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Lung Transplant, Double Valve Repair, and Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Resection
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Essential Matters
Liver Transplant Surgery: Dr. Mark Ghobrial – Custodiol was the organ preservation solution
Found a video on You Tube today – though not specifically mentioned, Custodiol HTK is the “solution” they refer to.
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Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury – Custodiol HTK was the preservation solution
A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland’s first face transplant.
Face transplants are extraordinarily complicated and relatively rare procedures that usually require extensive preparation of the recipient over a period of months or years. But medical officials said the Polish patient’s condition was deteriorating so rapidly that a transplant was seen as the only way to save his life. The patient is now being watched for any potential infections.
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Liver Transplant Outcomes in the United States : Effect of Preservation Solution John Fung, MD, PhD Cleveland Clinic
Dr. John Fung made this presentation in Germany a few months back. I was just able to obtain a copy of his power point. Finally some clear rationale and thinking behind a VERY flawed “database analysis” Fung-Berlin HTK Symposium slides 7-12
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AHCA approves Cleveland Clinic Florida applications for heart, liver and kidney transplant services
A direct quote from Dr. John Fung “Cleveland Clinic is a recognized pioneer in the field of organ transplantation,” said John Fung, MD, PhD, Chairman of the Digestive Disease Institute and Director of the Transplant Center at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. “Our patient outcomes and survival rates have been at or above national standards (fyi
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IU tweeted during a live kidney donation – first time ever!!!
We followed IU all morning. Their tweets came at a good pace and keep all informed as to what was going on in the OR. This tweet caught our attention: IU Health@IU_Health WARNING/GRAPHIC- Surgeons are done flushing #calebskidney w/ HTK solution. Now they are preparing the new kidney to go into Caleb’s body. Thank you IU
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Best Practices included Custodiol HTK! Check out this abstract at the upcoming ATC
Custodiol HTK used in this Hospitals’ Best Practice protocol
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“HTK-preserved livers have significantly less risk of biliary leak and intrahepatic stricture formation when compared to UW-preserved grafts”
HTK-preserved livers have significantly less
risk of biliary leak and intrahepatic stricture formation when compared to
UW-preserved grafts. UW has a much higher risk of intrahepatic strictures in DCD
grafts when compared to HTK.
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New Abstract being presented at the ISMICS (International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoriacic Sugery) – June 2012
REOPERATIVE MINIMALLY INVASIVE AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH AORTIC ROOT ENLARGEMENT Sreekumar Subramanian, Christopher Piercecchi, Samata Paidy, John P. Duffy, Robert S. Poston. University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, USA. OBJECTIVE: Use of a minimally invasive …partial sternotomy approach for aortic valve replacement in patients with a prior sternotomy has been well described. However, combining
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Another video!!! Custodiol used in Aortic Translocation Operation with Minimal Prosthetic Material
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