Perioperative insults, including hypotension, hypovolaemia and pneumoperitoneum may occur during laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy. These may have deleterious effects to both donor and recipient. The extent and significance of these insults is poorly understood and difficult to quantify. The aim of this study was to evaluate acute kidney injury (AKI) in the donor using the novel biomarker neu...

AIM To identify factors predicting outcome of endoscopic therapy in bile duct strictures (BDS) post living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). METHODS Patients referred with BDS post LDLT, were retrospectively studied. Patient demographics, symptoms (Pruritus, Jaundice, cholangitis), intra-op variables (cold ischemia time, blood transfusions, number of ducts used, etc.), peri-op complications...

Abstract Aim To identify and improve our average PLOS for first-time CABG compared to the national of 7.9 days. Method A baseline audit was performed by retrospective analysis betwen June-August 2022. re-audit done in November following recommendations such as encouraging early nurse-led mobilization post-op patients. Results Our cardiothoracic unit recorded an 9.4 days after over period. Major...

Two experiments examined how Dutch listeners deal with the effects of connected-speech processes, specifically those arising from word-final /t/ reduction (e.g., whether Dutch [tas] is tas, bag, or a reduced-/t/ version of tast, touch). Eye movements of Dutch participants were tracked as they looked at arrays containing 4 printed words, each associated with a geometrical shape. Minimal pairs (e...

Abstract Introduction We have suggested that mean Opening Pressure (Op) recorded during Anal Acoustic Reflectometry (AAR) predominantly represents IAS function however, the extent remains unknown. The aim was to investigate this by excluding external anal sphincter general anaesthetic (GA) with confirmed neuromuscular blockade (NMB). Method Patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery requiri...