Protective effects of postconditioning in transvaginally created pneumoperitoneum.

There are reports of ischemic complications in clinical practice after laparoscopy using pneumoperitoneum. Conditioning has a beneficial effect for various ischemic diseases. This experimental study was designed to evaluate the effects of postconditioning in transvaginally created pneumoperitoneum.

Long-term survival in a patient with low-level inflammatory markers and liver metastasis, converted resectable by TACE.

Case report presents the successful treatment of unresectable liver metastasis in a patient with colon cancer. A 44-year-old male underwent right hemicolectomy followed by capecitabine for a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the colon. 2 years later, a liver metastatic lesion was detected and had increased in size despite chemotherapy with capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (XELOX).

An isolated venous sac as a novel site for cell therapy in diabetes mellitus.

Background: Transplanting pancreatic islets is of significant interest for type 1 diabetes mellitus. After intraportal injection of islets, inferior engraftment and eventual loss of transplanted islets constitute major limitations. Therefore, alternative approaches will be helpful.

Examination of protective effect of ischemic postconditioning after small bowel autotransplantation.

Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a serious condition that results from some surgical procedures, including intestinal transplantation. Ischemic postconditioning is defined as brief periods of reperfusion alternating with reocclusion applied during the early minutes after reperfusion. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of ischemic postconditioning before small bowel autotransplantation.