Two general kinds of liver transplantation have been attempted clinically. With one approach,
the host liver is removed and replaced with a homograft (orthotopic liver transplantation); …

With the improvements in immunosuppression that have occurred in the last few years, a
great increase can be expected in the demand for cadaveric kidneys and other vital organs. …

Fourteen patients who developed B cell lymphomas or lymphoproliferative lesions after
kidney, liver, heart, or heart-lung transplantation in Pittsburgh during 1981–1983 had active …

Obesity has generally been thought to increase the risk of operative mortality and postoperative
complications in surgical patients. No data examining obesity as a factor in cadaveric …

Far-red-emitting cyanine fluorochromes have many properties desirable for in vivo imaging:
absorption and emission at wavelengths where blood and tissue are relatively transparent, …

Between March 27, 1989 and December 31, 1997, 1316 kidney transplantations alone
were performed under tacrolimus-based immunosuppression at our center. Posttransplant …

In the first clinical trials of pancreatic transplantation (1, 2), the graft consisted of the whole
pancreas, duodenum and a short segment of jejunum. The duodenal component of the …

To investigate the possibility that we have been underestimating the true incidence of acute
rejection, we began to perform protocol biopsies after kidney transplantation. This analysis …

Fourteen of 156 renal-transplant recipients treated with cyclosporine and steroids developed
Pneumocystis carinii-related pneumonia (PCP) over a 19-month period. This was a …

Background. Between September 20, 1995 and September 20, 1997, 208 adult patients
undergoing renal transplantation were randomized to receive tacrolimus/prednisone (n= 106) or …