Sentences with phrase «organ transplant operations»

It is used to help prevent rejection after organ transplant operations and also to treat a variety of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Borrowing a tool used in organ transplant operations, Ryder surgeons have pioneered a more aggressive approach to treating liver injuries, which rank among the most lethal problems they encounter.

Not exact matches

Since the world's first successful organ transplant in 1954 — a kidney — the discipline has advanced to the point where a wounded soldier could have his penis and scrotum replaced in a groundbreaking operation last month.

Lynch's team believes that it may be easier to get fat donors compared to other organs and that fat transplant operations would be far less expensive than other kinds of transplants.

It has an important application as a constituent in solutions for the protection of organs during transplant operations.

Pays a percentage of your cover amount (from R50 000 to R4 million) if you suffer a dread disease, such as cancer or undergo a major heart operation or organ transplant

There weren't too many organ transplants that I didn't perform on my first car, a 1934 Ford five - window coupe.The most significant was the operation in which I replaced the original Ford engine, which had suffered a myocardial infarction, with a then - modern Cadillac OHV V - 8.