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What should be discussed between patient and doctor prior to transplant surgery?
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How many pancreas or pancreas-kidney transplants have both you and the hospital performed?What are your success rates?How about those of the hospital?Who will be on my transplant team?
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What happens during a transplant surgery?
The things that can happen during a transplant surgery are that, the patient will be put under general anesthesia and made to sleep. Once the patient is asleep, the surgeon will start the transplant surgery. After the surgery,the patient may experience some discomfort and pains at the area of surgery.
Where can one receive a heart transplant surgery?
One can receive a heart transplant surgery at one's local hospital. This kind of surgery should be executed, however, only when the patient in question has a great need for it.
What considerations determine a patient's fitness for transplant surgery?
the patient's age, general physical condition, diagnosis and stage of the disease. Transplant surgery is not recommended for patients who have liver, lung, or kidney problems; poor leg circulation; cancer
Who was the first doctor to perform a cornea transplant?
The first doctor to perform a cornea transplant was Dr. Eduard Zirm. The patient that had this surgery was Alois Gloger. The surgery was performed on December 7th 1905.
Of what details is a patient for transplant surgery informed before signing an informed consent form?
the nature of the surgery; reasonable alternatives to the surgery; and the risks, benefits, and uncertainties of each option.
What education does a patient receive as a condition to transplant surgery?
An organ transplant requires major lifestyle changes, including dietary adjustments, complex drug treatments and frequent examinations. The patient must be committed to making these changes
Can you stop a heart transplant?
Once surgery is underway, transplant surgery can be stopped totally before the diseased organ is removed. There have been a small number of surgeries when it was discovered that the new organ would not work in that patient. But, generally speaking, once a surgery has begun, it is completed.
What is the difference between transplant nurse coordinator and transplant coordinator?
A transplant nurse applies to many roles, including but not limited to: nurses who care for those waiting for and organ (pre-transplant/waitlist), bedside nurses who care for patients immediately post-transplant, clinical nurse specialists and nurse educators, all who work with transplant patients and recipients. A transplant coordinator is the nurse who coordinates care of the patient immediately following surgery through the rest of the patient's life. Coordinators can be in-patient or out-patient coordinators, caring for those in the hospital or those patients who are back in the community after receiving their new organ(s). Coordinators follow their patient's care for life, with regularly scheduled appointment for blood draws, medication adjustments, regular check ups and so on.
Does it hurt when you have a heart transplant?
Like any major surgery, there is pain after a heart transplant. As with any post-op patient, pain relieving drugs are given during the first few days post-op.
When is surgery the only option for curing obesity?
Surgery is something that should be discussed with a doctor who can properly go through all options that would be appropriate for each patient. Surgery may be a good choice for one patient, but another patient may be able to try different exercise or diet programs they hadn't considered before.
What former US Vice President is recovering after a heart transplant surgery?
Dick Cheney is recovering from heart transplant surgery.
What is a sentence with the word transplant?
The heart transplant was a success.He was looking forward to the transplant.
