SEATTLE (AP) -- A man who was denied a liver transplant because he used marijuana with medical approval to ease the symptoms of hepatitis C has died....
... many diseases, our patients are best served with early involvement of a multidisciplinary team.”
Liver transplantation is required for patients with severe (end-stage) liver disease. People who ...
... transfusion which could motivate new studies to aid the understanding of pathogenesis if SSI in liver transplantation.
An accompanying editorial considers the history of liver transplantation and the ...
Nearly 9 percent of patients who recently underwent liver transplantation suffered a subsequent surgical site infection (SSI). Risk factors included having had biliary-enteric anastomosis, previous ...
... new findings about the procedure in the July issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal by John Wiley & Sons ... new technique utilizing two left liver sections from two cadaveric donors, or the combination ...
... help ensure that the sickest patients receive liver transplants first. Researchers found that including serum ... die each year while waiting for a liver transplant. Serum sodium levels can be measured ...
... ." The authors report. "This study points out the importance of cancer surveillance after liver transplantation."
An accompanying editorial by Ashokkumar Jain of the University of Rochester et. al. ...
... issue of Liver International, Kroeker says physicians need to determine eligibility criteria for liver-transplant patients that pertains directly to the likelihood of a patient rejecting the organ ...
... of follow-up and among younger transplant recipients. These findings are published in the November issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal by John Wiley & Sons. The article is also available online ...
... s disease when listed," the authors write.
Sex was significantly associated with death and liver transplantation after adjusting for race despite the use of the MELD score. Women were more likely to ...
... of Minnesota, conducted a retrospective database analysis of all adult recipients of partial liver transplants at their center between 1997 and 2007. There were 100 such patients, seven of whom ...
... treatment is withdrawn. These findings are in the March issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by John Wiley ... transplant. They examined HBV-specific CD4 T-cell immune response in 52 HBV ...
A Toronto woman who received a desperately needed liver transplant is recovering in hospital Wednesday after her family's high-profile call for help.
... liver within five years.
Researchers don't know exactly why some patients ... reduce the risk of developing severe fibrosis after liver transplantation," the authors report.
"In summary," they conclude ...
... system that may play a role in the recurrence and progression of hepatitis C virus (HCV) after liver transplantation. The study is in the April issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by ...
