Tag: Surgery
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Physicians and Medical Students Delay Childbearing, Family Building Due to Medical Training
More than 60 percent of physicians and medical students reporting delaying having children and building a family due to medical training, with half also having regretted doing so, according to recent survey findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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First Device to Monitor Transplanted Organs, Detect Early Signs of Rejection
Northwestern University investigators have developed the first electronic device for continuously monitoring the health of transplanted organs in real time.
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Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics Decrease Infection Rates in Pancreas Surgery
Administering broad-spectrum antibiotics before surgery to remove pancreas tumors may decrease the chances of surgical site infection, according to a recent study published in JAMA.
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Designing Surfaces to Improve Bone Grafts
New research from Northwestern investigators has demonstrated a method for engineering bone surfaces to improve the quality of bone grafts.
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Frailty Linked to Worse Quality of Life After Liver Transplant
Liver transplant recipients who met the criteria for frailty had comparatively worse quality of life after their transplant, according to a new multicenter study published in JAMA Surgery.
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New Therapeutic Approach Could Prevent Injury to Fragile Transplanted Lungs
Investigators identified a molecular “brake” that can reduce the activation of damaging cells known to cause primary graft dysfunction — a leading culprit in lung transplant failure.
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Levitsky Selected as President-elect of American Society of Transplantation
Josh Levitsky, MD, ’08 MS, has been selected as president-elect of the American Society of Transplantation (AST).
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Good Outcomes in COVID-19 Lung Transplants
Patients with COVID-19-associated lung disease who received lung transplants had similar outcomes compared to patients without COVID-19, according to a study published in JAMA.
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Transplant Chief: Next Era of Transplantation is Approaching
Satish Nadig, MD, PhD, is looking to build on Northwestern’s strong foundation of transplant initiatives and push forward into a new era of transplantation.
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Scientists Identify Proteins That Could Predict Liver Transplant Rejection
Northwestern University scientists have discovered families of proteins in the body that could potentially predict which patients may reject a new organ transplant, helping inform decisions about care.
