Comparison of general vs regional anaesthesia for BM harvesting: a retrospective study of anaesthesia-related complications.

This retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the safety and complications profile of general anaesthesia (GA) compared with that of regional anaesthesia (RA) for BM harvesting (BMH). The study included 281 donations carried out between 1992 and 1999. Of these, 204 (73%) were allogeneic donations, and GA was carried out in 69% (140 of 204) and RA in 31% (64 of 204) of cases.

[Intestinal transplantation. The first Swedish transplantation of the small intestine in an adult patient with pseudoobstruction].

Recent advances, first and foremost the development of new immunosuppressive agents, have markedly improved the outcome of intestinal transplantation, which is a treatment option for patients with serious intestinal diseases who have become dependent on total parenteral nutrition. The first small bowel transplantation in Sweden was performed at Huddinge Hospital in 1997, in the adult patient with intestinal pseudo-obstruction. The article reports the course of this patient and an update of international progress in intestinal transplantation.

[Hepatitis GBV isolated in acute liver failure. Successful outcome after liver transplantation].

Fulminant hepatic failure is a life-threatening condition associated with a mortality of approximately 80 per cent. Liver transplantation may be the only life-saving recourse in such cases. The condition can be caused by any of a number of different agencies such as viral infection, or toxic, circulatory or metabolic factors, though in a large proportion of cases the aetiology is unknown.