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Results 1 - 10 of 24 for transplants
  1. Heart transplant - series (image) 
    A heart transplant may be recommended for heart failure caused by: Coronary artery disease Cardiomyopathy (thickening of the heart walls) Heart ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100086_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Liver transplant - series (image) 
    A liver transplant may be recommended for: Liver damage due to alcoholism (Alcoholic cirrhosis) Primary biliary cirrhosis Long-term (chronic) active ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100090_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Bone-marrow transplant - series (image) 
    Bone-marrow transplants are performed for: Deficiencies in red blood cells (aplastic anemia) and white blood cells (leukemia or lymphoma) Aggressive ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100112_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Heart-lung transplant - series (image) 
    A combined heart-lung transplant may be recommended for patients who have both cardiac and lung disease. The most common reasons for a combined heart- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100147_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Corneal transplant - series (image) 
    Corneal transplant is done with the patient awake and pain-free (local anesthesia). An incision is made around the ... stitched in place. The corneal graft is a transplant from a brain dead donor maintained on life ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100082_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Pancreas transplant - series (image) 
    Pancreas transplant is a procedure in which a donor pancreas, obtained from a brain-dead organ donor who is ... is most often done in combination with kidney transplant in a patient who have diabetes and kidney ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100129_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Kidney transplant - series (image) 
    Kidney transplant may be recommended for patients with kidney failure caused by: Severe, uncontrollable high blood pressure (hypertension) Infections ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100087_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Lung transplant - series (image) 
    Lung transplants may be recommended for patients with severe lung disease such as: Permanent enlargement of air sacs (alveoli) ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100120_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Donor liver attachment (image) 
    In liver transplant surgery the diseased liver is removed through an incision made in the upper abdomen. The new liver is ... died but has not suffered liver injury. Liver transplants can save the lives of people who might ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/8854.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Kidney removal (nephrectomy) - series (image) 
    ... Tumor Removal of kidney from donor for kidney transplant
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100069_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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