During the past decade, simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation has been widely accepted as the most effective way to achieve normoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes and end-stage renal disease. This procedure was performed for the first time on a human in 1966 but it was in the 1980s, with advances in surgical technique and introduction of cyclosporine for immunosuppression, that t...

UNLABELLED The aim of the study was to evaluate complication during and after surgical procedure without connection with transplantation among patients after kidney, kidney and pancreas transplantation with stable function of graft. MATERIAL AND METHODS 54 patients underwent 62 surgical procedures without connection with transplantation procedure. Main characteristic: standard immunosuppressi...

OBJECTIVE To assess the outcome of osteochondral allograft (OCA) transplantation as the primary treatment for cartilage injury in patients with no previous surgical treatment. STUDY DESIGN Case series. Patients were identified in our outcomes database. Patients undergoing primary OCA transplantation with no prior surgical treatment and a minimum of 2 years follow-up were selected. Pain and fu...

Purpose: To evaluate meniscal transplantation using as fixation method a synthetic glue derived from cyanoacrylate acid. Methods: Twenty rabbits were used, of which 10 for autologous transplantation and 10 for homologous transplantation. For the autologous transplantation the meniscus was removed, and then transplanted in the same animal, using the synthetic glue. For the homologous transplanta...

results a total of 529 patients underwent kidney transplant surgery in our center. urologic complications among the three groups consisting of hydronephrosis, urinoma and collection did not have statistically significant differences. conclusions ureteral stent can be picked up with no increased risk of urologic complications at shorter intervals after the kidney transplantation surgery. patient...

INTRODUCTION Condyloma acuminatum are caused by human papillomavirus. Giant condyloma acuminatum is a locally invasive, destructive, and large sized mass. Risk factors for the development of giant condyloma acuminatum include an immunodeficient state, such as human immunodeficiency virus infection, post-organ transplantation, or post-allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. However, reports of g...

In spite of the dramatic improvement of survival after orthotopic liver transplantation over the last decades, biliary tract complications are still the 'achilles heal' of liver transplantation with a potential risk of significant morbidity and mortality. Biliary leaks or strictures, the major types of biliary complications, may occur after direct choledocho-choledochostomy (CC) or Roux-Y chole...

Lymphocele is a common complication after kidney transplantation. Although superinfection is a rare event, it generates a difficult management problem; generally, open surgical drainage is the preferred method of treatment but it may lead to complicated postoperative course and prolonged healing time. Negative pressure wound therapy showed promising outcomes in various surgical disciplines and ...

Although significant strides have been made in the surgical technique of orthotopic liver transplantation, numerous problems and nuisances are still encountered. Further surgical refinements will certainly evolve. The development of better preservation techniques, the use of intraoperative flowmeters, and the availability of new technologies, such as an artificial liver, should impact and advan...

A critical appraisal and clinical application of Shigemura N, Bhama J, Gries CJ, et al. Lung transplantation in patients with prior cardiothoracic surgical procedures. American Journal of Transplantation. 2012;12(5):1249-1255. doi: 10.1111/j.16006143.2011.03946.x.