Partial portal vein arterialization maintains regeneration after critical major hepatectomy: experimental study.

Portal vein arterialization (PVA) is often referred to as a salvage procedure for insufficient arterial or portal inflow. Its main role focuses on two domains, liver transplantation and extensive surgery for malignancies of liver, biliary tract and pancreas. It ha been applied in treatment of fulminant hepatic failure due to intoxications and as a bridging procedure for transplantation or re-transplant.

Initial experience of surgical microwave tissue precoagulation in liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic liver.

Surgical hepatic resection has been considered as the first-line treatment which is most effective and radical treatment for HCC, however, HCC is usually associated with poor liver function owing to chronic hepatitis or liver cirrhosis. Techniques that can eradicate the tumor and also preserve liver function are needed. Moreover, hepatic resection, in the presence of cirrhosis, raises special problem of high risk as hemorrhage and liver failure, thus, good clinical results can only be achieved by minimizing operative blood loss, time of the intervention as well as the hepatic reserve.

Outcome of sublay mesh repair in non-complicated umbilical hernia with liver cirrhosis and ascites.

Background: Umbilical hernia repair is often accompanied by complications in patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites. It appears that the early elective repair of umbilical hernias in these patients is safer and can be considered for selected patients. The objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, safety, complications and technical aspects of sublay mesh repair of umbilical hernia in cirrhotic patients with ascites.

Single institution experience of single incision trans-umbilical laparoscopic cholecystectomy using conventional laparoscopic instruments.

Background: Since the implement of laparoscopic cholecystectomy as the gold standard treatment for gall bladder stones, there has been a trend toward minimizing the required number and size of ports to reduce postoperative pain with better cosmetic results. We conducted this study to evaluate the feasibility, safety, advantages and complications of single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy using the conventional laparoscopic instruments.

Methods And Patients: Eighty patients (68 females and 12 males) with uncomplicated symptomatic gall bladder stones underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy via single trans-umbilical incision using the conventional laparoscopic instruments.

Role of prophylactic antibiotic in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

This prospective study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of single-dose Ceftazidime as a prophylactic antibiotic to prevent surgical site infections in low-risk patients undergoing LC. Two hundred patients included in the study were randomly divided into two groups (100 each): G1: patients received intravenous Ceftazidime within 60 minutes prior to surgery and G2: received intravenous placebo (10 ml isotonic sodium chloride 0.9% solution).