General or local anaesthesia in one-day thyroid surgery-does it matter?

Objective: We aimed to determine the safety and feasibility of general anaesthesia (GA) compared with local anaesthesia + Monitored Anaesthesia Care (LA+MAC) for One-Day Thyroid Surgery (ODTS); to assess patient and operator satisfaction with either of the anesthetic approaches.

Material And Methods: We reviewed prospectively 130 patients who underwent ODTS from 2008 to 2011. 64 patients were operated on under GA and 62 - under LA+MAC.

Use of activated recombinant Factor VII (NovoSeven) during neurosurgery.

Diffuse bleeding during neurosurgical operations is a major complication that can be difficult to control. In extreme circumstances, it may be necessary to clamp cerebral blood vessels or resect additional tissue. Both of these procedures can result in brain damage and, ultimately, in disability for the patient.

[Orthotopic liver transplantation - recipient selection criteria].

In a great number of patients with progressive liver diseases whose terminal phases are cirrhosis and hepatic insufficiency, liver transplantation is the only feasible therapeutic alternative. However, the undertaking of liver transplantation is largely dependent on the availability of donor organs. Hence, the process of selecting the most adequate recipient is of critical importance from both medicolegal view-point, and in terms of the likelihood of a successful outcome of transplantation.