Despite surgical removal of tumors with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients, early recurrence tends to occur, and overall survival (OS) periods remain extremely short. The role that hepatectomy may play in long-term survival for HCC with PVTT has not been established. The operative mortality of hepatectomy for HCC with PVTT has also not been reviewed. He...

Intra-aneurysmal pressure was studied in an experimental model of saccular aneurysm in dogs, using a vein pouch grafted onto a common carotid arterial bifurcation. The mean and the pulse pressures were recorded simultaneously from within the aneurysm and within the common carotid artery, before and after 50% proximal carotid artery stenosis. These experiments were performed under systemic normo...

Pylephlebitis is a rare complication of intra-abdominal infections and has significant mortality rate, necessitating early recognition for optimal treatment. Here, we present the case 36-year-old male with fever, shortness breath, cough, epigastric pain. He was ultimately diagnosed hepatic vein pylephlebitis along multiple pulmonary lesions believed to be septic emboli abscess. developed recurr...

Knowledge of the varying drainage patterns of superficial veins of head & neck, in particular, jugular veins are not only important for anatomists but also for the surgeons operating at this level and to clinicians in general. The variations are important also for interventional radiologists, who perform trans-jugular procedures, such as port implantations and trans-jugular intra-hepatic porto-...

Two experiments compared the potency of continuous infusions of cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) for reducing sucrose intake when administered into abdominal arteries or the jugular vein. Adult, male Sprague-Dawley rats received 22-min infusions of saline or several doses of CCK-8. Sucrose was available for 20 min, beginning 2 min after onset of infusions. In the first experiment, intracelia...

AIM To evaluate the importance of surgical bypass between the terminal part of functional arteriovenous shunt (av) for hemodialysis on upper extremity and inner jugular vein in axillosubclavian venous segment obstruction associated with central venous hypertension. METHOD Retrospective assessment of surgical bypass between central segments of av fistula and ipsilateral/contralateral inner jug...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the mechanism of calcium antagonist mediated cytoprotection against the damaging effects of adrenaline in vivo on cardiac myocytes and human endothelial cells from the umbilical vein. METHODS Human endothelial cells cultured from the umbilical vein and isolated rat cardiac myocytes were treated with plasma from rats given adrenaline 30 minutes previously with pretreat...

OBJECTIVES There is no consensus about optimal surgical technique for the repair of scimitar vein, an anomalous right pulmonary venous connection to the inferior vena cava. Our current experience with a direct anastomosis of the scimitar vein to the left atrium via sternotomy may be shared with other centres, but has not been widely published. METHODS Six consecutive patients (age 6 months to...

OBJECTIVES Pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS) is associated with pelvic vein reflux (PVR), occasionally secondary to venous compression. Its symptoms, usually intra-pelvic, are alleviated following the abolition of this reflux by pelvic vein embolisation (PVE). The objective of this report is to present two cases of left hip pain, erroneously diagnosed as osteoarthritis, which disappeared after s...

BACKGROUND Live kidney donor evaluation mandates anatomical and functional assessment of the donor kidney. Helical computed tomography (CT) with advanced 3-D techniques provides detailed description of the vascular, parenchymal, and collecting system. METHODS We compared the accuracy of helical CT angiography with intra-operative findings in the evaluation of 102 live kidney donors. RESULTS...