Trends in transfusion practice over 20 years in paediatric liver transplant programme.

Background: We investigated changes to transfusion practices over time in paediatric liver transplant centre and evaluated the effect of transfusion practice to mortality.

Methods: A pilot retrospective study included two cohorts each with 101 sequential paediatric LT recipients: an Early group (1994-1998) and a Recent group (2009-2013). Demographic characteristics and data on the intraoperative transfusion of red blood cells (RBC), fresh-frozen plasma (FFP), platelets and cryoprecipitate were collected.

Development of a Pig Model for Laparoscopic Kidney Transplant.

Objectives: Our aim was to describe a standardized laparoscopic kidney transplant procedure in a pig model.

Materials And Methods: Ten pigs underwent laparoscopic kidney autotransplant. A right-hand assisted nephrectomy was performed through a Pfannenstiel incision.

Adverse events of NOTES mediastinoscopy compared to conventional video-assisted mediastinoscopy: a randomized survival study in a porcine model.

Background: Safety is a concern in natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) mediastinoscopy. The objective of this study was to compare the safety of NOTES mediastinoscopy with video-assisted mediastinoscopy (VAM).

Methods: Twenty-four pigs were randomly assigned to NOTES or VAM.

Cardiorespiratory impact of transesophageal endoscopic mediastinoscopy compared with cervical mediastinoscopy: a randomized experimental study.

Background: Transesophageal natural-orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) mediastinoscopy has been described as a feasible, less-invasive alternative to video-assisted mediastinoscopy (VAM). We aimed to investigate hemodynamic and respiratory effects during transesophageal NOTES mediastinoscopy compared with VAM.

Patients And Methods: This was a short-survival experiment in 20 female pigs randomized to NOTES (n = 10) or VAM (n = 10) mediastinoscopy.