In the images section of this weeks New England Journal there are 4 remarkable pictures. In the first is the site of the ear amputation, bitten off by a pit bull dog, in a 19 year old woman, while the second picture shows the retrieved ear after debriding. The arterial blood supply was restored using […]
There has been very considerable enthusiasm for renal denervation for resistant hypertension in the last few years. However it is not a new idea and I well remember as a young surgeon in the late 60’s carrying out open renal denervation for hypertension under the direction of the renowned nephrologist, Professor Priscilla Kincaid-Smith. Anecdotally there […]
A conference was held with an invited faculty (predominantly from the USA) and sponsored by industry to discuss the impact of DSA in liver transplantation and this article reports their opinions. It was agreed that the presence of DSA are recognised now to have a deleterious effect on outcome, particularly if HLA Class II antibodies, […]
The Transplant Trial Watch for April 2014 is now available on the CET website and via our app for iPhone, iPad and Android. We have selected 10 RCTs reported in the past month and looked at their quality and impact. This month, trials include ATG vs IL2RAs in kidney transplantation, long-term outcomes from CNI withdrawal […]