Facial Transplantation Moves Forward
This is quite a remarkable achievement in that the patient, a volunteer fire-fighter aged 41, had suffered severe burns across his entire face including the loss of eyelids, ears, lips, most of his nose and the entire scalp during a rescue search in a burning home in 2010. He had had some 80 reconstructive procedures […]
Read moreHesperis course – special rate ends Thursday 31/3
This highly-recommended course covers the whole field of basic transplantation medicine and surgery. State-of-the-art lectures are combined with interactive workshops in small groups and sport educational games. Educators and delegates will have ample opportunity to meet, socialise and share ideas. For more details or to register, go to http://bit.ly/Hesperis2016 The exciting programme includes: HESPERIS GAMES […]
Read morePaul Terasaki Memorial Service
A Memorial Service was held on March 6th at Royce Hall at UCLA. It was a marvellous service in memory of a great pioneer in organ transplantation and the tributes were all memorable. Some 1000 people attended. The service started with an opening song by the opera singer, Miss Lova Hyatt, ‘Amazing Grace’, and then […]
Read moreMarch 2016 Transplant Trial Watch now available
The March edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available via our website and the Trial Watch App. This month’s trials include the effect of Omega-3 on hepatic regeneration after live liver donation, prophylactic azithromycin after lung transplantation, and the consequences of complete tacrolimus withdrawal in renal transplant recipients.
Read moreSONG-TX – developing a core outcome set for renal transplantation
Many clinical trials have been conducted in kidney transplantation but a wide variety of different outcomes are reported and in different ways, and it is unclear whether they are important to people who have received a kidney transplant. There has been no agreement about what are the most important outcomes to measure and report in […]
Read moreTop Ten Priorities in Kidney Transplant research from the Kidney Transplant PSP
On the 3rd February 2016, a group of 20 kidney transplant recipients, donors and professionals took part in a consensus workshop at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, in London. The group considered the top 25 ranked treatment uncertainties from the PSP prioritisation survey, and after much lively debate agreed a top ten list […]
Read morePaul Terasaki – death of a great in organ transplantation
It is with great sadness that just after reporting the death of Richard Batchelor I have to report the death of another old friend and colleague, Paul Terasaki, Professor of Surgery at UCLA. Paul died on January 25, 2016 at the age of 86. Paul Terasaki was one of the giants in the history of […]
Read morePlacebo controls in surgical trials
There is an excellent article in this month’s Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England about the use of placebo surgery in clinical trials of surgical interventions. The article discusses many of the practical and ethical issues around the use of placebo procedures, including when they should and should not be considered. Interestingly, […]
Read moreFebruary 2016 Transplant Trial Watch now online
The February 2016 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available. This month’s ten new trials include a comparison of parathyroidectomy and cinacalcet for management of post-transplant hyperparathyroidism, heamoxygenase-1 upregulation in renal transplant recipients and sirolimus for liver transplant recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Read moreDeath of Richard Batchelor (1931 – 2015)
Ricard Batchelor died just before Christmas (December 21, 2015) after a short illness. This was unexpected and is a very sad loss to the worldwide transplant community. Richard was not only a colleague of mine for many years but a very old friend, and hence I feel doubly sad at our loss of a pioneer […]
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