Effectiveness and early postoperative outcomes of palliative endoluminal stenting versus Hartmann's procedure in acute malignant bowel obstruction in high-risk patients.

Purpose: The emergency intervention for acute malignant left-sided colonic obstruction remains controversial. Conflicting reports exist regarding the efficacy and safety of endoscopic placement of self-expandable metallic stents (SEMS) vs. primary surgery.

Intraoperative terlipressin therapy reduces the incidence of postoperative acute kidney injury after living donor liver transplantation.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of intraoperative infusion with terlipressin on the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).

Design: Retrospective case-controlled study.

Setting: Government hospital.