We read with interest the article by Cruz et al regarding “Gastrointestinal Tract Reconstruction in Adults With Ultra-Short-Bowel Syndrome: Surgical and Nutritional Outcomes” published Surgery. 1 Jr., R.J. McGurgan J. Butera L. al. Gastrointestinal tract reconstruction adult ultra-short bowel syndrome: surgical nutritional outcomes. 2020; 168: 297-304 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (4) Go...

Patients with advanced heart failure have a poor prognosis and quality of life. Heart transplantation remains the definitive treatment for advanced heart failure that is refractory to conventional medical and surgical therapy. Heart transplantation offers improved survival and quality of life. More than 110 000 heart transplants have been performed worldwide and recorded in the Registry of the ...

Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most frequently encountered malignancies worldwide. Its association with cirrhosis increases the difficulty of diagnosis and therapy. Different approaches, ranging from medical treatment to highly complex ablative and surgical therapies, including liver resection and transplantation have significantly improved the outcome of this disease. This article revi...

As reconstructive transplantation is gaining popularity as a viable alternative for upper limb amputees, it is becoming increasingly important for plastic surgeons to renew surgical skills and knowledge of this area. Forelimb allotransplantation research has been performed previously in rodent and swine models. However, preclinical canine forelimb allotransplantation studies are lacking in the ...

BACKGROUND Small intestine transplantation has been accepted worldwide to treat complex cases of intestinal failure. Canine intestinal transplantation model is important in training the surgical technique and to study the complications of this procedure. Systemic graft venous drainage is frequently performed in clinic, although the consequences of this partial meso-caval shunt have not been stu...

BACKGROUND Situs inversus is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the complete inversion of thoracic and abdominal organs. Liver transplantation in such patients or from donors in situs inversus is technically challenging because of the reversed anatomic structures. A small number of successful liver transplantation cases concerning situs inverus in either recipients or donors have been r...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a recognised complication of end-stage liver disease. As PVT is a relative contraindication to liver transplantation, potential candidates are often rejected due to increased risk and complexity of the surgical procedure. Thromboendovenectomy is a commonly-used technique for this vexing problem. We report a surgeon's experience of dealing with PVT at the time of ...

INTRODUCTION Current pediatric burn care has resulted in survival being the expectation for most children. Composite tissue allotransplantation in the form of face or hand transplantation may present opportunities for reconstructive surgery of patients with burns. The present paper addresses the question "Could facial transplantation be of therapeutic benefit in the treatment of pediatric burns...

Combined en bloc liver/pancreas transplantation (CLPT) was used primarily in the treatment of otherwise non-resectable upper abdominal malignancy. In fact, a more appropriate indication is in patients with liver disease and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Here, we report on two successful cases of CLPT at our hospital. One was a patient with non-resectable advanced liver cancer. The...

enough room for graft implantation or during closing the incision when one improper stitch can tear the peritoneum leading to a defect. Careful dissection should be performed in all cases, and if a peritoneal defect is found, it should be closed regardless of its size to avoid the occurrence of a PH. All in all, PH is a relatively uncommon but potentially fatal complication after renal transpla...