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 | | When a new kidney is placed in a person's body, the body sees the transplanted organ as a threat and tries to attack it. | | | The medical transplant team that currently follows your child is responsible for sending the data to UNOS, and updating them as your child's condition changes. | | | To allow the organ to successfully live in a new body, medications must be given to trick the immune system into accepting the transplant and not thinking it is a foreign object. |
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http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/peds_urology/kidneytran.cfm
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| | Kidney Transplant Program at the University of Maryland |
| | Transplantation has become so successful in recent years in large part through the development of new, more effective drugs which prevent rejection by the body of donated organs. | | | A successful transplant can be undermined very quickly by the failure of patients to take their medications appropriately and responsibly. | | | Their services range from helping with personal and psychological issues that result from living with a chronic medical condition, to the practical issues of paying for medications, arranging transportation and lodging, joining support groups and receiving vocational rehabilitation. |
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http://www.umm.edu/transplant/kidney
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| | eMedicine - Kidney Transplantation : Article by David Hatch, MD |
| | Transplantation is also contraindicated in any child or family with a history or high likelihood of noncompliance with a prescribed medication regimen. | | | A percutaneous needle biopsy of the kidney transplant is the most reliable diagnostic test (see Image 14A). | | | Medical therapy: As the early experience with transplantation dramatically illustrated (see History of the Procedure), modulation of the normal immune response mechanisms is a vital prerequisite to successful organ transplantation. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2842.htm
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| | Kidney transplantation |
| | Once compatibility is confirmed and the physical preparations for kidney transplantation are complete, both donor and recipient may undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation to ensure that they are emotionally prepared for the transplant procedure and aftercare regimen. | | | As with any surgical procedure, the kidney transplantation procedure carries some risk for both a living donor and a graft recipient. | | | Daclizumab, a monoclonal antibody, is a promising new therapy that can be used in conjunction with standard immunosuppressive medications to reduce the incidence of organ rejection. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/kidney_transplantation.jsp
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| | Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Kidney Transplantation |
| | But transplantation is not a cure; it's an ongoing treatment that requires you to take medicines for the rest of your life. | | | The site includes a state-of-the-art clinical transplant ward, operating facility, and outpatient clinic designed for the study of new drugs or techniques that may improve the success of organ and tissue transplants. | | | Some observers of OPTN operations have raised the concern that people in some parts of the country have to wait longer than others because allocation policies for some organs give preference to patients within the donor's region. |
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http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/transplant
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Kidney transplant |
| | While the patient is unconscious and pain-free (under general anesthesia), an incision is made in the side of the abdomen. | | | However, improvements in technique use a short incision (mini-nephrectomy) or use laparoscopic techniques. | | | While the patient is unconscious and pain-free (under general anesthesia), an incision is made in the lower abdomen. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003005.htm
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| | eMedicine - Kidney Transplantation, Surgical Complications : Article by Lennard A Nadalo, MD |
| | Surgical techniques for transplantation have improved, and the means by which kidneys are obtained from living related donors was recently advanced with the use of laparoscopic surgical techniques. | | | With improved surgical techniques and medical management of rejection, renal transplantation has become the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). | | | Following cardiac transplantation chest x-rays are routinely obtained at frequent intervals. |
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| | History |
| | Much of the story of transplantation is a story of barriers and how modern scienctific medicine overcame those barriers. | | | First, surgeons had to develop a surgical procedure that would not only place a new kidney in the patient, but connect all the necessary tubes and blood vessels. | | | - Cortisone-like medications were used to suppress the human body’s self-defense system (immune system), resulting in some kidney transplant success. |
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http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/transplant/html/history.html
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| | National Kidney Foundation: Transplantation |
| | To demonstrate to the public the collective and individual successes of the life-restoring therapy of organ transplantation | | | In our great tradition, World Records were set by U.S. athletes in swimming and track/field events. | | | We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the Health on the Net Foundation. |
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http://www.kidney.org/transplantation/athletics/index.cfm
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| | Liver & Kidney Diseases & Transplantation |
| | Patients and their families find our care to be both patient-centered and compassionate. | | | Our world-renowned physicians and surgeons have already contributed many firsts to the medical community. | | | At the same time, our team is committed to reamining at the forefront of investigation and research into transplant medicine and science. |
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http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/liverkidney
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| | Welcome Transplantation Surgery and Immunology Fletcher Allen Health Care |
| | Our surgeons are trained in liver transplantation and liver surgery, and hence are very experienced at liver surgery. | | | These pancreas transplants are done for patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (and some type 2) who have secondary complications. | | | The Division of Transplantation Surgery and Immunology is also very active in cutting edge research in Transplantation and Transplantation Immunology. |
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http://www.fahc.org/Transplant_Surgery
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| | Kidney Transplantation |
| | All medical information needs to be carefully reviewed with your health care provider. | | | DISCLAIMER: NOAH is an information guide only and cannot answer personal health-related or research questions. | | | Realistic Expectations: A Guide for Post-Transplant Kidney Patients Transplant Patient Partnering Program |
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http://www.noah-health.org/en/kidver/kidney/care/transplantation
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| | Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: Home |
| | An ongoing personal account of my pancreas-kidney transplant makes up the center of the site; selected journal articles, informational links, and opportunities to contact the author complete it. | | | The site examines the history of transplantation, the immunology, tissue typing, and immunosuppressant drugs that make transplantation possible, and looks to the current practice in pancreas-kidney transplantation. | | | I was surprised to learn the number of people who were unaware of pancreas transplantation, or who had considered it as an option for themselves or a loved one with diabetes and its many complications. |
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http://www.pancreas-kidney.com
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| | Kidney Transplant |
| | End-stage renal disease cannot be treated with conventional medical treatments such as drugs. | | | Kidney failure can happen rapidly (acute kidney failure), usually in response to a severe acute (sudden, short-term) illness in another body system or in the kidneys. | | | Kidney failure can also happen very slowly and gradually (chronic kidney failure), usually in response to a chronic (ongoing, long-term) disease such as diabetes or high blood pressure. |
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http://www.emedicinehealth.com/kidney_transplant/article_em.htm
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| | RenalWEB Topic - Transplantation |
| | Reducing Risk Of Skin Cancer In Transplant Patients - article from WSOCTV.com - February 27, 2006 | | | Kidney transplant recipients usually must take immunosuppressants, or anti-rejection drugs, for the rest of their lives. | | | A new procedure, the laparoscopic nephrectomy, has greatly reduced the trauma and recovery period for a living donor. |
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http://www.renalweb.com/topics/transplant/transplant.htm
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| | Kidney Transplantation |
| | Anti-T cell therapy to patients receiving cadavaric transplants | | | Ganciclovir is effective in preventing disease in CMV Ab+ patients during transplant [7] | | | Severe damage to kidney in patients with single kidney |
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http://www.outlinemed.com/demo/nephrol/12613.htm
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| | Questions About Kidney Transplantation |
| | Are there any new immunosuppressive drugs on the horizon for kidney patients? | | | If you need a transplant, you need to seek the advice and care of qualified transplant physicians. | | | For a comprehensive collection of information & resources for kidney patients, see |
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http://www.transweb.org/qa/qa_txp/faq_kidney.html
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| | Kidney Patient Guide Redirect |
| | You will be redirected to the Kidney Patient Guide automatically in 5 seconds. |
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| | Kidney Transplantation |
| | The first dual transplant in New York State was done at SUNY Downstate in 1996 and the procedure has been overwhelmingly successful. | | | Using this technique, surgeons are able to remove the donor’s kidney using a laparoscope which requires only a small incision in the lower abdomen of the donor. | | | Using this procedure, both kidneys from an older donor are transplanted into a single recipient, thereby expanding the use of kidneys that might not otherwise have been transplanted. |
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http://www.hscbklyn.edu/transplant/kidneytrans.html
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| | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Kidney Transplantation |
| | Our Team continues to search for new ways to assist patients in seeking a better quality of life through kidney transplant. | | | Patients benefit from our Program's team approach by having access to varied expertise that assists their course from the time of evaluation to post-operative recovery. | | | We provide long-term follow-up, which we believe contributes to the program's high success rate. |
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http://www.jeffersonhospital.org/transplant/kidney
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| | Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: Glossary |
| | Stents are commonly used to keep blood vessels open in the coronary arteries, into the esophagus for strictures or cancer, the ureters to maintain drainage from the kidneys, or the bile duct for pancreatic cancer or cholangiocarcinoma. | | | the process of removing blood from an artery (as of a kidney patient), purifying it by dialysis, and returning it to a vein | | | the determination of the degree of compatibility of tissues or organs from different individuals based on the similarity of histocompatibility antigens esp. on lymphocytes and used esp. as a measure of potential rejection in an organ transplant procedure HLA TYPING |
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