Dr. Charles F Shield MD
Transplant Surgeon
818 N Emporia St Suite 200 Wichita KS, 67214Rating
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Dr. Charles Shield is a transplant surgeon practicing in Wichita, KS. Dr. Shield 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. Shield 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. Shield 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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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Role for transforming growth factor-beta1 in alport renal disease progression.
- Pseudoaneurysm of the brachiocephalic arteries: a complication of percutaneous internal jugular vein catheterization.
- Safe, cost-effective postoperative nutrition. Defined formula diet via needle-catheter jejunostomy.
- Safe, cost-effective postoperative nutrition. Defined formula diet via needle-catheter jejunostomy.
- The influence of age, gender and ethnicity on cadaveric organ recovery rate.
- HLA points assigned in cadaveric kidney allocation should be revisited: an analysis of HLA class II molecularly typed patients and donors.
- Injuries from air-guns.
- Inguinal herniorrhaphy in the continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient.
- Current experience with renal transplantation across the ABO barrier.
- Influence of HLA and race on long-term cadaveric renal transplantation.
- Influence of race, PRA level, and gender on the incidence of a positive donor-specific preliminary T cell crossmatch.
- Current experience with renal transplantation across the ABO blood group barrier.
- Hygroma renalis: two cases within a family and a literature review.
- Stage-specific action of matrix metalloproteinases influences progressive hereditary kidney disease.
- Alphav beta6 integrin regulates renal fibrosis and inflammation in Alport mouse.
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