No empirical studies have defined the posttransplant survival that would justify expansion of the Milan criteria for liver transplantation of hepatocellular carcinoma. We created a Markov model comparing the survival benefit of transplantation for a patient with >Milan HCC, versus the harm caused to other patients on the waiting list. In the base-case analysis, the strategy of transplanting the...

PURPOSE To study the short-term clinical results of transplanting of cultivated corneal/limbal epithelial cells on human amniotic membrane (AM) for limbal deficiency. DESIGN Noncomparative, retrospective interventional case series. PARTICIPANTS Thirteen eyes of 13 patients with severe limbal deficiency (Stevens-Johnson syndrome in eight eyes, ocular cicatricial pemphigoid in three eyes, and...

The economical analysis complements the evaluation of the intercrop systems efficiency, considering besides the physical production of crops, the price of products according to their quality classification and time of the year. Intercropping systems of lettuce and cucumber in two plant populations under greenhouse were economically evaluated in winter-spring, in Jaboticabal City, São Paulo Stat...

OBJECTIVES Transplanting is the sole therapy for the majority of organ insufficiencies, but the lack of organ donation limits transplanting. We evaluated the effect of education about "Organ Donation and Transplantation" over the false beliefs of the participants. MATERIALS AND METHODS This interventional study was performed in a military unit between January and March 2010. Data on organ don...

Ethylene sensitivity of grafted and nongrafted tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) seedlings with three to four true leaves was examined. The concentration exogenous ethylene that produced symptoms between 1 10 µL?L –1 regardless grafting. Symptoms exposure included leaf epinasty, decreased maximal photochemical quantum yield photosystem II F v / m ), increased plant height (nongrafted only). Graft...