The value of Doppler ultrasound in predicting delayed graft function occurrence after kidney transplantation.

The aim of this study was to assess the predictive value of blood flow velocity and vascular resistance measured by Doppler ultrasound in terms of pulsatility index (PI) and resistive index (RI) respectively, in the occurrence of delayed graft function (DGF) after kidney transplantation. This prospective study enrolled kidney transplant recipients operated from January 2005 to April 2009 in the 1st Department of General, Oncological and Gastroenterological Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland. The medical records of 53 kidney transplant recipients from deceased donors were reviewed.

[Treatment of the inguinal haernias with the use of synthetic mesh with prolen hernia system (PHS) and Robbins-Rutkow methods--review of outcomes].

Object Of Research: Evaluation of methods and outcomes of inguinal region haernias' treatment with the use of synthetic implants.

Material: An analysis of 867 patients operated with the use of synthetic implants between 1999 and 2005 has been made (PHS, Robbins-Rutkow). The group consisted of 695 men, and 172 women and the average age was 44.

[Ectopic pancreas in the surgical practice].

The incidence on ectopic pancreas, its localisation, clinical symptoms and methods of treatment have been analysed based of the five cases of this rare condition detected in our patients. The most common localization was in the prepyloric area and in the duodenal wall. The size of ectopic pancreas was small and the patients did not present specific clinical symptoms.