#organ replacement

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New York Post : NYU Langone allegedly gave cancerous donor lungs to man with end-stage disease

NYU Langone allegedly gave cancerous donor lungs to man with end-stage disease

A Nassau County resident with lung disease received a bilatural lung transplant on Oct. 23, 2022 at NYU Langone — and ended up with cancer,

this is callous and unforgivable

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Comparison Of General Surgery Vs Minor Surgery Billing

The fundamental goal of surgical procedures is to amend and repair any mutilation, damage, or injury within the body. Doctors usually remove any harmful tissues having a bad impact over the health of a person. This is why surgeons are considered to be some of the most sophisticated people in the entire healthcare sector.

However, there is still a distinction between the ones carrying out general surgery vs minor surgery. These are the main two types of surgeries and let’s look at what both of these surgeries mean for patients.

Fundamental Aspects of Major Surgeries

The basic aspects of major surgeries involve cutting through the skin of the body and enabling the surgeons to access the infected region. As a result of such major surgeries, the skin tissues are extensively damaged and require an extended period for recovery. The overall risks of infection are quite high and most of these surgeries end up leaving a life-long scar on the body.

Here is a list of the names of major surgeries falling into the general surgery category:

Heart surgeries

Cesarean section

Joint replacement

Bariatric surgeries

Organ replacement

Full hysterectomy

Gastric bypass

Although some of these procedures can be carried out in a less-damaging manner, but it is clear that almost all of them leave a major trauma on the body and its tissues. Some even leave perpetual complications as well.

Fundamental Aspects of a Minor Surgery

Minor surgeries are primarily the ones that cause less damage to the body tissues and do not result in long-lasting trauma. This means that majority of the minor surgery cases are done either arthroscopically or laparoscopically. To perform such procedures, very minor incursions or incisions are made, allowing only a small camera alongside the surgical tool to be inserted inside the body. Because of this, the surgeon is able to perform the surgery without any extensive damage to the bodily tissues. As a result, the overall risk of infection is reduced and the over recovery rate is much better as compared to the general surgery. Moreover, minor surgeries also involve multiple procedures that are mostly superficial. This means that they only have an impact on the outermost parts of the body.

Here is a list of some of the most popular Minor surgeries:

Arthroscopy

Breast biopsy

Cataract surgery

Laparoscopy

Debridement procedures

Dental restorations

Circumcision

Burn excision and

P.S: All of these surgeries are minor surgeries but they do involve some risks. However, the risk is lesser in degree and patients usually recover in less time.

To sum it up, both major and minor surgeries are done with utmost care and they should be considered carefully. There is no doubt that risks are involved in both of the procedures but the benefits outweigh them. This mainly because these procedures are done to improve the overall quality of life of patients and they are necessary in many cases

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Decellularisation - the key to rejection free organ transplantation?

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3-D Printed Organs

3-D Printed Organs

Curator: Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP

LPBI

    The Future of 3-D Printing in Medicine

Today’s 3-D printed plastic models of hearts may one day translate into on-demand printed, functional replacement organs http://www.dicardiology.com/article/future-3-d-printing-medicine?eid=333021707&bid=1408765#sthash.M7AYV16i.dpuf

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Ever wondered how regenerative medicine organ and tissue replacements are made? - by Floor Ruiter

The need for donor organs is an ongoing problem. Donors are scarce and immune rejecting causes many successfully transplanted organ to fail late on. Within regenerative medicine many scientist are working meeting this demand with organ and tissue replacement. Organ transplants on demand can be the solution to this growing need. These organs are made by using different techniques within the regenerative medicine field. A supporting structure is needed which can be made of synthetic polymers by using electrospinning or 3D printing techniques. See more info on these techniques http://goo.gl/ZgF0Xf, http://goo.gl/42tbVf  and http://goo.gl/iTyqhn. Another way is using animal tissue by decellularise the tissue, which removes all the cells inside the tissue leaving the supporting structure intact (previous post http://goo.gl/Dj8mfk). 

These supporting structure are incubated with cells derived from the human body. Depending on the cells required different sources are used. For example for supportive tissue structure such as your ear, cartilage is used as cell source. The environmental conditions occurring the body are simulated during the incubation. Cell in this way get used the organs function inside the body. For example the stresses inside a blood vessel of blood which is being pump through. After incubation cells will have penetrated the supporting structure resulting in an functional organ. See video for a step to step process how an ear, heart vials and blood vessels.

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What is Regenerative Medicine? - by Floor Ruiter

On this blog we speak about the different techniques used in regenerative medicine research. But what is regenerative medicine and why is the research important? Watch the video above to get the answers!

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BioPrinting - This is some of the most amazing technology I've seen actually come to fruition in the medical field. Eventually it will make amazing changes in medicine, but will also end up causing some unique and significant ethical dilemmas...