The use of fetal bovine collagen on chronic wounds increases limb salvage: a single-center retrospective analysis.

Objective: As part of a quality assurance project at a large tertiary care surgical program in New York City, the effect of debridement, negative pressure wound therapy, and cellular- and tissue-based products (CTPs) on limb salvage was evaluated based on the following outcomes: freedom from amputation, wound closure, and freedom from readmission. Fetal bovine collagen was among the CTPs evaluated.

Materials And Methods: The data used in this study were derived from a database of all patients who had undergone procedures involving placement of a dermal matrix at the center over a 2.

Different outcomes after kidney transplantation between African Americans and Whites: A matter of income? A single-center study.

Background: Our center has one of the largest representations of African Americans in listed and transplanted patients. We investigated if and how racial differences affect outcomes in our patient population.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of all kidney transplants in African American and (non-Hispanic) White patients in our center from 1/1/2005 to 12/31/2014.

Early conversion to belatacept after renal transplantation.

Belatacept is a non-nephrotoxic immunosuppressive agent, which may make it the ideal agent for patients with delayed or slow graft function on calcineurin inhibitors. There are limited data on conversion of patients to belatacept within 6 months of transplantation. Between January 2012 and December 2015, 16 patients were converted to belatacept for delayed or poor graft function (eGFR<30 mL/min/1.

Intracardiac Extension of Intravenous Leiomyomatosis.

Intravenous leiomyomatosis with intracardiac extension is a rare condition characterized by extensive growth of a benign uterine mass that extends into the venous system through uterine channels and then into the cardiac chambers. A variety of presentations exist; cure relies on complete surgical resection. Extensive abdominal dissection, cardiopulmonary bypass (with or without circulatory arrest), and removal of the intracaval component are required.

Hepatitis C and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Kidney Transplantation: The Mount Sinai Experience.

Mount Sinai Hospital in New York has a long history in the field of organ transplantation. The first kidney transplant at Mount Sinai was performed in 1967 by the late Dr. Lewis Burrows and the first laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in New York was performed at Mount Sinai in 1996.