transplantation

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has approved the EXCOR pediatric cardiac assist device for children with heart failure awaiting a transplantation.

(MedPage Today) -- Transporting live-donor kidneys, sometimes over great distances, does not appear to have a negative effect on transplantation outcomes, researchers found.

(MedPage Today) -- Outcomes in all patients with hepatocellular carcinoma might improve with an "ablate-and-wait" strategy versus rapid transplantation, according to a group of clinicians who have regularly used the strategy.

Topical treatments to "precondition" the corneal bed before transplantation may help the new cornea to succeed, researchers said.

Pediatricians should promote organ donation and transplantation, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Reducing immunosuppression offers a safe and effective strategy to manage post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) after solid-organ or stem-cell transplant, according to a study reported here.

Giving kidney donors low-dose dopamine before transplantation reduces the need for dialysis in the recipient, researchers say.

MILAN, Italy (MedPage Today) -- Current criteria for evaluating liver cancer patients for possible transplantation may unnecessarily disqualify some who would benefit from the procedure, researchers here said.