Repair of abdominal wall defects with bovine pericardium.

Background: Ventral hernia repair with prosthetic mesh has recurrence rates up to 54% and is contraindicated in the setting of infection. The aim of this study was to provide our experience with acellular bovine pericardium (Veritas collagen matrix; Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., St.

Prognostic value of dipyridamole thallium-201 screening to minimize perioperative cardiac complications in diabetics undergoing kidney or kidney-pancreas transplantation.

To minimize perioperative cardiac events, we utilize a screening protocol consisting of intravenous dipyridamole thallium-201 myocardial imaging (DPT), with the selective use of coronary angiography based on the presence of reversible defect(s) on DPT test. A retrospective study was performed to determine the prognostic value of this protocol and to identify any clinical parameters predictive of an abnormal DPT test. To accomplish this, a detailed chart analysis of 176 consecutive kidney (n = 89) and kidney-pancreas (n = 87) transplant recipients who had undergone pretransplant DPT testing was performed.

Post-transplant hyperlipidemia: risk factors and response to dietary modification and gemfibrozil therapy.

A retrospective chart analysis of 200 consecutive, cyclosporine-treated, renal allograft recipients, transplanted between January 1988 and June 1992, was conducted to determine the incidence of and the etiologic variables for post-transplant hypercholesterolemia. In addition, the effectiveness of dietary intervention alone or in combination with gemfibrozil (600 mg b.i.

Peptic ulcer disease following renal transplantation in the cyclosporine era.

Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) remains a well-known sequela of renal transplantation, and, when complications occur, morbidity and mortality can be significant. For this reason, all patients at our center undergo a pretransplant upper gastrointestinal series (UGI). Patients with evidence of active ulcer disease on UGI and/or a history of PUD undergo upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and do not undergo transplantation until healing is demonstrated.