The transplantation of thoracic organs was pioneered for hearts at Stanford University Hospital by Lower and Shumway in the early sixties. There were many obstacles to overcome and when this became accepted therapy, the stage was then set for developing lung transplantation. Reitz and Shumway developed the first technique for lung transplantation using the lungs attached to the heart as a singl...

OBJECTIVE To overcome the shortage of appropriate-sized whole liver grafts for children, technical variant liver transplantation has been practiced for decades. We perform a meta-analysis to compare the survival rates and incidence of surgical complications between pediatric whole liver transplantation and technical variant liver transplantation. METHODS To identify relevant studies up to Jan...

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Objective: Renal transplantation is the primary treatment method for end-stage kidney disease. Many reasons such as surgical and infection may cause urological complications after transplantation. Management of renal urinary requires respectable experience. In this study, we aimed to present management patients who require reconstruction at our center. Material Methods: The data 16 underwent re...

Corneal transplantation, amniotic membrane transplantation, phacoemulsification cataract extraction, and laser glaucoma therapy are routine ophthalmic surgical procedures in horses. This article discusses the indications, techniques, and postoperative complications of these and other ophthalmic surgical procedures in horses. Meticulous and accurate anatomic repair can minimize postoperative com...

Today's gold standard in surgical hair restoration is a procedure known as Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT). Follicular Unit Transplatation might appear to be a simple outpatient procedure, but a very specific skill set is needed to perform it well. Hair transplantation is a team effort, and each member of the surgical staff must be highly trained in order to achieve the desired cosmetic r...

Today's gold standard in surgical hair restoration is a procedure known as Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT). Follicular Unit Transplatation might appear to be a simple outpatient procedure, but a very specific skill set is needed to perform it well. Hair transplantation is a team effort, and each member of the surgical staff must be highly trained in order to achieve the desired cosmetic r...

Heart failure (HF) is a prognostically unfavorable complication of cardiovascular diseases. The presented case report describes the management patient with severe progressive biventricular HF due to myocarditis, refractory therapy and requiring heart transplantation. Issues timely diagnosis feasibility radical surgical treatment are discussed.

On the 60th anniversary of the first successfully performed renal transplantation, we summarize the historical, current and potential future status of kidney transplantation. We discuss three different aspects with a potential significant influence on kidney transplantation progress: the development of surgical techniques, the influence of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, and chang...

Liver transplantation is the definite surgical treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure that improves liver functions and survival. In recent years health-related quality of life has been accepted to be in relation with surgical success and has become to be used as an important assessment parameter not only after transplantation but also during the disease pro...