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(MedPage Today) -- Limiting the use of calcineurin inhibitors following kidney transplantation may improve clinical outcomes, although not all of the newer regimens are of equal value, a meta-analysis showed.

WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- The success of last December's near-total face transplant in Cleveland should prompt consideration of this approach as first-line treatment for severe facial trauma, said the surgeons who performed the operation.

Kidneys for transplant are typically stored on ice before surgery, but a new study suggests that using cold perfusion to store organs leads to better transplant success