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Kidney Transplant Noninferior From Donors With Versus Without HIV in HIV-Positive Recipients
THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2024 – Among recipients with HIV, kidney transplantation from donors with HIV is noninferior to that from donors without HIV, according to a study published online Oct. 16 in the...
Study: Five-Year Survival for Face Transplant Is 85 Percent
TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 – The overall survival for face transplants is encouraging, with 10-year survival at 74 percent, according to a study published online Sept. 18 in JAMA Surgery. Pauliina ...
Long-Term Outcomes Good for Face Transplant Recipients, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 – There have been 50 face transplants performed in 11 countries since the surgery was pioneered back in 2005, and long-term outcomes have been favorable, a new review...
He's Doing Great a Year After World's First Eye and Partial Face Transplant
Key Takeaways A man who received the world’s first combined whole-eye and partial face transplant is doing well His body has not rejected either his new face of his new left eye However, vision ...
Women With Liver Cancer Less Likely Than Men to Receive Liver Transplant
MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 – Women with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are less likely to receive a deceased-donor liver transplant (DDLT) and more likely to die while wait-listed than men, according to a...
Liver Grafts Feasible From Hep C-Positive Donors After Circulatory Death
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 4, 2024 – Liver grafts from hepatitis C virus-positive (HCV+) donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors have one-year patient and graft survival comparable with that of donation...
Perioperative Mortality Low for Living Kidney Donors
THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2024 – Perioperative mortality has decreased after living kidney donation, with 0.9 deaths per 10,000 during 2013 to 2022, according to a research letter published online Aug. 28...
It's Safer to Donate a Kidney Now Than at Any Time in History
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 2024 – The risk of death associated with donating a kidney is at an all-time low, a new study finds. A kidney donor’s risk – already small a decade ago – is now lower by more t...
Uterus Transplant Feasible, Linked to High Rate of Live Birth
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 – Uterus transplant is feasible and is associated with high rates of live birth after successful graft survival, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in the Journal of...
Acceptable Liver Transplant Outcomes Seen After ICI Therapy for Liver Cancer
FRIDAY, Aug. 16, 2024 – For patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) use prior to liver transplant (LT) does not worsen outcomes, according to research...
Uterus Transplants Are Leading to Healthy Pregnancies
FRIDAY, Aug. 16, 2024 – Uterine transplants are relatively rare and recent – the first was performed in 2011, and to date a little more than 100 transplants have been conducted worldwide. However,...
Pediatric Heart Transplant Wait-List Mortality Has Declined Since 1999
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 – Pediatric heart transplant (HT) wait-list mortality has declined, but the 2016 pediatric HT allocation policy revisions do not appear to be the reason, according to a study...
Nation's Heart Transplant List Is Failing Sick Kids, Study Suggests
MONDAY, Aug. 5, 2024 – The U.S. heart transplant list for children isn’t accurately ranking the sickest kids highest, making it more likely they may die while waiting for a donor heart, a new study c...
Disparities Exist in Wait-Listing for Pediatric Kidney Transplants
THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 2024 – Disparities in timely wait-listing among pediatric kidney transplant candidates expose some patients to greater harms from dialysis, according to a study published online...
Gut Dysbiosis Linked to Mortality for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
THURSDAY, July 18, 2024 – For solid organ transplant recipients, gut dysbiosis is associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality, according to a study published online July 2 in Gut. J....