Useful Points of Geometry and Topography of the Lumbar Triangle for Transversus Abdominis Plane Block.

Background: A new look at the topography of the lumbar triangle becomes a challenge for modern anesthesia. The aim of this study was to redefine the topography of the lumbar triangle for transverse abdominis plane block.

Material And Methods: We explored 74 lumbar regions in 37 preserved cadavers (17 F and 20 M).

PAI-1 and α2-AP in patients with morbid obesity.

Background: Obesity is a multifactorial, progressing and life-long illness that consists in an exaggerated collection of fatty tissue. In 1997 WHO acknowledged that overweight and obesity had the character of an epidemic in developed countries. Studies show that in Poland morbid obesity was diagnosed in 2.

Impact of kidney donor hemostasis on risk of complications after transplantation--preliminary outcomes.

Background: This study analyzes the influence the of kidney donor hemostasis on the risk of complications in the kidney recipient after transplantation.

Material And Methods: We enrolled 38 deceased kidney donors, of whom 14 donors died from a physical injury and the others died from ischemic or bleeding central nervous system stroke. The donors were categorized into 2 subgroups.

[Blood coagulation parameters in patients with lichen planus].

The aim of this study was to evaluate some blood parameters of coagulation process in blood plasma of patients suffering from lichen planus. The study group consisted of 23 patients--14 women and 9 men, aged 33-75 years. Control group contained 30-age matched healthy persons.

[Plasmin-alpha 2-antiplasmin complexes in blood of patient with lichen planus against the background of other fibrinolysis parameters].

The aim of the present study was to evaluate fibrinolysis in patients with lichen planus. In blood of 20 patients (12 women, 8 men) the levels of tissue type plasminogen activator (t-PA), plasmin-antiplasmin complexes (PAP) and D-dimer were examined. The control group consisted of 37 healthy volunteers.

Levels of F(1+2) prothrombin fragments and thrombin - antithrombin III (TAT) complexes in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis.

Background: Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a rare bullous disease of autoimmune etiology. It is an intestinocutaneous syndrome, in which vesicopapular cutaneous lesions are accompanied by gluten-dependent enteropathy. The diagnosis of DH is based on immunopathological investigation of unaffected skin fragment (granular IgA deposits present at the tops of dermal papillae and IgA - EmA present in the serum).