Dr. Kenneth Chavin MD, PHD
Transplant Surgeon
171 Ashley Ave Charleston SC, 29425Rating
3/5
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Dr. Kenneth Chavin is a transplant surgeon practicing in Charleston, SC. Dr. Chavin specializes in organ transplants, and may perform surgeries involved with the transplant of organs such as the kidneys, liver, pancreas, intestines, heart, lungs, tracheal tissue and more. As a transplant surgeon, Dr. Chavin performs long, complex surgeries that might take many hours to complete. Transplant surgeons remove the organ from the donor as well as transplant the organ in the recipient. Dr. Chavin works with transplant physicians, nurses and surgical residents, and is responsible for and complications which may arise during or after surgery.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Endoscopic treatment of post-liver transplantation biliary leaks with stent placement across the leak site.
- Further improvements in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: decreased pain and accelerated recovery.
- Chylous ascites secondary to laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.
- Siberian ginseng (Eleutheroccus senticosus) effects on CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 activity in normal volunteers.
- Perioperative perfusion strategies for optimal fluid management in liver transplant recipients with renal insufficiency.
- Effects of garlic (Allium sativum L.) supplementation on cytochrome P450 2D6 and 3A4 activity in healthy volunteers.
- Decrease of intracellular ATP content downregulated UCP2 expression in mouse hepatocytes.
- Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy: the single surgeon technique.
- Effect of St John's wort on drug metabolism by induction of cytochrome P450 3A4 enzyme.
- Prolongation of allograft and xenograft survival in mice by anti-CD2 monoclonal antibodies.
- Prolongation of rat pancreatic islet allograft survival by anti-CD2 monoclonal antibody treatment.
- Multiple-dose administration of Ginkgo biloba did not affect cytochrome P-450 2D6 or 3A4 activity in normal volunteers.
- Multiple doses of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) did not alter cytochrome P450 2D6 and 3A4 activity in normal volunteers.
- Steatotic liver transplantation in the mouse: a model of primary nonfunction.
- Common herbal supplements did not produce false-positive results on urine drug
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