Ileal perforation due to a Richter hernia at the drain insertion site following an operation for idiopathic rectal perforation: report of a case.

A case of a Richter hernia at the insertion site of the drainage tube following open abdominal surgery is reported. A 54-year-old man underwent an emergency operation for an idiopathic rectal perforation. A partial resection of the rectum and drainage using four 10-mm (outer diameter) drainage tubes with round cross sections was performed.

The first cooperative living-related donor liver transplantation performed by two separate institution teams: The Kanagawa Liver Transplantation Program.

With the cooperation of surgeons in two separate institutes, living-related donor liver transplantation was safely performed at the Kanagawa Children's Medical Center. The donor operations were carried out at Kanagawa Cancer Center by surgeons of the hepatobiliary division and the liver grafts were immediately transported to Kanagawa Children's Medical Center by ambulance, and transplanted orthotopically. Since January 1995, five children with biliary atresia have been given partial liver grafts obtained from their mothers.