Arteriovenous grafts (AVGs) are indispensable life-saving implants for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD). However, AVGs will often fail due to postoperative ...

KUWAIT: In a pioneering medical achievement, Dr Ahmed Amir, Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, has successfully performed the first arterial bypass operation in Kuwait and the ...

Back to homepage / Live news Graft case piles pressure on Turkey's main opposition Ankara (AFP) – A court hearing that could upend the leadership of Turkey's main opposition CHP is the latest ...

However, bovine-derived graft biomaterials may theoretically carry a risk of prion/bovine spongiform encephalopathy transmission to patients (6, 12). In contrast to autografts, allografts, and ...

Peripheral nerve injuries remain a significant clinical challenge, with limited tools available to physicians and patients. Although autografts are the gold standard for nerve reconstruction, they are ...

With this review, we aim to bring together the current knowledge of biomarkers that hold particular promise for cardiac graft evaluation to improve precision and reliability in the identification of ...

With a view of reducing the probability of immunogenic response and rejection of the graft, the pericardium may be submitted to different treatments, among others the tissue fixation using ...

It is used for example in the production of cardiac and vascular prostheses, repair of ligaments, controlled drug delivery systems, hemostatic agents, grafts and others. Valve prostheses made with ...

Objective Biochemical and cytological pericardial fluid (PF) analysis is essentially based on the knowledge of pleural fluid composition. The aim of the present study is to identify reference ...

Here, we systematically explore the architectural influence of poly (vinylidene fluoride)- graft -poly (acrylic acid) (PVDFA) binders synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization. By tuning ...

Pharmacologic suppression of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is critical to the success of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). 1 The use of cyclophosphamide for GVHD prevention has ...