The complex procedure, carried out at Gleneagles Hospital in Parel, used a single liver from a 38-year-old brain-dead donor ...
Kelsey Adams is more committed than ever to becoming a nurse after recently being one of the first children in the country to benefit from a combination of medical procedures at Children’s Healthcare ...
Ernest House needed a liver transplant. But a heart condition was keeping him off the transplant list. “I would have died,” he says. “There's no doubt about that. My body was failing.” A former ...
A woman with cancer that spread to her liver is getting a second chance at life after receiving an organ transplant from a living donor.
Baby Hazel has received a liver transplant after a long wait, and her father says she's smiling, laughing, and playing as she continues to recover at UPMC in Pittsburgh.
Patients can discuss minimally invasive robotic liver cancer surgery with their care teams. The process tends to be safe and effective, an expert said. With the advent of new technologies and improved ...
Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis ...
A Cleveland Clinic study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future risk of developing serious liver ...
Removing 10 per cent of a patient’s blood before major liver surgery and giving it back afterwards reduced transfusions by half, according to a large clinical trial published in The Lancet ...
It was a very special holiday season for an Aurora resident recovering after a unique surgery. Doctors push the limits to treat patients, especially during this time of year. It only takes one look ...
A 56-year-old man with liver failure has become the first living person to be surgically connected to a genetically modified ...
Dipika Kakar, a well-known television actress, has undergone a second liver surgery after being diagnosed with a malignant ...