TA clinical case of successful orthotopic heart transplantation using the biatrial technique with displacement persistent left superior vena cava into right atrium. The achieved effect as a result treatment fully justifies chosen surgical tactics and allows us to recommend proposed for such rare pathology.

OBJECTIVES Update on clinical results obtained by the first worldwide facial transplantation teams as well as review of the literature concerning the main surgical, immunological, ethical, and follow-up aspects described on facial transplanted patients. STUDY DESIGN MEDLINE search of articles published on "face transplantation" until March 2012. RESULTS Eighteen clinical cases were studied....

Introduction : Tooth auto-transplantation has a high success rate therapy when limiting the extra-oral time of graft. In this way, printing 3D model germ can be useful tool in order to prepare receiving site. Observation We treated case post extractional oro-sinusal communication closure using pattern adapt alveolar socket wisdom tooth auto-transplantation. Comment Extra-oral spent by graft was...

Renal transplantation using living donors has superior outcomes in comparison to deceased donor transplantation and results in immediate allograft function in a majority of cases. Rarely may allograft be nonfunctional from the beginning, or anuria is noted after a period of good urine output. Surgical causes for anuria should be high on the differential diagnosis in immediate-to-early posttrans...

BACKGROUND Surgical complications in hair transplantation can sometimes be a serious matter. Most of the published literature on this issue deals with individual case reports rather than larger series of patients. OBJECTIVE The authors analyze complications in 425 consecutive patients undergoing 533 hair transplantations. METHODS Patients with androgenetic alopecia (407 men and 17 women), c...

Abstract Introduction Operation notes are essential in providing details of the procedure undertaken. The Royal College Surgeons (RCS) Good Surgical Practice (GSP) guidelines recommend a checklist 18 documentation items. Although these useful, their broad and non-specific nature provides limitations to fields like transplantation, where additional information is needed. Ghoneima et al recommend...

Recently, hair transplantation has been frequently commonly applied for aesthetic surgical procedures. Hair transplantation has a low complication rate compared to other aesthetic surgical procedures. However, it can cause serious complications if proper attention is not given. But there are a wide range of possible complications that are less severe and manageable. Common postoperative complic...