Hepatic artery thrombosis after orthotopic liver transplantation: 3 patients with collateral formation and conservative treatment.

Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT), a serious complication after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), can lead to patient death in the absence of revascularization or retransplantation. Herein we have presented clinical characteristics, imaging findings, and long-term outcomes of 3 OLT patients with HAT who were treated conservatively and developed hepatic arterial collaterals. These patients underwent transplantation due to hepatitis B cirrhosis, cryptogenic cirrhosis, or hepatitis C infection and alcoholic disease.

Infections related to renal transplantation requiring intensive care admission: a 20-year study.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate infection complications as the reason for intensive care unit (ICU) admission among transplant recipients.

Methods: We studied all renal transplant recipients with infectious complications admitted to our ICU from 1992 to 2012:44.3% of all renal transplant recipients admitted to ICU.

Prevalence and clinical impact of cytomegalovirus infection and disease in renal transplantation: ten years of experience in a single center.

Introduction: Renal transplantation is regarded as the optimal treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease. Despite significant improvements in surgical techniques and immunosuppressive therapy, long-term graft survival has not markedly increased over the years, due in part to the occurrence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.

Patients And Methods: Between January 2001 and September 2011, we performed 592 kidney transplantations (214 living and 378 cadaveric donors).

Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation: initial results from a center in Greece.

Aim: The outcome of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK) in type 1 diabetes has dramatically improved in recent years. We report the initial results of our SPK program.

Patients And Methods: From 2008 to 2010, we performed and prospectively obtained data on 4 SPKs in 4 type 1 diabetic patients with chronic renal failure.

The natural history of vascular access for hemodialysis: a single center study of 2,422 patients.

Background: Our objective is to provide provision of primary and secondary patency rates data and incidence of complications. Despite the publication of some review articles and small prospective trials about vascular accesses, controversy still exists regarding the choice of the outflow conduit and especially the choice of the fistula to be formed in secondary and tertiary access procedures.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of 2,422 consecutive patients who underwent 3,685 vascular access procedures in a tertiary care hospital, including radial-cephalic (RCAVF), brachial-cephalic (BCAVF), brachial-basilic (BBAVF), and prosthetic graft (PTFE) fistulas.