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Juan D. Arenas
Researcher at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Publications - 39
Citations - 1547
Juan D. Arenas is an academic researcher from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Transplantation & Liver transplantation. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 39 publications receiving 1449 citations. Previous affiliations of Juan D. Arenas include University of Pennsylvania & Henry Ford Hospital.
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Establishment of a Multidisciplinary Hepatocellular Carcinoma Clinic is Associated with Improved Clinical Outcome
Adam C. Yopp,John C. Mansour,Muhammad Shaalan Beg,Juan D. Arenas,Clayton K. Trimmer,Mark A Reddick,Ivan Pedrosa,Gaurav Khatri,Takeshi Yakoo,Jeffrey J Meyer,Jacqueline Shaw,Jorge A. Marrero,Amit G. Singal +12 more
TL;DR: The implementation of a MDC for the evaluation and treatment of patients with HCC is associated with improved overall survival and being seen in the HCC MDC remained independently associated with better overall survival.
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Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: a safe and effective bridge to liver transplantation.
Robert J. Fontana,Halimi Hamidullah,Hahn V. Nghiem,Joel K. Greenson,Hero K. Hussain,Jorge A. Marrero,S. M. Rudich,Leslie Ain McClure,Juan D. Arenas +8 more
TL;DR: The data show that RFA is a safe and effective treatment modality for patients with advanced cirrhosis and nonresectable HCC, and its favorable safety profile and promising efficacy make it an attractive treatment option for liver transplant candidates with nonresectoral HCC.
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Renal transplantations performed using non-heartbeating organ donors: Going back to the future?
Steven M. Rudich,Bruce Kaplan,John C. Magee,Juan D. Arenas,Jeffrey D. Punch,Liise K. Kayler,Robert M. Merion,Herwig Ulf Meier-Kriesche +7 more
TL;DR: Although exhibiting elevated DGF rates, allograft and patient survival rates of transplants from NHB donor sources are equivalent to those from conventional CAD sources.
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Design and Application of Compliant Mechanisms for Surgical Tools
TL;DR: The paper provides an overview of design synthesis methods developed at the Compliant Systems Design Laboratory and focuses specifically on surgical applications, highlighting the design and construction of an organ (kidney) manipulator for use in minimally invasive procedures.
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Extracorporeal support for organ donation after cardiac death
Joseph F. Magliocca,Juan D. Arenas,S M Rowe,Mark T. Gravel,Richard Chenault,Robert M. Merion,Jeffrey D. Punch,Robert H. Bartlett,Mark R. Hemmila +8 more
TL;DR: The implementation of a DCD protocol using extracorporeal perfusion increased the potential organ donor pool at this institution by 33% and was accomplished without short term adverse effect on organ function compared with kidneys transplanted from DBD donors.