Passenger lymphocyte syndrome in ABO and Rhesus D minor mismatched liver and kidney transplantation: A prospective analysis.

The increasing demand for solid organs has necessitated the use of ABO and Rhesus (Rh) D minor mismatched transplants. The passenger lymphocyte syndrome (PLS) occurs when donor lymphocytes produce antibodies that react with host red blood cell (RBC) antigens and result in hemolysis. Our aim was to evaluate prospectively the role of PLS in post transplant anemia and hemolysis in ABO and RhD minor mismatched recipients of liver and kidney grafts and to study the association of PLS with donor lymphocyte microchimerism.

Pancreaticoduodenectomy in a tertiary referral center in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective case series.

Context: Perioperative outcome of pancreaticoduodenectomy is related to work load volume and to whether the procedure is carried out in a tertiary specialized hepato-pancreatico-biliary (HPB) unit.

Objective: To evaluate the perioperative outcome associated with pancreaticoduodenectomy in a newly established HPB unit.

Patients: Analysis of 32 patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for benign and malignant indications.

Blood transfusion in patients with sickle cell disease requiring laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Background: Surgery in patients with sickle cell disease is associated with high morbidity. To reduce this high morbidity, different preoperative transfusion regimens were introduced. However, blood transfusion is associated with problems.

Using Multidetector CT in Predicting Resectability of Pancreatic Head Tumors: Surgical and Pathologic Correlation.

Background: Computed tomography (CT) is widely used to pre-operatively evaluate patients with pancreatic tumors.

Aim: The purpose of this study is to evaluate retrospectively, the ability of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) to predict resectability of pancreatic cancer on the basis of surgical outcome and pathologic correlation.

Patients And Methods: Sixty nine consecutive patients presenting between January 2007 and June 2010 with pancreatic head tumors were included in the study.

Moral and ethical issues in living-donor liver transplant in Egypt.

Objectives: Since brain-death criteria are not accepted in Egypt, only organs acquired from living donors can be used for transplant. Our objective was to highlight the ethical issues raised by living-donor liver transplant.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted by reviewing publications from centers performing living-donor liver transplant in Egypt and by consulting with a group of experts in the fields of liver transplantation, clinical ethics, and religious scholarship.