Word: transplante
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...normal life with only one kidney. (The remaining kidney enlarges to make up most of the difference.) In addition a kidney from a live donor lasts longer than a kidney taken from someone who has died suddenly. But the biggest change in the past few years is that transplant surgeons have started using laparoscopic techniques to remove the donor kidney through a much smaller incision, and this can cut recovery time for the donor from six weeks to four weeks...
...what are the risks? "As with any major operation, there is a chance of dying, of reoperation due to bleeding, of infection, of vein clots in the legs or a hernia at the incision," says Dr. Arthur Matas, director of the renal-transplant program at the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis. Even laparoscopy, a relatively new technique for kidney donation, is not risk-free. Doctors estimate that chances of dying from the procedure are about...
Much was made last fall of Gore's decision to transplant his headquarters from downtown Washington to Nashville, Tennessee. But just as important was the quieter move of the campaign's central nervous system to another D.C. address, the Wisconsin Avenue consulting firm of Bob Shrum, Mike Donilon and Tad Devine, whose offices serve as Eskew's Beltway base of operation, complete with an exercise bike for the workout fanatic. Also pitching in is Bill Knapp, who wrote some of Clinton's 1996 advertising...
Most liver programs, especially smaller ones, generally support the current allocation process because it directs more transplant patients their way than would a system considering the sickest nationwide...
...larger programs, those serving large numbers of extremely sick liver patients, favor Shalala's plan because it would increase their share of transplant operations...