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In Season of Giving, Family is Thankful for the Gift of Life (Washington, D.C.) A Virginia father has received a kidney transplant thanks to his son’s organ donation five months earlier and a program that is reducing another barrier to living donation, time. In March 2018, 58 year-old Ivan Jones was surprised to be diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure. He needed a transplant. “I knew right away that I wanted to donate a kidney to my dad,” says Amir Jones, 20. But father and son’s blood types were incompatible. If Amir wanted to donate to his dad, the next option…
(Washington, D.C.) - Epilepsy patients looking for a minimally invasive alternative for brain surgery have a new option thanks to a novel tool that lets surgeons perform brain surgery with the help of a robot. MedStar Georgetown is the first and only center in the Washington, D.C. area to offer this new option for adults with epilepsy. ROSA Brain™ is a surgical navigation and positioning system using robotic technology that allows surgeons, through a tiny three millimeter opening in the skull, to place electrodes, which detect seizures in the brain. Traditional methods require a more invasive craniotomy and shaving a…
Patients with Hepatitis C Can Safely Receive Kidneys from Hepatitis C-Positive Donors, then be Cured of the Virus
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