global cerebral ischemia (gci) and reperfusion induced apoptosis that lead to cell injury and death. the bax and bcl-2 are pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic genes, respectively. these genes belong to the b-cell lymphoma-2 (bcl-2) family.in this study; we assessed the effect of pentoxifylline drug on bax/bcl2 gene dosage expression changes following   ischemic reperfusion injury in kidney. in thi...

Objective : to demonstrate, using a clinical case, the first successful experience in combined use of an automated chest compression device (ACCD) and hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) for kidney transplantation from donor with irreversible cardiopulmonary arrest. Materials methods . In presented ACCD was successfully used who pronounced dead following This allowed minimize primar...

INTRODUCTION The learning curve for robotic partial nephrectomy was investigated for an experienced laparoscopic surgeon and factors associated with warm ischemia time (WIT) were assessed. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 2007 and 2014, one surgeon completed 171 procedures. Operative time, blood loss, complications and ischemia time were examined to determine the learning curve. The learning cur...

Biliary complications cause significant morbidity and mortality in liver transplantation. Warm ischemia can induce biliary duct injury. This study aimed to investigate the effects of warm ischemia on the peribiliary vascular plexus in rat liver transplantation. A total of 102 Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups: sham-operation group, non-ischemic group, and ischemic group. Liver ...

As the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 Nramp1 (also known as Slc11a1) modulates Kupffer cell (KC) activation, and KC are responsible for the early phase of warm ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) to the liver, we hypothesized that livers of Nramp1(-/-) mice will be protected from early-phase I/R injury compared with livers of Nramp1(+/+) mice. To test our hypothesis, we induced parti...

Nephron sparing surgery (NSS) is the gold standard treatment option for patients with a solitary kidney in order to preserve renal function. Open partial nephrectomy (OPN) has been long considered the standard care for NSS. Robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) is being gradually used more commonly even for solitary kidney and complex tumors. There was no difference between RPN and OPN regarding th...

OBJECTIVE Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) has been gradually introduced into clinical liver surgery and transplantation in recent years. However, the protective effects of IPC on hepatic warm ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and the potential mechanisms involved are not fully understood. We aimed to evaluate whether the reduction of apoptotic sinusoidal endothelial cells (SECs), induced by IPC,...