Liposarcoma of spermatic cord mimicking an inguinal hernia A case report and review of the literature.

Aim: Liposarcoma of the spermatic cord (LSC) is a tumour often mistaken for common inguinal swelling as hernia and the aim of this work is to present our case with a review of the Literature to define the management of this rare condition.

Material Of Study: A systematic review has been realised, considering English language articles published on Pubmed, between 1956 and 2022, using as key words "Liposarcoma of the spermatic cord".

Results: 160 studies described 420 cases of LSC and in 40 cases the patient had undergone surgery with an initial diagnosis of inguinal hernia.

Skin biopsies predict acute graft-versus-host disease after small bowel transplantation in pigs.

Intestinal transplantation is being increasingly performed to treat patients with irreversible intestinal failure. The major cause of intestinal graft failure is graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) that represents a life-threatening complication after small bowel transplantation (Itx). The purpose of this study was to assess the diagnostic and prognostic value of skin biopsy histological changes for acute GVHD after Itx in pigs.

Uretero-neocystostomy in a swine model of kidney transplantation: a new technique.

Background: Swine constitute a well-characterized large animal model for kidney transplantation (K-Tx) although the uretero-neocystostomy represents a crucial aspect because of the very small caliber of the ureter and the mucosal susceptibility to the edema during surgical management. Besides infectious and occlusive complications limited the employment of a stent and the peculiar anatomy of the species prevents its removal without an operative approach. These features find an equivalent in children (<4 year old) candidates to urological surgery.

The influence of surgery, immunosuppressive drugs, and rejection, on graft function after small bowel transplantation: a large-animal study.

In this study we assessed functional changes (motility and absorption) of intestinal allografts in a large-animal model of orthotopic small bowel transplantation in swine. Studies were performed on non-rejecting animals in the early and late stages after transplantation and after induction of different grades of acute rejection. Immunosuppression consisted of oral FK506 and mycophenolate mofetil.