1.   There were only two long-term survivors of intestinal transplant alone.

2.   As a last resort, his doctor handed him a letter describing an experimental operation, intestinal transplant, being performed at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

3.   But she added that she wished she had known about intestinal transplants sooner, so that Morgan could have been taken off TPN in time to save her liver.

4.   All of these adverse events would make a TNP patient eligible for Medicare-supported intestinal transplants.

5.   All of these adverse events would make a TPN patient eligible for Medicare-supported intestinal transplants.

6.   Beginning Sunday, Medicare will pay for intestinal transplants for some elderly and disabled patients at three government approved transplant centers.

7.   Intestinal transplants have offered a viable medical treatment for only five years.

8.   Medicare will now pay the cost of intestinal transplants, an operation that offers the only hope of survival for some patients, a federal agency announced Thursday.

9.   The medical center had argued that survival rates for intestinal transplants were now comparable to rates for other types of organ transplants.

10.   They argued that survival rates for intestinal transplants were now comparable to rates for other types of organ transplants.