Allotransplantation is the transplantation of an organ or tissue from one individual to another of the same species with a different genotype. The transplant is called an allograft. This is ...

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Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) is considered the only surgical approach to restore form and function in patients with extensive and irreversible tissue loss. VCA surgery has ...

These first cases were performed in patients outside the regular criteria for allotransplantation (transplantation between human beings), which could compromise the success of these transplants.

Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Laboratory, Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States Division ...

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is characterized by the autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing β cells within pancreatic islets, the specialized endocrine cell clusters of the pancreas. Islet ...

Objective: To assess the technical feasibility and functional, metabolic, and structural myocardial integrity of the donor heart after four hours of direct coronary oxygen persufflation (COP). Methods ...

Endoscopic augmentation of the lower oesophageal sphincter using hydrogel implants for the treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease IPG222 27 June 2007 27 June 2007 Carmustine implants and ...