Liver transplantation for the sequelae of intra-operative bile duct injury.

Background: Intra-operative bile duct injuries (IBDI) are potentially severe complications of the treatment of benign conditions, with unpredictable long-term results. Multiple procedures are frequently needed to correct these complications. In spite of the application of these procedures, patients with severe injuries can develop irreversible liver disease.

Partial left lateral segment transplant from a living donor.

A shortage of liver donors for low-weight transplant recipients has prompted the development of procedures for liver-reduction, split-liver, and living related donor transplantations. For pediatric recipients weighing less than 10 kg, the left lateral segment is often still too large. We describe the procedure of monosegmental transplantation using segment II after segment III was resected in situ from a living related donor.

Induction of glutathione S-transferase activity in Triatoma infestans.

Several synthetic pesticides and allelochemicals used to treat Triatoma infestans adults by topic application showed some degree of cytosolic glutathione S-transferase (GST) induction. General inducers of detoxication systems such as phenobarbital and 3-methylcholantrene topically applied on T. infestans resulted in no GST induction.

[Current therapeutic approach to acute acalculous cholecystitis].

Image-guided percutaneous transhepatic cholecystostomy (PTC) was suspected Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis (AAC). Seven of them developed AAC at home while eight patients developed the disease while hospitalized by critical illness. We performed PTC with Seldinger technique, guided: 13 by US CT.