A Curious Case of Methemoglobinemia Complicating a Pediatric Live Donor Liver Transplantation Surgery.

Background: Pediatric live donor liver transplantation (LDLT) surgery is by itself a complicated surgery. Added to the difficulty in the operative technique are the complex preoperative work-up, optimization, and postoperative treatment. Intraoperative events and immediate postoperative recovery are important in graft function and the patient's overall recovery.

Comparison of perioperative surgical outcomes following total robotic and total laparoscopic Roux-en Y hepaticojejunostomy for choledochal cyst in paediatric population: a preliminary report from a tertiary referral centre.

Purpose: There is a paucity of data regarding the comparison of robotic and laparoscopic hepaticojejunostomy (HJ) for the treatment of paediatric choledochal cysts. Thus, our primary objective was a comparison of early complications namely post-operative bleeding, anastomotic leak, intestinal obstruction and the need for reoperation in both techniques. Our secondary objectives included a comparison of the mean time for surgery and HJ, conversion of procedure to open, intraoperative blood loss, late complications like cholangitis, stricture and post-operative outcomes like time to start oral feeds and length of post-operative stay.

Liver Transplant Society of India Guidelines for Liver Transplant During COVID-19 times.

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected liver transplantation in many ways. There is risk of infection to the transplant recipients; and COVID-19 is associated with significant risk of mortality in patients on wait list. The Liver Transplant Society of India (LTSI) has prepared guidelines regarding selection of adult and pediatric patients for liver transplantation, transplant for acute liver failure, use of deceased donor organs, transplant techniques and minimally invasive donor hepatectomy, pre- and postsurgery testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-related coronavirus disease 2019 in donors and recipients, role of COVID-19 antibody testing, shifting of recipients from COVID-19 to non-COVID-19 areas after recovery, isolation policy of team members exposed to COVID-19 patients, drug therapy of proven or suspected COVID-19 infection early posttransplant, care of SARS-CoV-2 positive donors and recipients and a separate COVID-19 consent for surgery.

Feasibility of magnetic nano adsorbent impregnated with activated carbon from animal bone waste: Application for the chromium (VI) removal.

Chromium is the heavy metal which existing in the effluents cause extensive discomfort to the environmental components. Bone waste is widely generated in food processing industries and restaurants. It is now used by switching into activated carbon.

Laparoscopic longitudinal pancreatojejunostomy and modified Frey's operation for chronic calcific pancreatitis.

Background: Chronic pancreatitis is a debilitating disease presenting with pain, diabetes and steatorrhoea. Surgery offers better long-term pain relief than other interventions, but there is still uncertainty about the optimal surgical procedure and approach and a lack of long-term follow-up data in patients with chronic calcific pancreatitis selected for laparoscopic surgical treatment.

Methods: This was an observational cohort study of patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery for chronic calcific pancreatitis between January 2006 and April 2017, and had completed a minimum follow-up of 1 year at a tertiary-care teaching institute.

Laparoscopic choledochoduodenostomy as a reliable rescue procedure for complicated bile duct stones.

Background: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with stone extraction is generally accepted as first line management for common bile duct (CBD) stones. CBD exploration, either by open or laparoscopic approach nowadays, is usually reserved for ERCP failures, complicated stone locations, along with altered anatomical situations. The aim of this study was to highlight the increasing role of laparoscopic choledochoduodenostomy which is not only a reliable but also as a rescue procedure for those failed ERCP cases due to complicated bile duct stones.

Randomized clinical trial of laparoscopic versus open pancreatoduodenectomy for periampullary tumours.

Background: Laparoscopic resection as an alternative to open pancreatoduodenectomy may yield short-term benefits, but has not been investigated in a randomized trial. The aim of this study was to compare laparoscopic and open pancreatoduodenectomy for short-term outcomes in a randomized trial.

Methods: Patients with periampullary cancers were randomized to either laparoscopic or open pancreatoduodenectomy.

Laparoscopic total pancreatectomy for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome-associated multifocal, non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor: A case report.

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are rare, accounting for less than 3% of all pancreatic tumors. Although laparoscopic pancreas-preserving surgery for managing sporadic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors has been described in the literature, laparoscopic total pancreatectomy has rarely been reported. We present a 30-year-old man who was incidentally diagnosed with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome with parathyroid hyperplasia and a non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.

Laparoscopic Major Hepatectomy-Technique and Outcomes.

Background: With technological innovations especially newer parenchymal transection devices, improved understanding of hepatic anatomy facilitated by better imaging, and reconstructions along with experiences gained from advanced minimal invasive procedures, laparoscopic liver surgery is gaining momentum with more than 5300 reported cases worldwide. Most of the published literature comprises nonanatomical and segmental resections with only few case series having major hepatic resections performed by minimally invasive approach. Aim of this article is to share our technique and experience of total laparoscopic major hepatectomy.

Synthesis and Electrochemical Behavior of Ceria Based Bi-Layer Films by Dip Coating Technique.

Ceria based bi-layer films of CeO2-CdS and CeO2-TiO2 were prepared by sol-gel based hydrothermal route combined with dip-coating. The synthesized samples were subjected to various characterizations such as X-ray diffraction, Field emission scanning electron microscopy, thermo-gravimetric analysis, UV-Vis absorption and photoluminescence studies. The prepared materials were dissolved in naffion solution and disposed as a thin film on glassy carbon electrode by dip coating technique.