Father's kidney, pancreas save diabetic woman Nov 17, 2008
"By encouraging cadaver donors, the risk on live donors can be reduced. Pancreas transplantation is usually done only from cadaver donors. The simultaneous operation addressed both the complication as well as the cause." Though the operation cost around Rs 11 lakh, the patient was charged only Rs 4 lakh, added Dr Mehta. The transplanation was performed by a team of eight specialists including transplant surgeon Dr Shanthanu Bhattacharya, and hospital director Dr Ashley D'Cruz. (Times of India)
Surgery that wiped away her tears Nov 16, 2008
Pancreas transplantation is a therapeutic option in patients who require insulin for control of their diabetes. Currently the success rates are comparable with other organ transplants with a success rate of 90 - 95 percent said, Dr. Shantanu, one among the three doctors who conducted the transplantion. (Express Buzz)
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)
