A single-center experience with liver transplantation for Wilson's disease.

Wilson's disease is an inherited disorder of copper metabolism, presenting with prominent hepatic and neurologic manifestations. There is an established place for liver transplantation in the presence of liver disease, while the indication for neurologic manifestations is debated. Between 1993 and 2005, 11 patients were liver transplanted for Wilson's disease at our institution.

Morphometry of the small intestine in pigs with ileo-rectal anastomosis.

Ileo-rectal anastomosis (IRA), which is frequently used to measure prececal digestibility in pigs, could induce some disturbances of the normal absorptive function. Our aim was to investigate the effects of different IRA surgical procedures on the main histologic characteristics of the small intestine in pigs. The 4 different IRA procedures compared to intact pigs (INT) were the following: either end to end (EE) or end to side (ES) with or without preservation of the ileocecal valve (EEV, EE, ESV, ES respectively).