State Supreme Court Gives Swedish Green Light to Open Liver Transplant Program Jul 13, 2008
"Also, the liver transplant program fulfills Swedish's objective of providing a comprehensive abdominal transplant service and comprehensive liver center." Under the direction of Dr. Marks, Swedish has become one of the top performing programs in the country for kidney and pancreas transplantation. The Organ Transplant Program at Swedish was established 15 years ago to meet a growing need for transplantation services in the Northwest. (PR Newswire)
What's Wrong With Selling Kidneys? Jun 16, 2008
The reality of regulated organ purchase will be a reduction in organ donation, and the destruction of kidney, heart, lung, liver, and pancreas transplantation, he concludes. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS.. (Science Daily)
Promising advances in islet cell transplants for diabetes Jun 10, 2008
The new procedure allowed patients to get off insulin after a single transplant versus the two to four transplants that were needed using the older protocol, said Dr. Jos Oberholzer, director of cell and pancreas transplantation at UIC and lead author of the study. All patients in the study achieved insulin independence, but those who received the UIC protocol required fewer than half the number of islets as those who were treated under the Edmonton protocol. (EurekAlert!)
UCLA Medical Center Performs Its First Living Donor Kidney 'Swap' UCLA, Sep. 25 Sep 26, 2007
"The paired donation procedure permits donors who would otherwise be unable to help their loved one to do so in a manner that helps other people as well," said Dr. Gabriel Danovitch, professor of medicine in the UCLA Division of Nephrology and medical director of the UCLA kidney and pancreas transplantation program. -UCLA- ER414. (University of California Newswire, CA)
Medical College's top surgeon dies May 31, 2007
He had also served as the director of the Transplant Program, which was established in 1967 and focused on kidney, liver and pancreas transplantation. Adams was honored in 2001 with a Distinguished Service Award, the school's highest honor, for his contributions to transplant surgery and national leadership status as a highly regarded medical educator and researcher. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Organ transplants reclaim lives (Goody L. Solomon) Oct 8, 2006
Since 1954, when kidney transplants gave life to dying patients, doctors have learned to transplant other organs, and "surgical techniques have pushed the envelope to provide living donor transplants," to quote Amy Lu, M.D., director of kidney and pancreas transplantation, Georgetown University Hospital. Preservation solutions enable organs to be stored and moved across state lines, she added, while improved medicines "keep the patient and graft alive for much longer. Rates of rejection are less... (Washington Times, DC)
Islet Transplantation Is A Promising Procedure For Certain Patients With Severe Type 1 Diabetes, Clinical Trial Shows Sep 29, 2006
In the last few decades, doctors have been able to treat Type 1 diabetes with pancreas transplantation ... Many people with diabetes who have taken daily insulin injections for years have achieved total insulin independence after pancreas transplantation--often for years after the transplant ... For these reasons, pancreas transplantation is almost always reserved for patients who are already undergoing kidney transplantation. (Science Daily)
White Blood Cells Can Both Hurt And Help Transplanted Kidneys Sep 22, 2006
But in the new study published in the September issue of The Journal of Immunology, the Hopkins team reports that that T cells can also play a role in reducing cellular damage in IRI kidneys, according to Hamid Rabb, M.D., medical director of kidney and pancreas transplantation at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. IRI occurs in 30 percent to 40 percent of kidneys removed from dead donors, resulting in lower kidney survival rates, shortened kidney life and a cost increase of... (Science Daily)
Bloodstream infection following 217 consecutive systemic-enteric drained pancreas transplants Aug 9, 2006
Combined kidney pancreas transplantation (PTx) evolved as excellent treatment for diabetic nephropathy with infections remaining common and serious complications. Patients and methods: 217 consecutive enteric drained PTxs performed from 1997 to 2004 were retrospectively analyzed with regard to bloodstream infection. (BioMed Central)
Ecosse: A slice of history Jul 9, 2006
But Scotland was the first to have a dedicated unit for pancreas transplantation and that then happened for the rest of the UK, so I m hopeful it will happen with live liver donation. One thing is certain the need for liver transplantation is growing as hepatitis C and alcoholic liver disease increase. (The Sunday Times)
Metabolic syndrome identified as risk factor for kidney-pancreas transplant patients Jan 21, 2006
In kidney and pancreas transplantation, advances in immunosuppressive drug therapy have significantly reduced the risk of acute rejection ... However, the effect of metabolic syndrome on the outcome of simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation and the significance of having a functioning pancreas transplant in these patients has not been previously described ... The study followed 298 patients for three years after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation. (EurekAlert!)
