: Kidney International Reports

Nudging organ donation in the United States

Nationally and globally, demand for organ transplants outstrips supply. In the United States last year, 19,267 donors made a record-setting 39,718 transplants possible, but nearly 109,000 Americans still remain on the organ transplant waiting list. Cass Sunstein, Robert...

source: Harvard Law Today

Ending monopolies on American lives by reforming organ procurement organizations

The U.S. charges organ procurement organizations with coordinating with a potential organ donor’s next of kin so that lifesaving organs can be recovered and transplanted. The stakes are literally life-and-death, and the...

source: Forbes

Accepting split liver transplant linked with lower mortality

Accepting grafts for a split liver transplantation may improve survival for smaller children and adults on the waitlist, according to research presented at the Liver Meeting Digital Experience. In her presentation, Mary Grace Bowring, an MD/PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins,...

source: Healio

Screen kidney transplant patients for Fabry, study recommends

A genetic screening study found a higher-than-expected prevalence of undiagnosed Fabry disease in people who had kidney failure and transplant without a known cause. When the screening was extended to related family members, additional...

source: Fabry Disease News

Thoracic visceral adipose tissue linked to pulmonary hypertension in transplant candidates

In a new study, lower thoracic visceral adipose tissue was associated with elevated risk for pulmonary hypertension in patients with advanced lung disease undergoing evaluation for lung transplantation.

source: Healio

The pediatric solid organ transplant experience with COVID-19: An initial multi-center, multi-organ case series

The clinical course of COVID‐19 in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients remains ambiguous. Though preliminary experiences with adult transplant recipients have been published, literature centered...

source: Pediatric Transplantation

Improved survival after heart transplantation in patients bridged with ECMO in the new allocation system

Historically, patients bridged on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to heart transplantation have very high post-transplant mortality. In the new HT allocation system, ECMO supported patients have the highest priority...

source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

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Study shows many unaware that racial disparities exist on kidney transplant waitlists

Comparative analysis of outcomes and long-term follow-up of robot-assisted pediatric kidney transplantation, with open counterpart

Prostate cancer: Overdiagnosis in solid organ transplant recipients

Respiratory viral infections in solid organ transplant recipients

Double lung transplant patient with COVID-19 describes gasping for air

Acute kidney injury in deceased organ donors and kidney transplant outcomes

Expanding living donor liver transplantation: Report of first United States living donor liver transplant chain

Letermovir and maribavir for the treatment and prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in solid organ and stem cell transplant recipients

Informing the risk of kidney transplantation versus remaining on the wait list in the COVID-19 era

Nudging organ donation in the United States

Ending monopolies on American lives by reforming organ procurement organizations

Accepting split liver transplant linked with lower mortality

Screen kidney transplant patients for Fabry, study recommends

Thoracic visceral adipose tissue linked to pulmonary hypertension in transplant candidates

The pediatric solid organ transplant experience with COVID-19: An initial multi-center, multi-organ case series

Improved survival after heart transplantation in patients bridged with ECMO in the new allocation system

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