Allografts

The Latarjet procedure has been shown to restore anterior glenohumeral stability with bone loss, although the rate of recurrence has been reported as high as 5% to 19%.

Proximal humeral bone loss is commonly encountered in the arthroplasty setting and this can provide a challenging problem for reconstructive shoulder surgeons.

Tarek Alhamad, MD, has witnessed the grief that patients with a kidney transplant experience when they are facing loss of an allograft.

A second kidney transplant correlates with better survival compared with dialysis treatment, according to data published in the American Journal of Transplantation.

A 7-year-old girl with asymmetric dystonic diplegic cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus with ventriculoperitoneal shunt and Williams syndrome had progressive left patellar instability. She had a gross motor function classification system level 1.

Implementation of evidence-based adherence-promotion strategies correlated with a 50% reduction in acute allograft rejection for 2 years among kidney transplant recipients.

In a letter to the editors of Kidney Medicine, the team of researchers who created KidneyPal called for more research evaluating palliative care in transplant patients with allograft failure.

CareDx Inc. announced in a press release that its AlloMap Kidney completed the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments validation, allowing it to move forward for a commercial launch.

Early second kidney transplantations correlate with patient survival compared with those waitlisted and on dialysis, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Synthetic implants have been used in a variety of orthopedic procedures, initially replacing the parts of the skeletal system before being put into service to replace soft tissues, according to sources who spoke with Orthopedics Today.