Hemodynamic failure as an indication to urgent liver transplantation in infants with giant hepatic hemangiomas or vascular malformations--report of four cases.

The aim of this study was to present acute hemodynamic failure as a rare indication for liver transplantation in neonates and infants with liver hemangiomatosis. We report four patients aged one to six months with giant liver hemangiomas, with huge arterio-venous shunting within these malformations. In three, many skin hemangiomas were found.

Non-resectable hepatic tumors in children - role of liver transplantation.

Background: There is a group of children with primary hepatic tumors which can not be resected by conventional partial liver resection. Total hepatectomy followed by liver transplantation may be the only solution in such cases. Authors reviewed own experience with the liver transplantation for unresectable tumors in children and assessed the possible indications and role of transplantation in these patients.

[Perioperative antibiotic therapy in newborns according to CDC criteria - preliminary report].

The aim of the study was elaboration of optimal perioperative antibiotic therapy in neonates according to CDC criteria (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). Classification in 4 groups of infections was carried out in relation to contamination of the surgical wound: clean, clean-contamination, contaminated and dirty. Based on the authors' own experience, CDC criteria were adapted to the contamination of surgical wounds in neonatal surgery.

[Tumours in newborns and infants up to three months of life. One institution experience].

Introduction: Newborns and infants up to three months of life are a specific group of population in paediatric oncology due to immaturity of tissues and organs and rarity of neoplastic diseases in this group of patients (pts). There are no strict therapeutic procedures established for these children. THE AIM of our study was to examine distribution of tumours in newborns and infants up to 3 months of age treated in our institution and to present our own experience in the treatment of these patients.