Transplant Surgery

David Aardsma looking forward to returning to Seattle — in a Yankees uniform – The Seattle Times (blog)


David Aardsma looking forward to returning to Seattle -- in a Yankees uniform
The Seattle Times (blog)
He didn't pitch all of last year and won't start throwing again until July after undergoing Tommy John ligament transplant surgery in his right elbow last summer. But now, Aardsma knows who he'll be pitching for. He signed a $500000, incentive-laden ...

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Israeli joins Kentucky surgeons in transplant surgery – Jerusalem Post


Israeli joins Kentucky surgeons in transplant surgery
Jerusalem Post
Surgeons consider attaching an arm from a deceased donor the most challenging type of hand transplant surgery. The recipient was 56-year-old Ronald Thurman, a farmer from Indiana whose arm was amputated in a combine accident nine years ago.

Large NY urology group practice partners with Mount Sinai – ModernMedicine


Large NY urology group practice partners with Mount Sinai
ModernMedicine
Under the new affiliation with Mount Sinai, IMP patients who require tertiary or quaternary care procedures, including cystectomy or nephrectomy, complex renal and robotic surgeries, or complicated reconstruction will be referred to Mount Sinai.

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A new lease on life – NorthernLife.ca


NorthernLife.ca

A new lease on life
NorthernLife.ca
Mark Cronk shows off a new blanket given to him by a family member while recovering from a heart transplant surgery at the London Health Sciences Centre. Supplied photo. As he was wheeled into the operating room last month to receive a new heart, ...

Simple test for kidney transplant outcome – Jerusalem Post


Simple test for kidney transplant outcome
Jerusalem Post
By JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE 02/21/2012 15:54 Johns Hopkins researchers find gauge of patients' physical reserve best way to predict transplant surgery success. By Thinkstock/Imagebank Newswise — A simple, 10-minute bedside assessment conducted prior to ...
Simple "Frailty" Test Predicts Kidney Transplant OutcomeNewswise (press release)

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2002 to 2008 Saw Increase in Partial Nephrectomy Use – Oncology Nurse Advisor


2002 to 2008 Saw Increase in Partial Nephrectomy Use
Oncology Nurse Advisor
(HealthDay News) -- In the United States, the use of partial nephrectomy procedures to manage renal masses in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) increased significantly from 2002 to 2008, according to research published in the March issue of The ...

Former Bomber head coach and GM Cal Murphy dead at 79 – MetroNews Canada


Globe and Mail

Former Bomber head coach and GM Cal Murphy dead at 79
MetroNews Canada
Murphy had suffered heart attacks in 1978 and 1985 before undergoing successful heart transplant surgery in 1992. “Everyone in both the immediate, and extended, Blue Bomber family is deeply saddened by this news," said Blue Bombers President and CEO ...
Nine-time Grey Cup champ Cal Murphy dies at 79CP24, Canada
Former Bombers coach and GM Cal Murphy passes away at 79TSN

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MOORE REPORT: Keep religion out of my health care – Anchorage Press


MOORE REPORT: Keep religion out of my health care
Anchorage Press
How about transplant surgery where the organ of a dead person is put in the body of someone living? If you're a Jehovah's Witness, a Christian Scientist or Shinto, that's most definitely a no-no, even today. And other mainstream religions took decades ...

2002 to 2008 Saw Increase in Partial Nephrectomy Use – Doctors Lounge


2002 to 2008 Saw Increase in Partial Nephrectomy Use
Doctors Lounge
In the United States, the use of partial nephrectomy procedures to manage renal masses in patients with renal cell carcinoma increased significantly from 2002 to 2008, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Urology.

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2002 to 2008 Saw Increase in Partial Nephrectomy Use – MD News (press release)


2002 to 2008 Saw Increase in Partial Nephrectomy Use
MD News (press release)
In the United States, the use of partial nephrectomy procedures to manage renal masses in patients with renal cell carcinoma increased significantly from 2002 to 2008, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Urology.