Sentences with phrase «deceased donors who»

In Japan, where the shortage is worse, the number of people in need of new livers is 10 times as great as the number of deceased donors who could provide one.

Not exact matches

First, surgeons remove the uterus and part of the vagina from the donor — in this case, one who was deceased, since it is a risky surgery that involves separating uterine blood vessels that are tightly wrapped around the tubes from the bladder.

From 2006 to 2013, all seven patients with acute liver failure who underwent a LDLT were compared with all 26 patients who underwent a deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT).

Based on the results, researchers suggest two new metrics, which should be standardized, for measuring OPO performance: evaluating donation percentage — the percentage of possible deceased - donors who become actual donors — and tracking organs transplanted per possible donor.

«Liver transplant patients who receive organs from living donors more likely to survive than those who receive organs from deceased donors.»

Wondering what was behind those reports, McAninch and colleagues at Rush previously obtained and analyzed brain tissue from the University of Miami Brain Bank from deceased Caucasian male organ donors who at their time of death were young and healthy, without known thyroid problems, to see if they could find any clues.

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