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Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells
Posted by: jill on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 07:24 AM

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Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells

By MARIA CHENG
AP Medical Writer

LONDON (AP) -- Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. "This technique has great promise," said Dr. Eric Genden, who did a similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used both donor and recipient tissue. Only a handful of windpipe, or trachea, transplants have ever been done.

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Product Recalls-2
Posted by: jill on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 09:19 AM

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Product recalls November 14, 2007- back to Jan 18, 2006

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Mitral valve replacement and tricuspid annuloplasty via right mini-thoracotomy in a patient with tracheostomy.
Posted by: jill on Friday, January 11, 2008 - 10:20 AM

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Mitral valve replacement and tricuspid annuloplasty via right mini-thoracotomy in a patient with tracheostomy.
Becit N, Ceviz M, Biliciler N, Koçak H.

This report describes our experience in performing mitral valve replacement and tricuspid annuloplasty via a right mini-thoracotomy in a patient with tracheostomy.

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Adjustable Flange Tracheostomy Tubes
Posted by: jill on Friday, January 11, 2008 - 10:16 AM

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Smiths Medical Launches Innovative Adjustable Flange Tracheostomy Tubes. Smiths Medical has announced the launch of a new Portex(R) Blue Line(R) series of tracheostomy tubes.

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Biofilm formation on tracheostomy tubes
Posted by: jill on Friday, January 11, 2008 - 10:13 AM

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Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, Sept, 2002 by William A. Jarrett, Julie Ribes, Jose M. Manaligod
An increased awareness of biofilms and their mechanisms has led to a better understanding of bacterial infections that occur following the placement of tracheostomy tubes and other implanted devices and prostheses.

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