Decellularization
Fig. 6.1 Schematic diagram of the liver regeneration hypothesis using decellularized scaffolds. (a) Partial resection of one hepatic lobule is performed. (b) The defective part is replaced with decellularized liver…
Penis and Testis
Tissue Material Target Authors Years Penile prosthesis Cartilage Chondrocytes Athymic mice Yoo JJ et al. 1998 Cartilage Autologous cartilage cells Rabbit Yoo JJ et al. 1999 Cartilage Chondrocytes from human…
Urethral Sphincter: Stress Urinary Incontinence
Cell type Biomaterial Animal model SUI model Continence assessment BMSC [66, 108] – Rodent PNT LPP BMSC [92] – Rodent Urethrolysis/cardiotoxin ALPP BMSC [109] Alginate/Calcium Rodent PNT LPP ADSC [67,…
Current Developments and Future Perspectives of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018Bup Wan Kim (ed.)Clinical Regenerative Medicine in Urologyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2723-9_1 1. Current Developments and Future Perspectives of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Ji Hyun Kim1 and James J. Yoo1 (1) Wake Forest Institute for…
Management of Sickle Cell Anemia
Fig. 13.1 Red blood cells of a patient with sickle-cell disease. Left: Oxygenated. Right: Deoxygenated. The shape of the cells when deoxygenated causes them to break easily. [Courtesy of Dr….
Post-Transplant Anemia
(a) Blood loss anemia Intraoperative blood loss Repeated blood draws—phlebotomy Gastrointestinal Menstrual blood losses (b) Decreased RBC production Decreased effective production Iron deficiency—absolute or functional Folate deficiency—medications Pure red cell…
Anemia in Malignancy
Grade Symptom severity Hemoglobin values 0 Within normal limits 12.0–16.0 g/dL for women and 14.0–18.0 g/dL for men 1 Mild 10 g/dL to levels within normal limits 2 Moderate 8.0–10.0 g/dL 3 Serious/severe 6.5–7.9 g/dL…
Current and Novel Drugs for Management of Anemia
Fig. 5.1 Normal erythropoiesis. The hematopoietic stem cell (HSC), once committed, differentiates into the blast-forming units—erythroid (BFU-E) that in turn differentiates into the colony-forming unit—erythroid (CFU-E). The proerythroblast (Pro-EB), the…
Anemia in Liver Disease
Acute blood loss anemia (portal hypertension-related) Esophageal varices Gastric varices Rectal varices Chronic blood loss anemia Portal hypertensive gastropathy Portal hypertensive enteropathy Portal hypertensive colopathy Gastric-antral vascular ectasia Acute hemolytic…
