Isolated hyperthermic antiblastic perfusion of the liver is currently gaining acceptance among surgeons and oncologists as a treatment for multiple unresectable liver metastases when conventional chemotherapy failed to halt progression of the disease [1]. Currently, new promising drugs are under investigation to further improve the efficacy of the treatment [2]. Colorectal cancer is the most se...

Objective(s) The aim of this study was to investigate the overall effect of cardiac vasoactive factors during coronary occlusion and reperfusion on peripheral vascular tone, using a sequential isolated rabbit heart-ear perfusion model. Materials and Methods Isolated ears were perfused with the effluent of isolated hearts subjected to ischemia (30 min) and reperfusion (180 min, n=6). The comp...

Isolated hepatic tuberculoma is localized hepatic tuberculosis (TB) without bile duct involvement, which presents as solitary or multiple nodular mass lesion of liver mimicking a neoplastic lesion in radiological evaluation. Clinical presentation and biochemical tests for liver functions show non-specific abnormality, which is not helpful for diagnosis. As the treatment, modality of isolated he...

objective(s) the aim of this study was to investigate the overall effect of cardiac vasoactive factors during coronary occlusion and reperfusion on peripheral vascular tone, using a sequential isolated rabbit heart-ear perfusion model. materials and methods isolated ears were perfused with the effluent of isolated hearts subjected to ischemia (30 min) and reperfusion (180 min, n=6). the compara...

Maintenance of hepatic microcirculatory flow after ischemia of the liver is essential to prevent hepatic dysfunction. Thus, we determined the differential role of carbon monoxide (CO) and nitric oxide (NO) in the intrinsic control of sinusoidal perfusion, mitochondrial redox state, and bile production in the isolated perfused rat liver after hemorrhagic shock. Administration of tin protoporphyr...

In the invertebrate liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, there is evidence that 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) increases glycolysis (1, 2), glycogenolysis (1), and phosphorylase activity (3). However, previous studies in mammalian liver, in vitro and in vivo, have yielded conflicting results concerning the effect of serotonin on hepatic glycogen content, hepatic phosphorylase, and blood glucose. So...

conclusions hepatic shock is detected in ill patients, especially those with hemodynamic disorders. it can be prevented by early treatment of underlying disease. there is no definite treatment for hepatic shock and should be managed conservatively. hepatic shock in patients can increase the mortality rate. results different causes can lead to hepatic shock. most of these causes can be prevented...