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Rib Fractures due to Birth Injury

Case report English S. N. Ojha Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, S .P .L .A .J. Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 4, No.1. January 1981:115 Abstract Rib fractures have been documented due to birth injury as a rare complication. A case of fractured ribs in a new born infant is …

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Pathologic classification of chronic allograft nephropathy: pathogenic and prognostic implications.

Original article English Cosio FG, Pelletier RP, Sedmak DD, Falkenhain ME, Henry ML, Elkhammas EA, Davies EA, Bumgardner GL, Ferguson RM. Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1228, USA. Transplantation. 1999 Mar 15;67(5):690-6. Abstract BACKGROUND: After transplantation renal allografts frequently develop interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy, and these pathologic changes are the …

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Increased incidence of gastrointestinal surgical complications in renal transplant recipients with polycystic kidney disease.

Original article English Andreoni KA, Pelletier RP, Elkhammas EA, Davies EA, Bumgardner GL, Henry ML, Ferguson RM. University of Medical Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. Transplantation. 1999 Jan 27;67(2):262-6. Abstract BACKGROUND: We had the impression that, although our renal transplant recipients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) had excellent long-term renal graft function, they had …

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Acute rejection following renal transplantation. Evidence that severity is the best predictor of subsequent graft survival time.

Original article English Pelletier RP, Cosio F, Henry ML, Bumgardner GL, Davies EA, Elkhammas EA, Ferguson RM. Department of Surgery, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus 43210-1250, USA. Clin Transplant. 1998 Dec;12(6):543-52. Abstract Timely recognition of risk factors influencing graft survival time following kidney transplantation could facilitate the development of clinical interventions that would increase …

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Clinical implications of the diagnosis of renal allograft infarction by percutaneous biopsy.

Original article English Cosio FG, Pesavento TE, Sedmak DD, Farhan N, Pelletier RP, Henry ML, Elkhammas EA, Bumgardner GL, Ferguson RM. Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1228, USA. Transplantation. 1998 Aug 27;66(4):467-71. Abstract BACKGROUND: Herein we investigated the relationships between acute rejection (AR), infection, and renal allograft infarcts, particularly those infarcts that …

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Prophylactic cholecystectomy is not indicated following renal transplantation.

Original article English Melvin WS, Meier DJ, Elkhammas EA, Bumgardner GL, Davies EA, Henry ML, Pelletier R, Ferguson RM. Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA. Am J Surg. 1998 Apr;175(4):317-9. Abstract BACKGROUND: The appropriate management of gallstones in patients undergoing renal transplantation is controversial. Screening for gallstones and subsequent prophylactic cholecystectomy has …

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Simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplantation: comparison of mycophenolate mofetil versus azathioprine.

Original article English Elkhammas EA, Yilmaz S, Henry ML, Yenchar J, Bumgardner GL, Pelletier RP, Ferguson RM. Ohio State University, Department of Surgery, Columbus 43210, USA. Transplant Proc. 1998 Mar;30(2):512. Abstract Keywords: Simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplantation: comparison of mycophenolate mofetil versus azathioprine. Link/DOI: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0041-1345(97)01380-8

Outcome of 300 consecutive pancreas-kidney transplants.

Original article English Henry ML, Elkhammas EA, Bumgardner GL, Pelletier RP, Ferguson RM. Ohio State University, Department of Surgery, Columbus 43210, USA. Transplant Proc. 1998 Mar;30(2):291. Abstract Keywords: Outcome of 300 consecutive pancreas-kidney transplants. Link/DOI: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0041-1345(97)01274-8

Impact of intra-abdominal fluid collections following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation on graft and patient loss.

Original article English Elkhammas EA, Henry ML, Yilmaz S, Awad A, Skaf S, Bumgardner GL, Ferguson RM. Ohio State University, Department of Surgery, Columbus 43210-1250, USA. Transplant Proc. 1998 Mar;30(2):263. Abstract Keywords: Impact of intra-abdominal fluid collections following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation on graft and patient loss. Link/DOI: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0041-1345(97)01254-2

Patient survival after renal transplantation: I. The impact of dialysis pre-transplant.

Original article English Cosio FG, Alamir A, Yim S, Pesavento TE, Falkenhain ME, Henry ML, Elkhammas EA, Davies EA, Bumgardner GL, Ferguson RM. Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA. Kidney Int. 1998 Mar;53(3):767-72. Abstract Patients on dialysis and recipients of renal transplants have higher mortality than individuals without kidney disease. In this …

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