Recently we added to the Library as well as a blog a very good individual patient meta-analysis of the use of sirolimus showing that it was associated with a reduction in cancer incidence but also with an increased rate of death after kidney transplantation. Now we have a study of data from the US transplant registry […]
This is an analysis of a subset of patients at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine in Minneapolis from their vast experience of pancreatic and pancreatic islet transplantation. This paper discusses the management of patients with hereditary/genetic pancreatitis due to several causes which not only produces chronic pain but also an increased risk of […]
This has nothing to do with transplantation but I was intrigued by reading this note in Vascular News (Feb 4, 2015) about a surgeon in Buenos Aires (Juan Parodi) who recollects that 34 years ago he was called by a friend of his who was an internist to ask if he could help a very […]
Dr Luca Toti from the University of Rome and chair of Young Educated Professionals in Transplantation (YEP-IT), has very kindly answered 3 key questions. 1. What did you like best about the course? The high level of interactivity experienced during the working groups confirmed the importance of the “team force”. Sharing ideas and projects with […]