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  2. National Kidney and Transplant Institute - Wikipedia

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    The National Kidney and Transplant Institute is a tertiary referral hospital located in Central, Quezon City, Philippines. The hospital opened on January 16, 1981. The National Kidney and Transplant Institute, or NKTI, is a tertiary medical specialty center for renal health and organ transplantation. The hospital also offers voluntary blood ...

  3. Organ procurement - Wikipedia

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    In 2009, when Jobs received his liver transplant, the average wait time for liver transplantation in the United States for a patient with a MELD score of 38 (a metric of severity of liver disease) was about 1 year. In some regions, the wait time was as short as 4 months, while in others, it was more than 3 years. [83]

  4. Liver transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Liver transplantation is a potential treatment for acute or chronic conditions which cause irreversible and severe ("end-stage") liver dysfunction. [4] Since the procedure carries relatively high risks, is resource-intensive, and requires major life modifications after surgery, it is reserved for dire circumstances.

  5. Organ transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Liver transplantation is the only curative therapy for end-stage liver disease, and the liver is the second most frequently transplanted solid organ. [ 35 ] Pancreatic transplantation is a complex surgical procedure performed in patients with severe chronic diabetes, often in association with renal transplantation.

  6. Liver support system - Wikipedia

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    A liver support system or diachysis is a type of therapeutic device to assist in performing the functions of the liver. Such systems focus either on removing the accumulating toxins (liver dialysis), or providing additional replacement of the metabolic functions of the liver through the inclusion of hepatocytes to the device (bioartificial liver device).

  7. Organ trade - Wikipedia

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    The kidney is the most commonly sought-after organ in transplant tourism, with prices for the organ ranging from as little as $1,300 [13] to as much as $150,000. [55] Reports estimate that 75% of all illegal organ trading involves kidneys. [56] The liver trade is also prominent in transplant tourism, with prices ranging from $4,000 [57] to ...

  8. Organ donation - Wikipedia

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    However, an organ transplant may save the prison system substantial costs associated with dialysis and other life-extending treatments required by the prisoner with the failing organ. For example, the estimated cost of a kidney transplant is about $111,000. [185] A prisoner's dialysis treatments are estimated to cost a prison $120,000 per year ...

  9. Makati Medical Center - Wikipedia

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    Makati Medical Center (MMC), also known as Makati Med, is a tertiary hospital in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.The hospital was founded on May 31, 1969. [1] The hospital is owned and operated by Medical Doctors Inc., a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, a Philippine-based unit investment holding company of First Pacific Company Limited, Hong Kong, through Metro Pacific ...