Successful Living Kidney Donor Transplantation: A Case Report.

This case report describes the successful kidney donation of a 68-year-old female to a 56-year-old female recipient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The donor in this case presented with an extensive abdominal surgical history, which had resulted in an incidental injury to the right ureter and a subsequent nephrostomy tube placement. After establishing the low likelihood of reconstruction of the damaged ureter, she then initiated kidney donor evaluation after electing to undergo a nephrectomy.

Controversies in anesthetic management of liver transplantation.

Controversies in the anesthetic management of liver transplantation (OLT) include the exclusion of patients with pulmonary hypertension, intracranial pressure monitoring in patients with fulminant hepatic failure, preoperative screening for coronary artery disease, perioperative use of anticoagulant medications, and early extubation after surgery. This manuscript discusses these controversies from the perspective of two institutions that possess a long tradition of providing liver transplantations for patients with end-stage liver disease.