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ethical dilemma regarding organ transplantation. Organ transplantation is closely linked to the issue of cleanliness because patients with kidney failure can get an organ transplant as an alternative to hemodialysis. The issue is complicated by the fact Medicare is financed by organ transplant, and there are those who believe that the distribution of rare transplant is not right. There are thousands of terminal patients whose lives can be saved by organ transplantation, but there are no formulas of

Influence of Surgical Factors on Postoperative Corneal Refractive Power and Astigmatism after Keratoplasty Mohamed Bahgat Goweida, FRCS, MD, Hany Ahmed Helaly, MD. Lecturer of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University Settings: Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt. Purpose: To analyze the influence of various surgical factors on the post-operative corneal refractive power and astigmatism after keratoplasty in eyes with corneal diseases. Methods: Retrospective study of

“Nobody likes to consider their own mortality, and why would you? Between work and family and buying loo roll there’s enough to think about without adding your inevitable death to the mix. Yet for anyone waiting for an organ transplant, death is never far from your mind.” Rosy Edwards, Organ Recipient                                   As of August 2017 about  116,000 men, women and children are added to the National Transplant waiting list. A list that gets longer every ten minutes but quickly

has a major shortage of kidneys for transplants; however, this problem could easily be solved with a type of payment for kidney donation. "The National Kidney Foundation opposes all efforts to legalize payments for human organs for use in transplantation and urges the federal government to retain the prohibition against the purchase of organs that is codified in the Title III of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984" (National Kidney Foundation). This foundation believes that even if they

Recently, over 90,000 American men, women, and children are waiting for new kidneys. However, only about 16,500 kidneys were donated for transplant operations to be performed. These show that quite simple high demand and low supplies. According to the Professor Mcnaught’s lecture, the cost of a kidney transplant runs about $250,000 and its bill goes up to $70,000 annually. Dialysis is even becoming more expensive and price-inelastic. To solve this high demand and low supplies situation that causes

Response/Recommendation: A combined method of allograft sterilization appears to be the best method to reduce the possibility of viral, bacterial and fungal infection as well as preserve the bio-mechanical properties of the graft. Sterilization methods should involve a low dose of gamma radiation (<25 KGy), chemical sterilization and antibiotic soaking. The use of radio-protective solutions (i.e. propylene glycol, dimethyl sulfoxide, mannitol and trehalose) can be effective in reducing the risk of

Background Organ transplantation is a surgical procedure of replacing a failing or diseased organ with a healthier donor organ. In 2011, nearly 80% of 4500 Canadians needing an organ transplant are waiting for a donor. Of which, 35% died while waiting for an organ. In 2014, 2356 organs were transplanted and over 4500 patients were still waiting for the donor. The statistics prove that organ transplantation is critical and the transplanted organ must stay healthy for the rest of the recipient’s life

We all know that having good eyesight is fundamental to driving safely. The often quoted standard for having good eyesight is the measure we know as 20/20. But what does 20/20 mean? To understand that you must look at a Snellen Chart. That’s the name of the collection of letters displayed in ever decreasing sizes on the wall chart used by Ophthalmologists and doctors’ to check your vision. The chart is named after its inventor in 1862, Dr Hermann Snellen, a Dutch Ophthalmologist.Snellen The fractions

to the list every 10 minutes while around 20 people die a day waiting for an organ. Organ donation is the process of surgically removing an organ or tissue from one person (the organ donor) and placing it into another person (the recipient). Transplantation is necessary because the recipient’s organ has failed or has been damaged by disease

Imagine yourself sitting on the examination table at your doctor’s office, you have been experiencing nausea, fatigue, appetite loss, muscle cramps and other symptoms for the past couple months or so. Today is the day you will finally get your bloodwork results back, the overwhelming fear of the unknown will finally be put to rest. Your mind is racing with the never ending possibilities of life threatening illnesses but you try and remain calm, convincing yourself that everything will be ok. The